questworld

But, so does Wii Sports golf, Wii Sports baseball, and even Wii Sports bowling. All allow one to use wrist and arm actions to enhance the response. The manual does not do these games justice. Wii pitching uses actual wrist actions for cureballs and screwballs, and hitting requires not just timing but also putting the fat part of the bat on the ball at the right angle (simply timing the pitch will not give it lift).

I admit that I have spent dozens of hours with the Wii Sports games, even though I have a 360 that is currently collecting dust since I got a Wii. If MS (or a licensed 3rd party) gets smart fast, they will introduce a motion-sensing controller for the 360(since they patented one for the PC nearly 15 years ago). Because the PS3 Six-Axis is so awkward to use as a motion-sensing device, maybe Sony will give us a rumble-enabled Boomerang for the PS3. That would give them a decided advantage over MS, which seems to be completely lacking in imagination.

bornonce

Add decent Wii remote functionality - and I mean decent, not half-hearted, and it'd easily feel at home.

humilitybecomeshim

rmeehan17

toysmaniac

You can essentially perform every shot available to you in real tennis, with just a small amount of "re-learning" the Wii swing methodology as opposed to a real tennis swing. You can swing on 6 axis to affect the trajectory of your return. Rolling your wrist a direction during your swing evokes a spin, while varying the time of impact dictates the ball's direction - left or right.

It's all there, everything you can do in Rockstar's Ping Pong is already achievable in Wii Tennis provided you have mastered all of the return techniques.

There is no reason why simply adding a nunchuck for character movement would be impossible. All that's needed is the analog stick.

I play about an hour of Wii Tennis a night in training mode and matches since the system's launch. I can't get out to play real tennis as much as I'd like to anymore, and this has filled in GREAT as a substitute. I am crossing my fingers for Rockstar's Ping Pong now...

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YCS

YCS

darki

Zim

WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11111111111111111

thrawn42

VAMP

Also thanks for saying what I was thinking, Darkness. :-)

miss_ali1984

Because at the moment all the nintendo fanboys are doing is trying to justify their purchase of the console with limited graphical prowess.

If the wii had both graphical power and intuitive controls the whole argument of 'graphics arent important' would be out the window entirely. But because they dont have a choice they have to resort to it.

As for me, after playing the 360 version of table tennis It'll be hard pressed trying to convince me to play a dumbed down version of the game, with possibly limited AI or physics and with visuals that look like my dogs breakfast.

Make of that what you will.

excalibre

Anyway, I played the 360 version and it was pretty cool. Adding some wii-remote and nunchuck action would be pretty cool. I could care less about the graphics. Just as long as it's playable and fun, which it should be. Add in some online play and you have a winner.

Darkness

Atrius

NotoriousJnX

CrimemasterGogo

Avinash_Tyagi

Ampillion = That Man.

klew

xiaNaix

that was so hilarious.

I dunno about the whole wii thing, though, if everybody was in consensus about the awesome preciseness of the controls when it came out (never gonna happen), then it would be rentable, but nah.

Graphics? Graphics shmaphics, like technology shmology up there in Kim's post. Call me brainwashed by the big N, but graphics shouldn't be the dealbreaker when it comes to good games. I like Super Paper Mario's art style (umm paper i guess)just as much as I like Gears' crazy graphics (as my friend put it: BLOOMBLOOMBLOOM! I can imagine the devs..."hey i got a 1337 idea for graphics in gears, let's throw tons and tons of BLOOM! BLOOM!1!111LOLLERSKATES!!!12111")

Plus, who needs ping pong with graphics? we wii owners need precise controls, not hey, i brought the putter up 4 seconds ago and it hasn't even come upWHAT THE HELL? HOW CAN A PUTT GO THAT FAR IF I DIDN'T EVEN HIT IT?

jravolta

Aftershock14520

The one in WiiPlay is pretty lame. All you do is move the paddle to the ball instead of actually hitting it. The computer does the hitting for you. Also, the table area is so small that its' way too easy to move your pointer off the screen, leaving a motionless paddle on the screen while your opponent hits the ball back and you're trying to find your way back onto the screen. It's a lot more frustrating than fun.

I agree with the others that for a game like this, graphics don't matter that much when you're actually playing the game. Sure, it'd be nice to have the killer graphics in the 360 version but I'd gladly take a port on the Wii that has crappier graphics but uses the Wiimote.

Mugen Power

dude49

Go play WiiPlay, its there.

iameleveneight

Table Tennis (can we please just call it ping pong) is up close, and can have the paddle mimic the Wiimote.

Tcata

shipwreck

Toad

cronotrigger913

Kantwon

jackal888

Aex

toadwarrior

phinehas

Karttikeya

Well yeah, but hell i wanna be able to walk around liberty city banging hookers with my wii mote. Graphical power my ass! idc honestly if it wont look great.

Jesus Christ

Crom

to me, it seems that the best uses of the wii mote so far have not been the games that try to emulate an actual activity exactly, but the ones that just try to focus on fun controls.

=O