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The Wiimote As Yoda Intended - A Lightsaber
An anonymous reader writes "So what if the Wii can't handle the awesome 'next-generation' physics engine the other consoles will enjoy when Star Wars: The Force Unleashed is released? LucasArts announced today that Krome Studios is developing a version of the game for the Nintendo console, and players will finally get to use the Wiimote for its intended purpose — as a lightsaber. 'The sword-swinging action will be exclusive to the Wii version, and even then, it will only be available in an exclusive "duel mode." The description in the release says that this duel mode will be a multiplayer affair.'"
to welcome our wiimote toting sith overlords.
Under the influence of Post-Cyberpunk Gonzo Journalism
Arrr! I be thinking it be more fun to have an actual lightsabre, be it plastic I don't be carin', with the Wii controller attached some way, so ye be hackin' and slashin' (and no small bit o' swashbucklin'!) to the dulcet tones of sommon bellowin' 'Hey, you could poke an eye out with that thing!'
We be needing cutlasses and some fing piratin' adventures, too. oX|P-)
A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar
It's not the size of your swartz but what you can do with it!
A killer ap? I think so.
The logistics of lightsabers always intrigued me... some possibilities:
- How fast can they turn off and back on? By timing it right you could bypass a parry but turning it off...
- Lightsabre trap... to stop others from using it, make it look like the other end is the business end.
- While most other forms seem silly (especially the two-ended staff), putting it on a long pole would be of definite advantage in some situations. But why stop there? Can you imagine a pair of light-sabre nunchuku? HOw about a garden rake with one stuck on the end? Or why not a boomerang with twin-sabre action that turns them on a few seconds after it leaves your hand, then back off when it returns... the possibilities are endless..
"Waste not one watt!" - CZ
Well duh. Also, having your character die in a video game, not like actually dying!
"I have something here for you. Your father wanted you to have this when you were old enough, but your uncle wouldn't allow it. He feared you might follow old Obi-Wan on some damn fool idealistic computer adventure like your father did. It's your father's WiiMote. This is the weapon of a Wii Knight. Not as clumsy or as random as a Joystick, but an elegant weapon for a more civilized age. For over a thousand generations, the Wii Knights were the guardians of peace and justice in the Old Republic. Before the dark times, before the PS3."
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A Jedi can slice through a person with a light saber with no perceptible change to the momentum of the saber, so it seems likely that there is not a whole lot of tactile feedback in a "real" light saber either. I think the tactile feedback would probably be little more than it would be if one were slicing a hot knife through butter. So, fencing with a light saber in any context would not "live up to" the experience of real fencing because the weapons involved are too different.
Arr! I be proposin' an electrical jolt whenever ye be hittin' the other curs sabre. Avast, games should be educational -- ye should be taught a lesson about fightin' with glow sticks that can kill!
aye laddie, aye laddie, where's me eye laddie? - John Byner
A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar
"I always thought of the wiimote as REALLY intended for something way more sexually explicit..."
You'd better disable the rumble feature before you chip your teeth!
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or is it going to be 100% interactive?
If, as I hope it to be, it is 100% interactive, will you be able to kill your own character by tilting the wiimote towards you?
I always thought a wiffle ball bat worked fine for a light saber. Then again, I was about 8 the last time Star Wars seemed interesting.
Fencing has a set of standard moves that could be modeled on the wiimote. These include the foil and epee forms that involve stabbing motions as well as the sabre form which involves cutting motions. The combination of these forms would provide a rich set of moves that would have some basis in real sword-fighting. On the downside, I have yet to figure out how to summon force lightning while fencing.
In soviet Mordor, Han used the wiimote first.
Who is John Galt?
I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of TVs cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced.
How do you get force feedback on those things?
You feel the force through The Force, young padawan!
A post a day keeps productivity at bay.
I'd think 10s of millions would love to see JarJar the Jedi wield Lightsaber Chucks.
General Grievous, is that you?
Real Daleks don't climb stairs - they level the building.
Clearly midichlorians obey the Pauli exclusion principle.
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