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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Wii Motion Sensing Precision
« on: July 19, 2007, 11:11:47 AM »
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Originally posted by: Kairon
One of the first games to use AILive, I believe, was Mortal Kombat: Armargeddon for the Wii!

There's ways to use the wiimote accelerometer information better. But it's not a straightforward proposition. For example, Gamasutra recently had an article explaining how lots and lots of math known as Kalman Filtering could improve the Wiimote's motion detection capabilities. What does that mean? I don't know! But I hope that developers out there do, because this new exciting world of 3D spatial controls is far more complicated than analog sticks!


Just looking over IGN's review of the game (I haven't gotten a chance to play it yet), it seems like this technology is actually pretty nifty - there biggest complaint being that it's for a fighter, which makes sense, because even a little bit of inaccuracy in a fighter can be a huge pain in the ass.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Wii Motion Sensing Precision
« on: July 19, 2007, 11:08:11 AM »
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Originally posted by: Requiem
Well to be fair, Zelda's "waggle" feature was a replacement for a button, so that's not cumulative of what to expect by any means.

I think you should watch this. Here


Ok, that's neat.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE: 8 Biggest Wii games of 07
« on: July 19, 2007, 10:59:06 AM »
Wow, I'm surprised Godzilla's getting so much hype.

I know the lead designer!  Hee.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Wii Motion Sensing Precision
« on: July 19, 2007, 04:24:17 AM »
Thanks for the info everyone - I'll watch that youtube video when I'm not at work, and thus can access streaming content.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Wii Motion Sensing Precision
« on: July 19, 2007, 04:17:13 AM »
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Originally posted by: Ceric
I think its just hard to gauge what someone thinks is far and what is close.  Say I start a game and I'm playing near the front of the room and zoom is done with pushing the Wiimote forward and pulling back.  Now I pause it, get something to eat, and move back to the chairs that are farther away.  Should my game be perpetually zoomed out?  Should a little motion forward single for me to zoom in all the way?  Maybe something grander.  What seems to me to be far is mostly in relationship to how far my arm is extended.  It won't know that unless they ask for it in particular at the beginning of a game.  I see the moving towards and away type actions will always be problematic.


I don't think you get how the wiimote works - the wii doesn't sense where you are in three dimensional space, it senses the movement of the wiimote.  So if you move the wiimote when paused, it doesn't matter, because the system won't register that as a zoom-in/zoom-out thing.  Instead it'll register movements with the accelerometers from wherever you're sitting/standing.

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Nintendo Gaming / Wii Motion Sensing Precision
« on: July 18, 2007, 07:29:43 AM »
So as new games come out, I've become increasingly worried about the motion sensing aspect of the wiimote.  While the infared pointer and the tilt seem to work rather well, basically every game involving hacking/slashing/stabbing or some other three-dimensional movement of the wiimote that's more complicated than just detecting movement, seems to have had a mass response of having imprecise controls.  I personally found this to be very true with Zelda, though that by no means screwed up the experience for me (though I had a damn hard time getting a vertical or horizontal slash to happen as i wanted it).  My limited experience with other games makes this seem true as well.  And I've seen it in tons of previews for e3 games.

So here's the question:  is the software recognition of gestures still in a primitive stage, and can we hope for awesome, precise gesturing in the future, or is the wiimote's motion sensing really just not that good?  It's an important question, and to me, makes the difference between the wii being gimmicky without a lot of long term potential (because, honestly, flailing and hoping it comes up with the right motion isn't immersive), and something that will change gaming.

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TalkBack / RE: Wii Lineup for First Quarter 2007 Expands Nintendo's Global Phenomenon
« on: January 25, 2007, 01:42:21 AM »
Seriously though, how in hell is Sonic not a big name third party game?

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TalkBack / RE: Wii Lineup for First Quarter 2007 Expands Nintendo's Global Phenomenon
« on: January 24, 2007, 02:55:42 AM »
I'm really surprised no one's excited about sonic - it's supposed to be the best sonic in years, or so the people who've played it thusfar have said.

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TalkBack / RE: Virtual Console Mondays: January 1
« on: January 01, 2007, 03:11:30 PM »
Yeah, ok, ok, but we knew these titles were coming, because of earlier lists, and we knew they were crap.

So now they're out of the way and NOA can bring on the good stuff.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE: I met my first skeptic today
« on: December 20, 2006, 04:58:20 PM »
I think the funniest skeptic I've encountered told me he didn't want  a Wii because he was more or less too lazy to wave his arms around while playing a game.  He waned to sit back and press buttons.

I smiled and nodded, because he's my sister's fiancee, but I was laughing my ass off inside.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Virtual Console Wishlist (pictures inside)
« on: December 20, 2006, 03:12:04 AM »
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Originally posted by: Ceric
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Originally posted by: capamerica
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Originally posted by: Smoke39
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Originally posted by: capamerica
from what people have been able to find out by trying to hack the games, it seems that each game contains the ROM and the Emulator, so there isn't any on board emulators on the Wii.

That sounds... wasteful...


Ya it does, But it does prevent hacker from use Nintendo's emulators to run pirated ROMs.


It would also allow a developer in theory to if they want to go ahead and make some improvements on the original rom.  Like up the clock a little to speed up framerates.


Also - making a universal emulator that runs every game PERFECTLY - next to impossible.  This is an easy way to tweak individual emus so that they run the individual game without any glitches whatsoever.

