Not really. Nintendo is selling it with a "Wii" game. Does that make it a gimmick? THINK PEOPLE. What are close to the 3 top selling games right now? Wii Sports, Wii Play, Wii Fit.
Why do "hardcore" games hate these games? Because casual yuppies eat this up like crack cocaine.
But you act like this is a bad thing. Hello!! Wake up and smell the strategy. This allows 1:1 motion. What have hardcore gamers been clamoring for? 1:1 motion. Nintendo just gave it to you. Oh but wait, in order for developers to actually USE it, we're going to need to make sure it gets set as a standard. But how can they possibly make such a small little addon a standard? Oh yeah, by packaging it with a "Wii" titled game that every casual consumer eats up like slow kids eating glue and playdough.
This is an obvious strategy by nintendo to ensure that the thing the hardcore gamers have been clamoring for will actually get supported by the casual crowd, which will in turn ensure that developers will see enough of these things getting bought to warrant making a game that supports this stuff. Otherwise your precious "1:1!" would fall to the wayside.
Besides, I'm willing to bet that half the reason developers were having trouble with motion controls is because they couldn't get the precision they needed with that missing axis. By having this in place, developers won't have to sacrifice precise movement controls to make up for that, which should make it easier for developers to use motion controls without it feeling like "tacked on waggle"
So seriously, quit complaining or doomsaying so we can actually get 1:1. If you were that much of a casual gamer that you can't recognize the ability to flail around in Wii Tennis, then you wouldn't be commenting on a blog about this. Those that are casual enough to think Wii Tennis plays just like real tennis will still buy this game just because it has "Wii" in the title. Hardcore gamers can buy it because it has 1:1 in the description.
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Not really. Nintendo is selling it with a "Wii" game. Does that make it a gimmick? THINK PEOPLE. What are close to the 3 top selling games right now?
Wii Sports, Wii Play, Wii Fit.
Why do "hardcore" games hate these games? Because casual yuppies eat this up like crack cocaine.
But you act like this is a bad thing. Hello!! Wake up and smell the strategy. This allows 1:1 motion. What have hardcore gamers been clamoring for? 1:1 motion.
Nintendo just gave it to you. Oh but wait, in order for developers to actually USE it, we're going to need to make sure it gets set as a standard.
But how can they possibly make such a small little addon a standard? Oh yeah, by packaging it with a "Wii" titled game that every casual consumer eats up like slow kids eating glue and playdough.
This is an obvious strategy by nintendo to ensure that the thing the hardcore gamers have been clamoring for will actually get supported by the casual crowd, which will in turn ensure that developers will see enough of these things getting bought to warrant making a game that supports this stuff.
Otherwise your precious "1:1!" would fall to the wayside.
Besides, I'm willing to bet that half the reason developers were having trouble with motion controls is because they couldn't get the precision they needed with that missing axis. By having this in place, developers won't have to sacrifice precise movement controls to make up for that, which should make it easier for developers to use motion controls without it feeling like "tacked on waggle"
So seriously, quit complaining or doomsaying so we can actually get 1:1. If you were that much of a casual gamer that you can't recognize the ability to flail around in Wii Tennis, then you wouldn't be commenting on a blog about this. Those that are casual enough to think Wii Tennis plays just like real tennis will still buy this game just because it has "Wii" in the title. Hardcore gamers can buy it because it has 1:1 in the description.