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Wii-mote In Action

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the answering-your-questions dept.

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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  1. Ok, I was interested before but now.... by Iguru42 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm SOLD. I want this console! I want this console! I want this console! Check out the video for Red Steel. Finally a console where playing an FPS isn't stupid! Please excuse me, I have to go clean myself off.

    1. Re:Ok, I was interested before but now.... by rmadmin · · Score: 4, Funny

      Swinging a controller all over hell to get a character to move? Hell, I was doing that on the NES. JUMP MARIO! *makes upward motion with controller*. Guess Nintendo has been paying attention to their customers :P

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    2. Re:Ok, I was interested before but now.... by lowrydr310 · · Score: 4, Funny

      I realized I got too immensed in a game when I went for a drive after playing GTA for six hours. I ended up running a red light to pass a city bus (on the right side!) that was about to stop and pick up passengers. Fortunately I didn't jump out of my car to pick up the Porsche 911 that was stopped at the next light.

    3. Re:Ok, I was interested before but now.... by AuMatar · · Score: 4, Funny

      You fool! Any time you have a chance to draw them into gaming you take it. Once you have them hooked, they no longer yell at you to get off the damn computer and spend time with them.

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  2. A Collection of Videos on /. ??? by Pieroxy · · Score: 4, Funny

    posted an epic collection of streaming E3 videos

    And someone jealous decided to destroy it all by posting it to slashdot. Bye bye bandwidth!

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  3. Great, more confusion by 99luftballon · · Score: 5, Funny

    First it was Bluetooth headsets that made it tough to decide if the person coming up behind you was on the phone or a schizophrenic. Now I'll be wondering if the kids on the underground are gamers or epileptics.

    1. Re:Great, more confusion by gEvil+(beta) · · Score: 4, Funny

      Well, since the Wii isn't a portable device (yet), it's still safe to say that they're epileptics.

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    2. Re:Great, more confusion by steveo777 · · Score: 4, Funny
      Just wait until the devices are implanted in your molars. Then people can think you're a skitz again! My girlfriend's dad thought I was nuts because I was talking to my brother with a bluetooth headset. My phone was in my pocket, no wires. Just... talking... to thin air.

      A few strange looks later and a warning to his daughter and I finally caught on.

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    3. Re:Great, more confusion by kjorn · · Score: 3, Funny

      A fun game is to clip a bluetook headset on, then go down town and rant at people. After some choice words, turn your head so they can see the headset and carry on your imaginary conversation.

      A good start is to look someone in the eye and say something like "Fod fucks sake, you prick..." Turn, point to head set, then carry on with "...Jeff, I told you to get those documents to me by four."

    4. Re:Great, more confusion by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      To quote Hobbes "I bet your natural charm has made you a great sprinter"

  4. Picture it by MrSquirrel · · Score: 5, Funny

    To make Jack Thompson happy, someone should make a fighting game where you hold the wii-mote and physically smack the other person. "Ah ha, see, video games do cause real-world violence". That's what I call force feedback!

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  5. Riiiight by tickbox · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think having to flick the mouse around is more than enough physical exertion for the average FPS gamer. What makes you think they'll take to this?

  6. Re:Wireless PS2 Remote by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well, basically because a WiiMote wouldn't work on my PS2

  7. Hot Coffee by Eric+Coleman · · Score: 5, Funny

    Can you imagine the kind of movement you have to do for the Hot Coffee mod on this console?

    And the speaker in the wiimote could make some noises as well. Squishy wet noises of... um... hot coffee, yeah!

  8. Re:That's true. by trix7117 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I know slashdot is land of the bad analogy, but are you really trying to relate playing a video game to soldiers in Iraq?

  9. How to tell if someone has a Wii or a PS3 by WillAffleckUW · · Score: 4, Funny

    The person who has toned arm and leg muscles has the Wii.

    The one with the weight problem has the PS3.

    I guess the one with the xBox360 is a Borg. Or at least dresses like one.

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  10. Re:Hope it has a wrist strap by Lumpy · · Score: 3, Funny

    if your TV is so cheaply built that a 3 ounce plastic remote can go through the front glass then you either need to stopping for AV equipment from the back of vans in parking lots or have someone go with you to buy your gear to keep you from buying things made from tinfoil and thin plastic.

    My Panasonic 48" Plasma can take a 6 ounce remote being thrown HARD at the screen without damage.

    Having a friend over that drank way too much at the Superbowl party was that way to discover that one.

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