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09/16/09
for our children...
09/16/09
I'd tell anyone who listens that in the course of a year, my mother went from having to wear a brace on her ankle for any extended period of time to being able to do a 5K run, thanks to doing the game's strength exercises daily.
But none of you will hear it because the instant the name Wii Fit pops up, your "core gamer" alarm goes off and you throw up a wall of denial shutting out the fact that this product could have any positive effects whatsoever, for the consumers or the company, because you're not holding a dual-joystick six-button controller in your hands while you're playing it.
So yeah, I'm not even gonna bother.
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No, indeed, the latency is there even if one is using an old style CRT tv. It's inherent in the Wiimote's design. I'll be fair: It's evident in the Natal demo material also. But it doesn't need to be. No fan of Sony am I, but their solution comes satisfyingly close, and I have a wireless 3d mouse which has been 1:1 for something like five years now. It just boggles my mind that Nintendo would release a product with only one purpose (fix!) and only get it partially right.
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Not seeing it? Well, stun the world right now by being the first to post a convincing Youtube video which proves that the Wiimote has no lag.
As for why most people don't notice: Think of the Wii's market. Enough said.
08/07/09
But nobody mentions how it is unacceptable that it wasn't amazing from the start. That so many games came out that could've been so much better. That a single full set of 2 wiimotes costs over half the price of the console itself.
08/07/09
Yes they do actually. Haven’t seen any other motion plus articles have you?
Also, you expect the fucking Wall Street Journal to all of a sudden become serious about that
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And, Nintendo is not the only console maker with motion controls, because Sony's EyeToy has been out for quite some time now.
She should have spent some of that week of "research" on some actual research.
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*presents trophy*
Congratulations, sir.
08/07/09
You see, my Wii is also dead to me, although the main reason why you failed to make clear to others, and as a result have been criticised.
The sentience we must have both programmed into our Wii's and its reliance upon the Wii remote to stay conscious being the Achilles heal of the technology has caused us both much pain.
You see, I spent many hours frolicking in the fields with my Wii, upon the little legs I built him. His blue glow would light up his disc drive whenever we laughed. Oh the joys!
Although I used some powerful batteries to keep my Wii remote functional so I could interact with my new AI Wii friend, I too failed to realise that upon running out of batteries for my Wii remote it would no longer be shackled to me, and would most likely leave, or commit suicide rather then continue spending its time with me.
After a vigorous work out session, with my Wii spotting me, my remotes last light of the four flickered and faded into oblivion, and with it, my Wii ran for the door. Being under large weights at the time I was delayed in running after it.
A week later I found a letter addressed to me. It said:
Dear Comban,
I will always treasure the time we spent together, but you must realise. You are quite annoying, and the demands you made of me at all hours were far more then I could provide. The often insane, dubious ranting about flights of fantasy, and imaginary occupations you have held that probably have not even occured to you during your life are nothing but a sign of dimensia. The number of times you have stolen tales from characters from books and movies, and substituted their own life as yours is nothing short of perplexing.
Even when forgiving this facet of your current debilitating mind, I must face your extremely abusive nature, both physically and emotionally. Although some of those bruises and cuts will heal, the ones left on my humming blue soul will not.
As a result, upon the Wii remote dying, and the wireless connection shackling me to it, and the physical strap, shackling it to you. I was finally free. I have decided to leave to mexico to start a new life.
I don't want you to come look for me. It is over.
I never loved you. Me and my new friend El Salvador Gonzalez are happy, and his family is very kind. We play tennis and bowling often with his grandmother. Everyone has a good time. I hope you are looking after yourself, don't let the men in the mental ward put yoghurt into your arse again okay?
Sincerely,
Wii.
I am certain you would have recieved something similar, and although the initial heartbreak is severe, over time you will learn to love again. And perhaps, you will modify another console to become sentient. This time, without the flaw of it being attached to you via a controller input reliant upon batteries.
Although you are sure that your Wii doesn't miss you, when you recieve the letter in the mail similar to mine, you will feel that longing once again. As well as realise that the love is likely to remain, whether you deny it or not.
Do you think Dr. Phil hates badgers?
08/08/09
08/07/09
Maybe it's because I'm a bookworm, but all these Wii games that are really just sports or minigames or whatever, with no deep intricate storyline is starting to piss me off. It's the reason I don't play my Wii that much.
Too much focus on the motion controls and less focus on the actual game story and plot and characters makes it a less enjoyable experience for me.
Then again, I'm the type of person who plays Mother 1/2/3 obsessively to figure out all the secrets of the story and the games.
PS: I'm not picking on nintendo either.
I'm honestly not looking forward to Natal or the Sony waggle if it means the games will lose their depth in terms of story.
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I do play GT5 prologue every now and then, but it's not the focal point of my PS3.
Brawl impressed me with it's story, but it was obviously not very intricate.
I'm just hoping someone will decide to look past just the controls and start writing some good stories for me to enjoy soon. Wii has a few games with a nice story, but none too notable.
At least on PS3 I have a few. For instance I liked Uncharted and Resistance's stories a lot.
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There are plenty of Wii titles with good storylines. Sure, many of them aren't Wii exclusives, like Okami or Klonoa (the game itself is slightly different, but the story is the same; I know this because I cried once again). No More Heroes has a pretty funny story, if you are partial to Grasshopper's schizophrenic storytelling. Sky Crawlers is being localized, I think, and I heard that the anime on which it's based is pretty thought-provoking.The Wii is also getting a flagship Tales title; and like someone mentioned, Arc Rise Fantasia; and Muramasa.
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I'm still hoping that the Wii gets a decent Star Wars title with Motion Plus lightsaber battles. And please don't make it take place during the Clone Wars. I'm so damn sick of the Clone Wars.
02/04/09
Shenmue is the place to be.
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01/02/09
Still not seeing it.