Too many Mario platform games? Never.
Too many Mario Party games.. yeah, maybe..
How about a simple sword swing - using motion control it tracks your angle, speed and power, compared to a button press that initiates an animation. Imagine Skyrim using Wii controls..
And again, what is with people saying "if" pointer is better - it IS better! An analog stick can still handle movement, until a better solution comes along for that as well. And don't be hating on rail shooters, the level of precision required for arcade light gun games has alwa...
Anything on Wii that uses the controls I mentioned above is adding features, adding complexity, that would be otherwise impossible.
So rather than a single game, try every single game, lol.
As for FPS, pointer has basically the same advantage over dual analog that mouse control does - if this hasn't been truly shown yet then it's only a matter of time.
At this point, now that we have motion control, not using it would actually be a backwards step.
Why? Obviously because it allows games to be created with extra features the 360 and PS3 controllers cannot give - hence extra complexity.
Take the Wiimote as an example. It can do everything dual analog can plus more. As well as tracking movement, depth, shake, twist, it adds pointer control, which the dogs on the street know is faster and more precise than t...
They should have asked him to specify what he means by a controller - I mean, is he going to start making games that you literally have no control over?!
Wow, a relaunching one-and-a-bit years in?
Hopefully House of the Dead 4 and Sorcery back to back will give it some new momentum. Oh, and his reason for the Sorcery delay is utterly lame, to "make it more adult and darker", lol, like Harry Potter?
Thunder Blade could have worked so well if it had got an OutRun 2 style reboot.. perhaps Sega just felt it wasn't as well known or beloved..
Did you ever get to play on the deluxe version of After Burner Climax?
My comment was clearly in reference to NAME, rather than DESIGN of the system.
As for the design, clearly it does look a lot like Wii, but lets give the buyer some credit in figuring out that because it's at least somewhat different in looks and dimensions, is releasing six years later, and of course comes with a hulking great touch screen control pad rather than a Wiimote, that it is in fact a new system.
The fitness potential of Kinect is pretty considerable - almost every game you play on it, exercise game or not, is physically demanding. Get a workout while you play!
Holy crap, a response from Phil Fish himself!
Excellent review, it's about time someone kicked this game in the balls.
Loved this line: "It's hard to go into depth with Fez because it's literally the most two-dimensional game around."
Bring it on.
But wouldn't this also apply to Sony and Microsoft's consoles? "I already own an Xbox, why buy a 360?"
People aren't stupid, six years have passed since Wii so obviously technology has moved forward to make a new console necessary.
So long as Wii U is a decent step beyond PS3 and 360 it should bring over the magpies in its year or so as the only next gen system.
Meanwhile Wii-only people would see it as a big leap.
That does sound like a clever strategy, to be fair.
Great video, enjoyed listening to the history of Special in the US and look forward to trying it! Can you switch off the crosshairs?
Beyond awesome if true.
Hardcore gamers yes, hardcore Kinect haters no.
Talk about throwing your toys out of the pram!
Except they're not 'the same tired formulas', they bring new features that expand their respective series and the genre altogether.
I mean look at the best efforts from outside Japan: LittleBigPlanet, where they managed to mess up the most fundamental platform ability - to jump; Super Meat Boy, stages that last about five seconds, infinite retries and continues for the super casuals; Rayman Origins, as bland and bare bones as platforming gets and looks like a We...
If only we could go back to the old, arcade-style structure where a game is maybe only an hour long or less, but hard enough that it'll take several attempts and much practising before you make it all the way.