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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.'"
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the wiimote essentially just a thumb rocker that you activate by swinging? So you swing in one direction and that's just the equivalent of touching a button, right? Boolean? On-Off? Press-release? Right?
What's so great about that?
It's not like the wiimote is being tracked in 3 space with 6 degrees of freedom. You can't map the game lightsaber position to the position of the wiimote as you are holding it.
It's just wiik. It is dead to the force. There is no joy in Wii.
To achieve the true coolness that I think all of you latent Jedi crave, you need a controller about a foot long or more where both endpoints are tracked to at least centimeter resolution in three-space. (To be general the controller will need a third point to measure roll orientation along the main axis... but for lightsabers you'd only need two control points.)
And then of course it needs a bunch of buttons to control foot movement, inventory management, etc.
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