Damn I used to spend too much time reading about emulation.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE: The biggest disaster in Nintendo history?
« on: December 19, 2006, 05:09:59 AM »
CBeer - you are a troll.  Rot in hell.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE: Elebits
« on: December 13, 2006, 08:06:36 AM »
Apparently it got a 7/4.5/4.0 in the new EGM (not up on gamerankings yet - got the info from the game-specific board on gamefaqs.com).  Which would worry me, but I've mostly disagreed with EGM for years now.  I take gameinformer's lower score much more seriously.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE: Square Enix to Hold a DQ Press Conference on Tuesday
« on: December 11, 2006, 08:01:18 PM »
Crimm... Dragon Warrior VII came out in the US.  I think you missed that.

It didn't sell because it was VERY old school.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE: DQIX for the Nintendo DS!
« on: December 11, 2006, 05:35:13 PM »
Wow.  I'm way too tired (w00t 14/20 pages on a term paper done) to comprehend this news right now.

IceCold, I believe that is correct.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE: Is the Wii remote really so unreliable in Zelda: TLP?
« on: December 11, 2006, 05:19:12 AM »
For those having a problem with the shield bash and the spin attack, I've found that, with a little practice, I can reliably do both.  Here's my techniques:

Shield Bash: Punch.  That's right punch.  Jab the controller forward, directly at the screen.
Spin Attack: Spin your arm around in a vertical circle, kinda like you were going to throw a lasso.  Its worked quite well for me.

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Nintendo Gaming / Tommorrow's VC Games...
« on: December 10, 2006, 09:54:51 AM »
Any news on what they will be?  Is the Big N not keeping up on releasing schedules?

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Which third-party are you most excited to see on board?
« on: December 06, 2006, 01:12:22 PM »
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Originally posted by: mantidor
Ion storm, only because they are the  last remains of the awesome Looking Glass Studios which is now deceased , and because the remote screams to be used in a Thief game, it would be nothing short of incredible if such game cames to be a reality.


I'd say that Irrational Games carries more of the spirit of Looking Glass than Ion Storm does... though I'm not sure if it has any of the actual employees.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE: Virtual Console wish list thread
« on: December 04, 2006, 04:01:21 PM »
Goemon has a good chance in Japan a meh one here... though I'll flip if the SNES one that made it to our shores does.

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TalkBack / RE: New Virtual Console Games This Monday
« on: December 02, 2006, 12:10:17 PM »
Ristar = Unknown Gem.  REALLY good.

Look at the Gamefaqs reviews for it:
http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/genesis/review/586423.html


Seriously, pick the game up if you're bored.  I certainly will in a bit.

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TalkBack / RE: New Virtual Console Games This Monday
« on: December 02, 2006, 12:08:12 PM »
Ristar = Unknown Gem.  REALLY good.

Look at the Gamefaqs reviews for it:
http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/genesis/review/586423.html


Seriously, pick the game up if you're bored.  I certainly will in a bit.

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Nintendo Gaming / 1st Quarter 3rd Party Support...
« on: November 30, 2006, 05:04:26 AM »
So there's been extensive discussion about the kinda light 1st party support during the 1st quarter next year, but I'm interested in knowing what's coming from 3rd parties.   Anything interesting outside of Sonic?

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TalkBack / RE: Reggie Talks Wii
« on: November 29, 2006, 04:11:47 PM »
Ian... this was the best launch this generation.  By a lot.  And I'd say the only launch last generation that can compare was the XBox's, unless you count Dreamcast.   And the generation before?   I'd say that Nintendo was the only one to launch with any games that made the system worth buying.

Stop complaining so much and take a second and look at the competition.  Look at how other companies act.  It's not arrogance, it's the pressures of getting a system out at a time when it will still be competitive.  Of course there won't be 5 amazing games at launch.  That does not happen.  And I think your dismissal of Ubi Soft is a little... stupid.   Unlike EA, they have a history of releasing games exclusively for individual systems, at least initially, and they've done so on the Wii.  Furthermore, big Japanese publishers ARE developing games for the Wii, which they were NOT doing for the GameCube, especially at this point in the game.  The few that did make games for the cube were more or less bought - see Capcom making Zelda games and Square making Mario Sports games.

And frankly, porting games to the VC isn't an instantaneous process - see the YEARS it took people to concoct emulators for PC.  While of course it's easier with the original code and additional system specs, it's not like Nintendo snaps their fingers and the games appear.  In addition, I found the prices quite reasonable, and was quite happy to spend 5 dollars to pick up the original Legend of Zelda, which I'd never gotten to play to that point in time.  If it seems too steep for you, by all means, don't buy it!

In conclusion, you're wrong.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE: Virtual Console
« on: November 27, 2006, 06:24:47 AM »
Caliban - that's probably just hard-coding an old problem with NES games - that if there are more than a certain number (I think 4) sprites on a horizontal line, the game slows down and the sprites flash.  Any accurate NES emu would have that in there.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE: Nintendo's Wii titles for 2007
« on: November 26, 2006, 03:47:54 PM »
Super Paper Mario is a 2D Mario game.  Way to be informed, kids.

I'm hoping that 2007 brings out the major franchises and 2008 brings out the major original titles.  Nintendo needs new characters, finally, methinks.

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