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On Fine-Tuning Wii Controls

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the thwip dept.

MTV Games has a great article looking at how developers are refining Wii controls, now that they've had most of a year to work on them. The game cited is the Wii version of Marvel: Ultimate Alliance; the Wiimote is used to represent Thor's Hammer, Spidey's webshooters, and Wolverine's claws, among other things. From the article: "'Now in some cases people will do something that's not going to work right, and in that case they're probably going to have to adjust the way they do it,' said Chrzanowski, a black Wii development controller in hand. 'But that's a rare case.' He wasn't talking idly. He said a system developed by a Vicarious colleague, Jesse Raymond, a few weeks ago has been crunching the data of dozens of players who have tested the game on the Wii, analyzing the results of requests for players to do 10 swipes in a row or 10 stabs in a row, recognizing which moves the current version of the game fails to recognize as the intended gesture, tweaking the code, checking the pool of data from the gesture trials again for any new misunderstandings, repeat and recode, again and again."

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  1. Pah. by jb.hl.com · · Score: 4, Funny

    I can control where my Wii goes perfectly. Don't need no fine tuning here.

    (I've stooped to making a urine/Wii joke on Slashdot. This is truly the stuff of suicide notes. :P)

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    1. Re:Pah. by Das+Modell · · Score: 2, Funny

      Stop trying to control everything and just let go! Let go! -- Tyler Durden, Fight Club

    2. Re:Pah. by jb.hl.com · · Score: 2, Funny

      HAHAH!

      Fuck you, you owe me a new keyboard, this one's all wet, since my mouth decided to stop controlling the gin and tonic in it and start laughing instead. :D

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  2. Re:I am in heaven by 'nother+poster · · Score: 2, Funny

    If the pain is more than a minor discomfort it's probably too far.

  3. Re:I am in heaven by 'nother+poster · · Score: 2, Funny

    Leisure Suit Larry in the World of the Wiimote Wizards?

  4. Re:I am in heaven by Rude+Turnip · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm waiting for a Wiimote-enabled 3D version of Joust, where you have a Wiimote in each hand and have to flap your arms and run around the room. The real value would be in watching someone play the game.

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  5. Re:I am in heaven by 7Prime · · Score: 3, Funny

    Fuck Harry Potter... this would actually make the Wind Waker FUN!!!

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  6. Can't Wait to see the cheat codes by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    After playing through a game it is often fun to fire up gamefaqs and see just what stupid things you can do with cheat codes, now I just can't wait to see how you input them!

    "Ok, to turn on god mode you need to hold down "B" and "Z" draw a pentacle, a hexagon, and then flip the controller back and forth 5 times"

    hehe

    1. Re:Can't Wait to see the cheat codes by Khyber · · Score: 4, Funny

      My head a'splode thinking of trying to do Konami's new version of "up up down down left right left right b a start" already. I have the feeling I'd end up looking like I'm playing with myself the wrong way.

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  7. Too bad Nintendo's so family oriented... by murphotronic · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm sure the porn industry could do quite well with interactive motion controllers...