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Wii-mote Can Do So Much More |
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Written by Fun Guy Fungi
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Friday, 19 January 2007 |
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GamesIndustry says that Ignition Entertainment, a small company that focuses on the Wii and handheld consoles, believes that there is much more that the Wii-mote can do that other companies aren't doing. Ed Bradley, the studio manager at Ignition, told Eurogamer that the remote can understand actions that are "far more complex and energetic than most players are interested in performing even in the privacy of their own homes."
Bradley went on to talk about how techno-wizardry is not as important as making a fun game, and that people don't care about what the graphics or technology are like as long as it's fun, and all that stuff that people have been saying since Pong. GamesIndustry notes that Ignition is working on Mercury Meltdown Revolution, a game where you move little blobs of liquid around by tilting the controller. Bradley states that they are almost finished with fine-tuning the control system.
More important, however, is this quote: "...so if it [the game] turns out to be fun only using a simple subset of the controller's gizmos then why worry about how 'proper' it is?" When combined with the earlier quote about stuff that most gamers wouldn't want to do, I think the message is obvious. Throughout the article there's a hint of deviancy–in fact, it seems that Mr. Bradley is a bit embarrassed of something that his company did. Those with small children may not want to read past the break.
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ACK! Don't JINX IT!!
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