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LucasArts Shows Interest In Wii Lightsaber Game
Gamasutra reports that, though they're not willing to say they have one in the works right now, LucasArts is interested in a Wii lightsaber game. From the article: "At the end of the demonstration, Gamasutra inquired as to whether the company planned on creating a lightsaber game for the Wii, after many commented on the suitability of the system to the concept - especially after an internal speaker was revealed in the controller being used to demo the concept. This question produced a number of knowing smiles around the room from LucasArts employees, followed by the comments: 'We know' and 'We are looking into it', as possible concepts for the game were discussed. However, the firm has not yet made any official announcements regarding planned Wii titles."
Just don't film yourself playing....
Mr. Universe: "They can't stop the signal, Mal. They can never stop the signal."
Hand me my lightsaber. It's the one that says, "Wii" on it.
Look at the Wii Lightsaber!
That what was all this school was for... to teach us how to solve our own problems. -- janeowit
I love these announcements of "big giant bloated company filled with cynical skeptical middle managers drenched in cash shows interest in something" as news. Proves the point that big giant bloated companies are rarely interested in anything except the lunch menu.
Business isn't willing to pay for products, innovation and careers, so we get brands, mortgage commercials and layoffs.
You have the ring, and I see your Wii is as big as mine. Let's see how well you handle it.
They translate this:
"We know" and "We are looking into it"
into this:
"LucasArts staff have confirmed to Gamasutra the company's intense interest in creating a Wii lightsaber game"
Perhaps the author meant their own intense interest in playing a Wii lightsaber game?
Not meaning to sound like the typical Slashbot everything-hater, but it's my experience that the games with the greatest potential prove the most disappointing. Star Wars Galaxies is coincidentally the best example.
This would be the perfect game in the Kyle Katarn story line. Work it as a first person shooter so you can face stormtroopers and block the shots, face off against Jedi with force powers (and use the crosshair to select your own, A to execute).
Man - I loved Jedi Knight II. I'd go through levels, pull every weapon away from my enemies, and then leave them screaming "Don't kill me" while I took out the turrents. I think I was able to play all of the later levels without killing anyone but the Dark Jedi.
52 Weeks, 52 Religions with John Hummel
But could the Wii posts end? Im really growing tired of every jackass coming up with a 'Wii' pun and getting 5 points for it.
It's the gamecube hardware, only faster. Since Linux has been ported to the GameCube, it stands to reason it could run on Wii.
As everyone always says, the pr0n industry decides what new technologies take off. I can't wait to see their novel uses for the Wiimote...
This guy's the limit!
My dad taught me to play light-sabers with wee (sound effect and all) and I in turn taught my son. It's a tradition 'round here.
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"we live in a post-ideological world..." - Billy Bragg.
Remote would control the lightsabre, obviously. It should be free-form, in that as you move the remote, the onscreen sabre moves, too. Also, since the analong "nunchuck" has motion-sensing capabilities, too, it could be used for force powers! Push forward to do a force push in the direction you push. Pull back for a force grab. Pull back and quickly pull up to do a choke and mid-air suspension... all while fighting a second guy with the sabre! The analog stick moves and it could use Metroid-style controls to lock on to a guy during sword combat so that you won't have to worry about strafing.
This is pretty much the videogame every person has wanted for their entire lives. Its like they added a speaker to the wiimote just for this purpose. Next up custom lightsaber hilt attachments for the controller. Clip the nunchuck spatial locator to the players belt to tell you where the player is in comparison to the saber. The game practically writes itself!
So... When Nintendo first announced the Revolution with the wireless controler you can wave around, who didn't think of a light saber game? It is just a question of when -- not if.
It's already been mentioned that in the Zelda title you use it to sword fight. Someone else will come out with a great sword fighting game (Pirates of the Carribean anyone?)..
Then some group will just come out with a retexturing mod to map jedi graphics and make your sword glow and make noises..
Done
I'm a fiscal conservative, it's a pity we don't have a political party anymore
LEGO Star Wars!
Yes, I know that more sequels aren't the "innovation" that everyone wants to see on the Wii, but it would work because it's simple enough that you don't have to worry about a lot of the issues already raised here. And depending on the character used, the wii remote can be either a saber or a blaster (or whatever weapon).
I don't know if this was a Nintendo done commercial, or a fan based one, but it's the Wii controller as a lightsaber handle
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=163649363"Genius may shine aloof and alone, like a star, but goodness is social, and it takes two men and God to make a Brother."
Just because the Wii and the GameCube both use IBM PowerPC processors doesn't men that "It's the gamecube hardware, only faster". That's like saying that the Athlon 64 is "The 386, only faster."
Other than the fact that we know little about ATI's GPU design for the unit, very little else about the GameCube and Revolution seem to be the same.
Make a Sith game. Playing as a Jedi is fun sure, but sometimes it's neat to take a walk on the Dark Side. Let us as players indulge in being a bad guy, it may untether the game design a bit since it's a side of Star Wars that's not focused in in any great detail for games.
"I'm a leaf on the wind. Watch how I soar."
-Hoban Washburn
We are the Jedi who say ... Wii!
"We would love geeks throwing money at us for releasing this title (or titles) I mean, we love money as much as the next guy, but seriously we have so much money here we simply dont know what do to with it, we have used it to lit the boiler, as toilet paper, eating it, these days we are just giving it away, by the way heres a bag of money for interviewing us take it, please! Nothing works! Money just appears every day at the door, we are literally swimming in it and when we release the Star Wars Special DVD set later this year... well, Im afraid for our very own lives, you can't breathe money you know? we've tried."
Go ahead MOD my day!
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Film yourself, make sure someone (maybe even yourself) posts it to the internet (Google Video, youTube, etc.). And then instead of hiding in a closet and calling your lawyer; hire an agent and ride that wave of publicity as far as it will take you.
Think Deeply.