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| How do you feel about the Wii controls? |
| I hate them |
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4% |
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| They make sense in some games but not in most |
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52% |
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| They're different but okay |
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13% |
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| They're great |
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30% |
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Bataar
Phoenix
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| I'm not a fan of the Wii controls either. Not accurate enough to be relevant and can't do anything a standard controller can't do better. |
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X_Parasite
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Age: 19
Posts: 711
Location: Right here.
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| Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 3:29 am Post subject: |
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| Bataar wrote: | | I'm not a fan of the Wii controls either. Not accurate enough to be relevant and can't do anything a standard controller can't do better. |
Well, first, the Wiimote is the standard controller on the Wii.
Anyway, though, traditional gamepads have a really hard time pointing at the screen.
Also, Wii MotionPlus. As it happens, the accelerometer in the Wiimote i- very precise! The problem was the lack of a gyrometer, which Wii MotionPlus adds.
Yes, that's something that it should have had all along, but it wasn't included originally due to time, space, and cost.
With it, the controller provides 1:1 motion sensing. Compare the golf game in Wii Sports Resort with the one in the original. |
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wormsto
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Joined: Sep 08, 2009
Posts: 23
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| Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 9:05 am Post subject: wii sucks |
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| wii sucks. controls are dodgy exept for on rails shooters. |
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X_Parasite
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Age: 19
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| Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 4:20 pm Post subject: |
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jamesohgoodie
Phoenix
Joined: Nov 18, 2007
Age: 24
Posts: 677
Location: Chicago IL
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| Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 3:21 pm Post subject: |
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I think the consensus summed up my opinion: great for some stuff, but feels tacked on for others.
Games like Trauma Center (my favorite Wii game so far), Madworld, and No More Heroes make really good use of the Wii controls. Hell even Metroid Prime 3 used them really well. The Wii controls are PERFECT for aiming, to the point I'm sad there aren't more FPS's for the console.
But games like Twilight Princess they feel tacked on and not very necessary. Ironically first party Nintendo games have made the WORST use of the Wii controls. Mario Galaxy they were okay, but I dare you to find anybody who plays Smash Bros with the Wiimote.
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Jaejoongfangirl
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Joined: Oct 20, 2007
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| Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 4:55 pm Post subject: |
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| jamesohgoodie wrote: | | Mario Galaxy they were okay, but I dare you to find anybody who plays Smash Bros with the Wiimote. |
I play Smash Bros with the Wiimote.
Buzzkill, sorry.  I like the nunchuck set up because I can slouch on the sofa and have one hand on the arm rest and the other on my leg - yet still game and dominate.
But Brawl doesn't utilize the motion-sensors at all, so it really doesn't need to be a wii game, I agree.
Using the Wiimote is a lazy/comfort thing for me, not a functionally important thing. And I'm with you on the Twilight Princess thing. |
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X_Parasite
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| Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 6:51 pm Post subject: |
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| Jaejoongfangirl wrote: | | Brawl doesn't utilize the motion-sensors at all, so it really doesn't need to be a wii game, I agree. |
Wow... Apparently, my theory was correct. Hardly anyone is even aware of the control customization.
Despite the fact that it was on the game's website before its release.
You can tell it to use the motion sensors for quick smashes, which I never use, but it's enabled. Also, I turned off Control Stick jumping and relocated it to Control Pad Down so that it's right above A.
Oh, and Brawl does need to be a Wii game! The Wii is Nintendo's current console! It's the only option! Plus, there's online play. |
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SabbraCadabra
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Joined: Apr 22, 2008
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| Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 4:14 pm Post subject: |
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| jamesohgoodie wrote: | | I think the consensus summed up my opinion: great for some stuff, but feels tacked on for others. |
I think the same can be said for the Playstation 3, though 
I've only played non-Rock Band games on it a few times, but the times I did, the sixaxis (is that what it's called?) was terrible.
A bunch of friends and I were playing Marvel Ultimate Alliance on PS3, and we got to this part where you had to dodge a boss's attacks by tilting the controller in different directions...all of us died trying it, except me (I was Wolverine, and my healing factor was levelled up through the roof), and after a while of trying to dodge the attacks and failing, I accidentally dropped my controller and successfully dodged  So, just for the heck of it, next time I had to dodge, I just jumbled my controller around in my hands, and ended up defeating the boss ;D
A friend of mine who worked on the game said Sony wouldn't let them publish the game unless they added motion controls  Sucks.
I don't know if Nintendo makes the same stipulations.
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jamesohgoodie
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| SabbraCadabra wrote: | | jamesohgoodie wrote: | | I think the consensus summed up my opinion: great for some stuff, but feels tacked on for others. |
I think the same can be said for the Playstation 3, though
I've only played non-Rock Band games on it a few times, but the times I did, the sixaxis (is that what it's called?) was terrible.
A bunch of friends and I were playing Marvel Ultimate Alliance on PS3, and we got to this part where you had to dodge a boss's attacks by tilting the controller in different directions...all of us died trying it, except me (I was Wolverine, and my healing factor was levelled up through the roof), and after a while of trying to dodge the attacks and failing, I accidentally dropped my controller and successfully dodged So, just for the heck of it, next time I had to dodge, I just jumbled my controller around in my hands, and ended up defeating the boss ;D
A friend of mine who worked on the game said Sony wouldn't let them publish the game unless they added motion controls Sucks.
I don't know if Nintendo makes the same stipulations. |
Oh I know right? I felt the same way when playing MGS4. Any time I had to use the Sixaxis to do anything in that game (usually it just involved me shaking the controller up and down) I felt silly. And there was that stupid white Threat Ring they put in because Sony took out the rumble functions, only to put them back in. I'm sure after a certain point Kojima was like "to hell with it" and left it in.
I'm sure Nintendo makes SOME stipulations (particularly with ports), but I also think developers are more interested in making games that SPECIFICALLY use the Wii controls. I doubt anybody would go out of their way to make a game that uses the Sixaxis.
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