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TalkBack / Re: What Bubble?
« on: December 16, 2008, 01:04:13 PM »
I can't see why everyone here is focusing on resolution as a limit to traditional gaming. The issue, for me, is control.
Traditional gaming, particularly in Nintendo's history is about giving unobstructed precise control to the gamer. Nintendo broke this tradition with the Wii remote : it is badly designed, with poorly placed face buttons. I understand the reasons behind their placement, but I can't believe the investment in a better arrangement would not have been worth it. Because of the current design, traditional games lack the flexibility required to come up with good button layouts and end up using some unoriginal gesture to fill up the most essential functions. Unfortunately, shaking the Wii remote to perform basic attack movement is imprecise, distracting, anti-ergonomic and embarrassing, while having no advantage from a gameplay perspective. Having a Wii MotionPlus level of precision would probably have compensated, if more relevant and precision-conscious gesture had been used, and if the device is successful, my faith may return in the future. For now, the Wii is nothing more than a good casual-gaming device.
I rented Super Mario Galaxy, the sequel to one of my favorite game of all time, Super Mario 64, and I was happy with mostly everything. Now I am waiting for a solution to experience this Wii game in its deserved glory : with a face button as an attack trigger. I hope I don't have to wait for Wii emulation on PC but rather that some clever person soon comes up with a way of tricking the Wii into perceiving traditional input from a traditional controller as if it was a gimmicky gesture from a Wii remote. I hope more and more games allow the optional use of the traditional controller and Gamecube controller, but what about those that won't, like Super Mario Galaxy? Nintendo has yet to allow people to launch Super Smash Bros Brawl with a Gamecube controller, that alone would raise the concern of people still attached to “hardcore” gaming on Nintendo's home system.
Traditional gaming, particularly in Nintendo's history is about giving unobstructed precise control to the gamer. Nintendo broke this tradition with the Wii remote : it is badly designed, with poorly placed face buttons. I understand the reasons behind their placement, but I can't believe the investment in a better arrangement would not have been worth it. Because of the current design, traditional games lack the flexibility required to come up with good button layouts and end up using some unoriginal gesture to fill up the most essential functions. Unfortunately, shaking the Wii remote to perform basic attack movement is imprecise, distracting, anti-ergonomic and embarrassing, while having no advantage from a gameplay perspective. Having a Wii MotionPlus level of precision would probably have compensated, if more relevant and precision-conscious gesture had been used, and if the device is successful, my faith may return in the future. For now, the Wii is nothing more than a good casual-gaming device.
I rented Super Mario Galaxy, the sequel to one of my favorite game of all time, Super Mario 64, and I was happy with mostly everything. Now I am waiting for a solution to experience this Wii game in its deserved glory : with a face button as an attack trigger. I hope I don't have to wait for Wii emulation on PC but rather that some clever person soon comes up with a way of tricking the Wii into perceiving traditional input from a traditional controller as if it was a gimmicky gesture from a Wii remote. I hope more and more games allow the optional use of the traditional controller and Gamecube controller, but what about those that won't, like Super Mario Galaxy? Nintendo has yet to allow people to launch Super Smash Bros Brawl with a Gamecube controller, that alone would raise the concern of people still attached to “hardcore” gaming on Nintendo's home system.
