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EA Reveals Madden For Revolution
simoniker writes "Electronic Arts has officially revealed that it's working on a standalone version of its Madden football franchise for Nintendo Revolution, made by a new Revolution-specific internal studio within Electronic Arts Canada. EA's John Schappert explained the gameplay: 'You grab the controller, and you pull it up. And you snap the ball, without pushing a button. To throw, you take your hand and you gesture a throw motion. ... I don't think a winning approach on the Revolution is to port games to it, and I don't think you'll see us taking that approach. I think that approach will yield inferior software for the Revolution, and I don't think publishers will be rewarded for that.'"
-JM
While it's great that the Revolution seems to be prompting some new and interesting gameplay, this could be a warning signal that third-party support might not be as extensive as hoped, since they're apparently unable to port the 360/PS3 version over without making it "inferior".
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Does this mean if I score a touchdown and move the remote in a writing motion, the player will autograph the football and give it to his agent in the stands? Otherwise, I don't give a crap.
Before I read it, I was going to tag this article 'whoopdedoo' because who really gives a shit if Madden is ported to another system, but this actually looks kinda interesting. Obvious, given the controller's capabilities, but interesting nonetheless. Kudos to EA for actually thinking of a sports game idea I might actually want to play. Now, whether it actually pans out to a playable game or not, that's a different story.
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How long it'll be before someone crashes their TV with the controller?
I wonder what the motion for patting a player on the ass after a good play is going to be...
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That paragraph comes at the end of an announcement for EA Sports Title Rehash 2007(TM). Apparently the highlight of this announcement is that they're going to use the console's standard controller. As opposed to what, fingering a duck to move your character?
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Actually, it's more like a new sort of realism (or, atleast, it should be if EA is worth anything). The controller very accurately conveys hand movements into the game. So if they do it right, you should beable to take aim and throw (without actually having it leave your hands), and see the results of that throw on screen. It could potentially even help people improve their aim. I think it'd be better if they used a button. I had an idea for a novelty flying disk game that involved holding the A button and B trigger down, and making a gesture like you were going to throw the disc. When you let go of the A and B buttons, the representation on screen would let go of the frisby, and it would fly based upon real world physics. If your angle or timing was off, or you didn't release both buttons at the same time, it wouldn't fly as true as it should. There's a lot of potential here, and it's great that EA is atleast pretending to tap into it.
Honestly, I'm not too sure about using 'gestures' will work well with most games on the revolution; personally, I think a point and click (or possibly point and shoot) approach for reciever selection is a far better approach than goofy throwing motion. Just because you can be more expressive with the controller doesn't mean that you should be more expressive with the controller.
No, if you do that, your avatar takes a leak all over the goal post , splashing any nearby fans (and/or photographers) in the process.
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On the other hand (heh), if you make rowing motions with the controller, you get a trip on a boat with a bunch of the hookers from GTA, but only if you're playing as the Vikings.
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Because I can't play actual football very well. If the game is sophisticated enough to judge where I'm aiming my no-button-pressing-controller-throw, then I (and a great many others) will largely suck at this game.
If, however, the throwing motion is just a signal in general to throw the ball to a pre-designated receiver, then isn't it just a glorified button press? If that's the case, then it smacks of Power-Glove-ness, replacing a simple thumb motion with a large and complicated maneuver in an attempt to impress people.
Or do they just want to see me "accidently" smack my opponent in the back of the head with my controller?
Something like this might actually get me interested in sports video games. It's an exciting direction to go in. I find myself looking more forward to the revolution. I just don't want to looks like too much of an idiot in my livingroom, dancing around like a retarded mime with a remote control in my hand. Thats where curtains com in.
"Because I can't play actual football very well. If the game is sophisticated enough to judge where I'm aiming my no-button-pressing-controller-throw, then I (and a great many others) will largely suck at this game. If, however, the throwing motion is just a signal in general to throw the ball to a pre-designated receiver, then isn't it just a glorified button press?"
Most likely you will pre-select a receiver with a button, then have the throwing motion to actually toss it. A slower throwing motion would create a "lob" pass to lead the receiver, and a fast motion would be a bullet pass.
