A little Devil’s Advocate on the day via Slate: “The Wii, which is being marketed as the ideal system for newbies, made me feel like an incompetent novice. I don’t blame myself. The ugly truth is that the Wii’s already-legendary motion-detection system doesn’t work very well… For a console that wants to start a revolution, making users doubt their reflexes is a serious design flaw… Ultimately, it never achieves the level of difficulty that every console should aspire to: a good, fair challenge.”
Is this guy playing the same console I’m playing? Doubting your reflexes? It’s a freakin’ video game!!! But alas, differences of opinion exist.
Hurh? I was just raving to someone at lunch today about how much more precise the controls are than I thought they'd be. That dude needs to go buy Wario Ware: Smooth Moves and unlock/play the stacking mini-game, pronto!
It's called opinion people… and yes.. it is simply just "Wii"
This guy definetely needs to play Wario Ware: Smooth moves. Or better still, just have a nice tall cup of shut the f**k up.
Isn't "The Slate" owned by Micro$oft?!?!As a Nintendo employee, I feel that the Xbox will give you ball cancer.
I think he setup up something wrong. Not sure what or how, cause a kid can set it up.[i]"In order to kill the guy on the left, you need to aim left and slightly down. Obviously, you can get used to this kind of self-calibration, but there's a learning curve even for experienced gamers." [/i]And he expects to get a work out from swinging a bat:[i]"The ball came in, I swung, and the ball flew away. After a few whacks, I realized that the Wii isn't asking me to simulate a realistic swing. There's no reason to assume a batter's stance, and no reason to bother swinging the controller fast or following through—flicking the controller like a pingpong paddle works just as well. This is the Wii's biggest letdown—you don't need to stand up, leap around, or otherwise leave the warm embrace of your couch. The console senses motion, but compared with the full-body workout of a game like Dance Dance Revolution, you're not getting any kind of exercise at all."[/i]No, you don't need to. The system won't know if you're standing or not, so you might as well hold the Wiimote sideways and swing it like a tabletennis bat. Idiot.-Fank
This guy is a serious douchebag. And Fank, it's , not [i] [/i]
I meant < i >. But I did a real tag.
he's just uncoordinated. it's not the systems, its definitely him. maybe he should quit video games or stick with the old game pads.
I dunno about him, but once me and my Wii friends figured out wrist flicking, Wii Sports dropped off the face of the earth.
I'm also underwhelmed by the precision of the Wii Remote. For example, can you do Long Lines or Stops on Wii Sports Tennis? Nobody has ever mastered a Stop in Tennis AFAIK.
I bet he doesnt have a Wiiand he "thinks" that the Wii motion is not good, well .. all I wanna do now its to tie him to a chair , and play Wario Ware Smooth Moves infront of him while I laugh an evil laughter when he cries 🙂
It's great to hear so much love for Smooth Moves! I can't wait to have a Smooth Moves party.
I know: this guy must have been playing Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz!
The guy is an the editor of Popular Mechanics, so I think he is more interested in the inner workings than the actual console.
Holy shit, of course its not going to work and do exactly what you do 100% that's not the technologies problems it's the people programming. The controller can do anything you want, at all degrees and axis, but did they put in 2000 programmed movements or only 100!Wii has started a revolution, it's not at the beginning of a revolution that perfection happens you idiot.Wii is what I have been waiting for years, when N64 came out I was sick of the sit on your ass and just push buttons games…I had a NES and SNES at that point, N64 at least changes the controls which led to NGC. Wii is what I have been waiting for, I didn't know what I wanted but I wanted something other then button mashing and Wii delivered, oh its still button mashing but with motion control. Every person I know who has tried it loves it! There are a few of my friends who dont like it because they dont bother to open up their minds (about more things then just games!) They play 360 which are all bloody fucking army shooter games. They are graphics whores and that all that matters, when that AND game play should matter, not one or the other. I dont make fun of 360 but my friend just cant help and make fun of Wii…not my problem you are insecure and cant open your mind. Wii haters are simple loosers…just LOOSERSPlato said, "the greatest joy in life is understanding." I will agree regardless of what it is, math, a book, someone's idea, I at least try to understand and once I do it opens doors to ideas and a sense of satisfaction of …."I understand ! :D" If you dont understand Wii then I feel for you…cuz you are missing out!
Great, another Matt Cassamassina… "If you don't see it my way, you're an idiot."Anyhow, I think the author has a point, but it's true that his complaints should be aimed at the programmers of the game he played. The reflex bit has happened to everyone with WiiSports i'm sure, just maybe they didn't put it in those terms. Like in Tennis where you prepare your backswing to hit a forehand and your Mii swings backhanded first, throwing you off and making you losing the point. In the middle of the rally, that happens and you're dumbfounded. Definitely aint the player's fault, and you have to adapt to the software.
I completely agree with this blog. My friend bought a Wii only because he can't afford a PS3 and to COMPLETELY market a system around motion control they needed to do a better job. Not to say it's not good, just not great. I'm pretty sure anyone who talks smack about this blog only defends the Wii because they can't afford a REAL next-gen system.Besides the games on the Wii are child oriented and the graphics are NO better than the GameCube, except Excite Truck which is actually looks like a N64 game.Save your money a little longer and get a PS3, it'll be worth it before long!!-French (PlayB3yond)