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Nintendo Working On Football Controller
Siliconera found patent filings from Nintendo for a football controller addon that will work with the Wii. After tucking the Wii Remote into a lateral slot on the football, you slip your hand through a strap so that your fingers touch the Remote's buttons. Then you mimic running and throwing, which is interpreted by the accelerometer. 'The pitch angle and force of the throw determines the trajectory arc of the throw. Side to side motion determines the yaw angle. Pressing buttons on the Wii remote can adjust other options.' The device is described as 'squishy,' so your TV is probably safe, but I'd try it at a friend's house first.
someone needs to let them know you're not supposed to touch the football with your hands
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Agreed. I was excited when I read the title, but this is just the fake version of football! Pelting a real football or soccer ball as the Americans call it round the lounge would be much more fun.
Yea the image of somebody kicking a football ball in the living room, towards the TV, is weird. Then again the image of somebody having an American Football egg in his hand and doing pretend throws, isn't much better either.
I wish the Wii came with a freely accessible camera and all that spastic flailing would be broadcast online :D
It's obviously called football, because you primarily move the ball around by using your foot... eh...
-- A good compromise leaves everyone mad. --Calvin and Hobbes
It's a 'marketized' version of rugby.. They have been convinced to wear all the nancy-boy padding for 'safety', but mostly it's so that sports equipment manufacturers can make a mint selling it while giving ad-wankers the maximum amount of logo-space.
;-)
There was once, so I understand, quite an interesting ball sport played in the US. An evolved variant of all the other 'football' type games played round the world. I believe it may even still be played by a small group with just an oval ball and a bunch of shirts/cones/stones to mark out a pitch and a sense of sportsmanship.
But the commercial/educational variant of it has morphed into a mockery of a sport which exists solely as a vehicle for advertising, sportsware sales and pay-per-view.
Ah.. In fact it's just like soccer then..
"Oops, I always forget the purpose of competition is to divide people into winners and losers." - Hobbes
But wouldn't be even safer to run around inside your virtual home playing virtual sports?
Please replace all references to "football" in the summary with "throwball".
Thank you for your patience.
Now a proper footy game for the Wii, that would be interesting. Maybe they could strap a Wiimote to each leg or something.
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