Post by: WindyMan on June 02, 2006, 04:41:54 PM
Remember the WiiSports Tennis game at the end of Nintendo's E3 press conference? The one that had those goofy renditions of Satoru Iwata, Shigeru Miyamoto and Reggie Fils-Aime? Everyone got to talking about how neat it would be if you can do that with your own face, with your own system.
It just so happens that we will be doing that with the Wii, or at least with games that support it. According to Chris Kohler's Wired Games blog, the functionality to create caricatures of people's faces is built in to the Wii hardware. Profiles on the console can assign a custom face to characters in supported games (WiiSports is apparently one of them), or choose from a variety of presets.
It's also interesting to hear that Nintendo is planning to use a profile system for Wii. This could possibly mean that having a centralized profile on the console would eliminate the need to deal with the different save/load structure of different games, among other things.
While we've always wanted to put our face in the game, this might not be exactly what we were thinking. Creating simple caricatures will work for the graphically simple stuff, but what about realistic games like Red Steel or other first person shooters?
Post by: GoldenPhoenix on June 02, 2006, 05:07:31 PM
Post by: Caliban on June 02, 2006, 05:28:00 PM
Post by: Jensen on June 02, 2006, 05:28:08 PM
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Originally posted by: VGrevolution
Wow, maybe this could mean a camera implemented into the Wii controller? Could this be one of its last hardware features yet to be revealed? Should be interesting to see how this works exactly.
There is a camera in the WiiMote! But it can only see IR.
Post by: WindyMan on June 02, 2006, 05:39:47 PM
Post by: Bloodworth on June 02, 2006, 05:42:13 PM
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Post by: Hostile Creation on June 02, 2006, 06:44:34 PM
Post by: WuTangTurtle on June 02, 2006, 07:03:07 PM
Post by: Athrun Zala on June 02, 2006, 07:13:19 PM
Quotewouldn't it be cheaper to Nintendo easier to copy a photo to a SD card? (and from the card to the Wii)
Originally posted by: Caliban
I'm betting that it isn't a camera, but rather you upload a photo of yourself from your computer to the Wii using the software that will come in an included CD to the Wii you just bought. Just an idea but far more cheaper than having a camera with the Wii.
Post by: ShyGuy on June 02, 2006, 07:58:24 PM
Post by: Caliban on June 02, 2006, 08:28:48 PM
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Originally posted by: Athrun ZalaQuotewouldn't it be cheaper to Nintendo easier to copy a photo to a SD card? (and from the card to the Wii)
Originally posted by: Caliban
I'm betting that it isn't a camera, but rather you upload a photo of yourself from your computer to the Wii using the software that will come in an included CD to the Wii you just bought. Just an idea but far more cheaper than having a camera with the Wii.
LOL, good point! I forgot that, in these modern times, cameras can use memory cards. But what about the people that use older cameras, or don't have a camera at all?
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on June 02, 2006, 09:03:46 PM
, and upgrade some of their '80/'90's tech for something from the future, like something from The Year TwoThousaaand.
Post by: Sarail on June 02, 2006, 09:06:53 PM
Post by: Kairon on June 02, 2006, 09:52:45 PM
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Originally posted by: BlackNMild2k1
well then obviously this feature wouldn't be for them, and they should scrape together a little cash, which shouldn't be too hard with all the money they just saved purchasing a Wii over the competition
Careful, isn't that what Sony's thinking?
People will feed their children cabbage soup for months just so they can afford the PS3?
Either way, I see no need for this digital photo trickery you are all espousing. This is probably just like those caricatured faces on the Wii Sports models (or on Animal Crossing, or logos on F-Zero GX).
~Carmine M. Red
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Post by: Nephilim on June 03, 2006, 12:34:36 AM
There are over 50 different kinds of flash cards, I doubt Nintendo will support more then one due to the fact the SD card is a partnership with panasonic
Post by: getter77 on June 03, 2006, 03:46:00 AM
Post by: stevey on June 03, 2006, 05:25:27 AM
Post by: Sarail on June 03, 2006, 06:34:44 AM
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There are over 50 different kinds of flash cards, I doubt Nintendo will support more then one due to the fact the SD card is a partnership with panasonic
50? Any electronics or digital photo-based store I've walked in to carries pretty much SD, CF, xD, or Sony's exclusive memory sticks/cards.
SD and CF are standards.
Post by: Jonnyboy117 on June 03, 2006, 07:16:29 AM
Post by: wandering on June 03, 2006, 02:38:55 PM
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This info was already revealed in our E3 interview with Takashi Tezuka.
I thought I had read it before...
Anyway, good news. Now there needs to be a Wii port of Metal Gear Solid where Psycho Mantis describes what your face looks like.
Post by: Chode2234 on June 03, 2006, 05:30:15 PM
Post by: stevey on June 03, 2006, 06:24:38 PM
Nintendo was going to use the GBC camera and 64 controller hoke up, but then their was all the school shooting and the got rid of it.
Post by: KDR_11k on June 05, 2006, 08:36:32 AM
What kind of system are we talking about here, "adjust a predefined face to your liking" as seen in many MMOs or full "paint your own texture" action as seen in AC?
shaolinkilla: 1. With games it's UV map because you have only 2 dimensions in your texture.
2. I'd call "what it will look like" a bad description. The UV map shows which texture areas correspond to which polygons on the model.
