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cjlopez
09/18/09

In reply to Lostwinds Might Come To 360, PS3
last time i played lost wind, i dont recall using motion control for anything!!!. But i do remember using the IR sensor on my wiimote. You know, to move the spirit and create my jumping paths.

IR sensor != motion control
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bobtheduck in Korea
09/18/09

@cjlopez: Great thing about the wand is the position of the ball and the tilt of the controller can act as the wiimote pointer in reverse.

Why don't people understand thsi? Didn't anyone watch the spraypaint demo?
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wintersault
09/18/09

In reply to Lostwinds Might Come To 360, PS3
lol this game sucks. halo 3 has like 20 weapons but this game has only 0. true other qaulity product titles like madden dont have guns but the progatonists employ and use muscles to overpower the enemy. motion control is gimmicky
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diagorus
09/18/09

@wintersault: *eats sandwich in trolls face*
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TalKeaton: Every Puzzle Has an Answer!
09/18/09

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LostWinds is not a game that could work nicely with Natal. It simply isn't. See, one of the things that makes LostWinds distinct is that you are essentially controlling two characters at the same time, one with the Wiimote, the other with the Nunchuk; one through motion controls, the other through analog controls. The difference in control scheme and the separation into what is almost two different controllers is part of the reason the original was so awesome.

So unless you used a controller in conjunction with Natal, which seems kind of awkward because both your hands would then be pinned to the controller and not waving around or anything, there doesn't seem to be a simple control scheme for moving both characters using Natal.

As for Sony's motion control bit, the same may apply but I don't know enough about their setup to say with any kind of accuracy.

That's not to say that they couldn't bring something similar to those different systems, but LostWinds? Nah.
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Showmeyomoves!
09/18/09

In reply to Lostwinds Might Come To 360, PS3
Uh, okay Luke...

Let me just take two sentences from your article here and put them side by side:

"Lostwinds is pretty great, but because it's only available on WiiWare, many people are - for whatever reason - ignoring it."

Then:

"The very fact that we're doing this sequel shows it's been successful."

People aren't ignoring this title, you just need to get off this "Wii is for non-gamers" bullshit.
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Adda
09/18/09

@Showmeyomoves!: One is a viewpoint of a journalist and the other is a response made to a question based on that viewpoint.

Maybe you need to get off the "other people think Wii is for non-gamers" bullshit?
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dasorcerer7
09/18/09

@Adda: Um maybe Luke being a journalist, could do some fact checking before expressing baseless view points.
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Showmeyomoves!
09/18/09

@Adda: Viewpoints should never be stated as fact. A journalist would know this.

Also, Braben's quote is not a reply to this "viewpoint", it's actually an elaboration on why Lost Winds might indeed make it to other consoles.
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XVLN
09/18/09

@Showmeyomoves!: i see myself as a gamer.. i own a wii .. never play with it...
my mom is no gamer, she play's the wii all the time ...
1+1=2
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Showmeyomoves!
09/18/09

@XVLN: i see myself as a gamer.. i own a wii .. play with it regularly...
my mom is no gamer, she never plays with the wii ...
1-1=0
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XVLN
09/18/09

@Showmeyomoves!: Really?.. if so.. touché
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Showmeyomoves!
09/18/09

@XVLN: Yup, really. I might play my PS3 more (WipEout HD), but that doesn't mean I neglect my Wii (Klonoa).

And besides my mom playing one game of Wii Sports (back when I just got it) and watching me play Beatles: Rock Band, she's never paid any attention to it. Just like every other console that came before it.
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Luke Plunkett
09/18/09

@Showmeyomoves!: Fixed, to make it a little clearer what i was trying to say!
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Showmeyomoves!
09/18/09

@Luke Plunkett: Thanks! :)
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Scorpi
11/22/08

In reply to MIGS Keynote: A Broken Business Model
Ok, I live in Montreal and didn't even hear anything about this happening - happens every year! It seems odd that there isn't a massive spectacle-like show in this city, what with the largest development studio in the world here (Ubisoft 10,000+ persons)
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