You are replacing "holding down the button to throw harder" with "move your arm faster to throw harder."
Interesting, but something that may get old pretty fast.
Also, it's going to support a multiplayer mode where you actually throw the controller to the other players! It's going to be awesome!
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I don't think a winning approach on the Revolution is to port games to it, and I don't think you'll see us taking that approach. I think that approach will yield inferior software for the Revolution, and I don't think publishers will be rewarded for that.
Wow, this guy sure does a lot of thinking...
I finally understand how Nintendo is gonna make killer profits with the Revolution:
Image a football game with their motion detacting controller.
Now imagine how many controllers they are going to sell when people accidentally "spike the ball" for real.
The big question about the Revolution is whether 3rd parties will support it, yeah, and one could take this as a sign that the bar is somewhat higher than for classic porting exercises, which we suspected anyway... But as a "warning" signal this is awfully early and says at least as much in the other direction, doesn't it?
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EA are set to release a version of Fifa to the Revolution which involves kicking the controller around your living room floor.
As long as they give me the option of using a button, making a throwing gesture is such hard work..
I'd LOVE to hear him say "EA Madden for Revolution, uh-huh, yeah..." (The guy seriously cracks me up!)
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If I wanted to play football I would go out buy a football...and find some friends.
I actually think this is really cool. I like Madden but it has gotten stale over the last few years, this may actually motivate me to go out and buy a new copy. I wonder, if EA makes a hockey game for the Revolution will I have to hit my opponent over the head with the controller to check him? or would that be high sticking? Could be interesting.
Now, throwing the ball to your recievers sounds strange... but I suppose if all you have to do is point it, dagger like, at the right reciever, that would be pretty cool!
I just hope they think about people who can't perform actions like that. I'm sure they want to try out the system one way or another. Maybe multiple control schemes for each game.
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So how long before someone gets a concussion and sues Nintendo after getting cracked in the head? Better watch spiking the "ball" into the hardwood floor too. No more greasy chips while playing video games I guess.
...even the best 360 game will look "inferior" next to the kind of innovative games the Revolution will make possible.
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Madden on Wii. This is going to make my football experience just a little too weird.
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Now it should be listed a "EA Reveals Madden For Wii" (Weeeeee). Boy, Revolution sounded so much better for the system. It may have revolutionized the way that we interact with game concoles. Now the hype for the Revolution system will be gone, and their going to need to start all of the hype all over again. They should have just stayed with the code name.
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Is there any game that is so good that people will go out and buy a 360?
From what I have seen none of them are all that special. The funny thing is I know a few people have have just went out and bought a PS2 just to play Tourist Trophy.
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What all of the comments so far really seem to be missing is THE MOST CRUCIAL POINT:
... any number of middle aged guys who *love* football but who would never bother to learn all 132 button combinations (and who therefore could never compete effectively against people who do) *can* remember these gestures. Because they're reasonably intuitive. The article even says that they're testing this stuff with focus groups to make sure they correctly detect different throwing motions etc. If they do this well, we will all be amazed at how many advanced features we can use without ever reading the manual. And in so doing, they will sell 5 times as many copies of Madden to all the non-gamers out there. Brilliant.
People who've never played Madden or other football videogames will be able to play this game and do relatively well right away.
When I play madden, I have a hard time remembering all of the button combinations. Every time I sit down to play again, I have to have the manual handy to refresh my memory... "Let's see, juke is square, stiff arm is circle, spin move is triangle..." Obviously, these are wrong, which kind of illustrates the point. And you know what? My dad or my uncle or
I really have to hand it to these guys. You see what Nintendo have done, and what EA has done, and it's just fucking brilliant. I think that you'll be pleasantly surprised with the clones we've come up with. I think that with the Revolution, it's just a whole different dynamic.
Rather go wii on it than play it
There's been a lot of talk about what the motion-sensitive controls might or might not be used for with the revolution, but I think everyone's missing the obvious.
Wii need a remake of Desert Bus for the revolution!