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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Is the Wii remote really so unreliable in Zelda: TLP?

« on: December 12, 2006, 08:45:04 PM »

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Originally posted by: couchmonkey
Shield bash: It's probably a timed attack (similar to counter attacks from Wind Waker) on the GCN...actually I think it's timed on Wii too, I haven't used it much.  So on GCN, you'd shield, wait for the symbol to appear, then tap up on the stick to do the bash - or something like that.

I find having to unsheath the sword annoying but accurate.  When I forget to unsheath it, I blame myself rather than the game.  But it can be frustrating when you just go through a door or something.  There are occassional blips in the sword controls but overall I find them to be just plain more fun than pressing A. In fact I'm annoyed that certain wolf attacks require A instead of swinging the controller.

My only honest-to-goodness problem with the sword controls at about the 1/3 point of the game is that when I targeted a certain underwater enemy, I couldn't seem to perform a horizontal slice, which is required to hit its weak spot.  De-targeting fixed it, but I shouldn't have to de-target to attack.

about the horizontal slice thing...... maybe you were holding up on the anolog.  if you are z targeting and pushing up it does a stab motion.  but if you z target and just swing it does horizontal.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz

« on: December 12, 2006, 06:58:40 PM »

Well, honestly, it was a lot of little things.  Wii Sports is fun, but the ball for example in Tennis rarely does what you tell it to.  You swing left, it goes right.  You swing right, to keep it in bounds, and it goes further left.  The spin in bowling felt completely unnatural at first.  

for tennis make sure to do back hand swings when the ball bounces to your backhand otherwise the ball goes all wacked out,  and if you are doing a forehand make sure the ball is going to your forehand.  also if you are spiking with your closer character make sure to do the proper swing as well.  the ball does weird stuff if you swing the wrong way.  and there are so many different types of shots as well.  crazy side spins, back spins, top spins, lobs and one of my faves the drop shot.  i dont know how to do it proper but one of my friends was doing it the whole time, it was funny cuz she was swinging as hard as she could and the ball kept floating and suddently drop over the net.  i think if you dick around with tennis you will find that it does exactly what you want the ball to do. so many times i hit a nice one down the line and crazy cross court shots that are unreturnable.  and hit your serve as soon as the ball hits its apex, you will get smoke coming off your ball, tough to return if you arent paying attention.

bowling is so accurate its not even funny.  first off, how many of you let go of the button too late, meaning the ball lands like 15 feet in front of you, if you do that the ball will lose most of its spin.  for those of you who let go too early, meaning the ball leaves your hand at the front of the lane,  the ball will have all its spin you put on it.  now the main thing here is people seem to think that you need to be infront of the sensor bar,  the sensor bar is only for pointing.  you can be upstairs in the bathroom and play bowling.  ive bowled stikes without even being in the same room as my wii,(the remote beeps so you know its your turn.)   you just need to have really good muscle memory( you know like shooting a free throw with you eyes closed)  just rememer to do the exact same thing over and over again to get strikes.  the best way to bowl is to let go of the button at like a 45 degree angle towards the floor.  that way the ball lands where it is supposed to, not too early and not getting launched into the air.   so to get the ball going straight down the lane you hold B, as soon as your guy moves drop your hand down, then BEFORE he gets to the line swing your arm forward and let go at that 45 degree angle and KEEP the remote buttons facing the ceiling, no tilt.  to make sure you arent tilting to the left physically look at your remote after you let go of the button, chances are you are holding it with tilt to the left(if you are right handed).  to add spin just tilt. its that easy.  

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz

« on: December 12, 2006, 06:42:45 PM »

i dont understand how anybody can have a problem controlling the monkeys in this game.  the controls are way more intuitive.  did you know in real life there is this thing call inertia and momemtum.  you guys realise you are controlling the ground and not the monkeys.  so when the floor is tilted the monkeys move but if you tilt it right away in the EXACT opposite direction the monkey will gradually change directions. you gotta anticipate what you want to do.  and also its easier if you hold the remote normally with your arm ONLY moving up and down(kinda like doing a curl with weights) so full speed forward would mean the infrared thing is pointed at the ground, and full speed backward(or stop) would mean IR thing pointed to ceiling. and here is the tricky part,  ONLY twist the remote left or right to move your monkey left or right.  but you have to twist while keeping the remote perpendicular to your body.  if you are like my friends and twist while rotating the remote the floor wont angle as much.  main thing to try to do is KEEP the IR thing on remote pointed straight.  it has nothign to do with the sensor bar, but all to do with how much the remote tilts.  in know this sounds easy but after watching some of my friends play they end up rotating the remote rather than tilting it.