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Originally posted by: Ian Sane
"I'd also disagree that the ease of use is an illusion. Learning a game like Splinter Cell or even Zelda means investing 20-30 minutes in tutorials (and that's if you're already a gamer)."
Yeah but the remote hasn't made learning Zelda easier. Metroid Prime 3 still requires some time to figure out how to play. I took a while for me and I've played Metroid Prime 1&2 so I was trying to figure out how to scan and such. A newcomber would take a lot longer since they don't even know the concept. That's all based on the game itself. Wii Sports is very easy to learn how to play but then even if it used a traditional controller (and thus really sucked) it would still be very easy to learn. Meanwhile games that had a steeper learning curve and more complexity aren't easier to get into because of the remote.
The non-games and specifically Wii Sports is where the credit is really due. Everyone is familiar with baseball and tennis and such so they see a game that looks really easy to get into and they're interested. The non-gamers I encounter that are interested in the Wii are really only interested in titles like Wii Sports and Wii Play which are simple titles that take no time at all to learn. They're not interested in Metroid Prime 3 or Super Mario Galaxy or SSB Brawl. Those games remain complex (and thank God for that) and the controller not only doesn't make them less so (unless Nintendo intentionally borks the game) but it doesn't even create the illusion of ease-of-use. Hell maybe the remote and the touchscreen aren't really deserving of as much credit as the non-games themselves are an essential part. It's really the combination. The controls provide the illusion of ease-of-use and that combines with a simplistic game (or "non-game") that attracts the attention of those who for whatever reason decided they weren't interested in games.
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Originally posted by: Ian Sane
"I will sum up my argument as follows: Fastest-selling video game system in North America, ever."
That doesn't mean the existing controller was broken. Those who took the short amount of time needed to use it had no problems with it. The remote works well as a marketing tool as it creates the illusion of ease-of-use to those who refused to learn the old method. It's like how I know people of older generations that will not pay for gas at the pump and will not use microwaves. Do those have broken interfaces? No. Those who don't have a bias against them and try them out adapt to them immediately.
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Originally posted by: Ian Sane
The Wii has been from day one fixing something that was never broken. They may get non-gamers to TRY the remote and it's a very good marketing tool but no one who spent more than five seconds learning how to use a "traditional" controller had a problem with it.
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Originally posted by: Ceric
Parody is Fair Use. They should have stuck with there guns but I can see that they probably did it out of courtesy so they don't get with one of there games associated with the killing of ladies of the night.
Bingo. Otherwise Weird Al would be out of a job.
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Originally posted by: Professional 666
This doesn't sound like 7.5 material. What gives?
