Wii-mote In Action

Jack Lancer writes "Gameworld Network (which is either a network of gameworlds or a gameworld of networks) has posted an epic collection of streaming E3 videos which clearly depicts each and every playable Wii game and how exactly one has to swing, wave, shake, point, wiggle and/or jostle the Wiimote in order to play." And once again this poses the question — is this the future of gaming UI? Sure seems like a great idea for a FPS.

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Wireless PS2 Remote

[neonprimetime]

Give me a wireless PS2 Remote over this any day ...

Re:Hoo-hah!

[Anonymous Coward]

Don't wet your pants, you fucking Nintenbois.

Sony will crush Nintengook this time just like it did in every console war*.

The controller will suck cock, just like all analogue controllers.

* although one has to admit that winning over Nintendo is like kicking a little puppy; the outcome is always very predictable

The good and the bad

[RomulusNR]

The good: The Wiimote is perhaps the most innovative controller for home console gaming since the EyeToy (which only a few studios have picked up on and even less have been able to do something more with it than custom avatar heads). And it's really just a scaled-down Light Gun with more buttons.

The bad: Nintendo will squander this by using it to do stupid gimmicky things within their existing tired product themes. See list of example games at the GW site. (Excite Truck? OMGWTFLOL.) As further evidence, I present the entire line of DS games, nearly all of which do something stupid with the touchscreen and stylus (True Swing Golf being probably the only decent and actually gameplay-enhancing example I've seen, with perhaps also Missile Command in Retro Atari), only one or two use the microphone, and a paltry few use the WiFi for more than demo-version multiplayer.