Comments on: Wii MotionPlus Coming June 8th

By: Quan

Quan — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 03:15:42 +0000

Motion plus, man It's about time. Tiger Woods 09 Wii is definitely going to be a hit.

By: Quan

Quan — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 03:15:00 +0000

Motion plus, man It's about time. Tiger Woods 09 Wii is definitely going to be a hit.

By: mculberson

mculberson — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 23:55:03 +0000

My thoughts exactly. The more accurate the M+ makes the responses in sports games, the more accurate the player's physical responses are going to need to be to succeed. But I know this won't be the case, because Nintendo is not marketing to hardcore gamers and the last thing they want is for their games to be hard. And this is why I think, for sports games at least, the M+ is just a waste and part of the Nintendo hype machine.

I can see it being cool for other games that require less precision and are more about imitating everyday actions. But imitating the actions of a professional athlete is a whole different story.

By: mculberson

mculberson — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 23:55:00 +0000

I can see it being cool for other games that require less precision and are more about imitating everyday actions. But imitating the actions of a professional athlete is a whole different story.

By: Mr_EA_Sports

Mr_EA_Sports — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 22:42:06 +0000

My take on this is how many people have a good golf swing? How many has a good tennis swing? Heck even a good jump shot? The truth is that sport video games allow people to play a sport at the highest level that only .05 % of the population can play. If you make it too sensitive the only people who will be able to play it at a high level will be the actual athlete. They just need to keep doing what they are doing (I don't even have a Wii but i respect companies doing different things in the market)

By: Mr_EA_Sports

Mr_EA_Sports — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 22:42:00 +0000

By: jj302401

jj302401 — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 21:34:39 +0000

im excited for what this will do for a variety of sports games. tennis and golf get the pub and will both be amazing most likely. but what about baseball or bowling? err fencing?

but im most stoked for the implications for tennis.

By: jj302401

jj302401 — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 21:34:00 +0000

im excited for what this will do for a variety of sports games. tennis and golf get the pub and will both be amazing most likely. but what about baseball or bowling? err fencing?

but im most stoked for the implications for tennis.

By: mculberson

mculberson — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 20:03:36 +0000

Yeah, I played the crap out of the Bowling on WII Sports. That's still the most fun I've had with my WII. I'm just a little skeptical at how much skill is actually going to be involved with the M+. I mean, they can't make it too hard, since no one will do well unless they replicate swings exactly, and that's not their market anyway. So they are going to have to make it easy, and to me that just takes all the skill out of it. It's cool to actually swing the golf club and tennis racket, but how much will the player actually effect gameplay?

I read that the origianl M+ was too accurate, and made it hard for an average gamer to play. They had to actually tone down the accuracy to make it more accessible. And that's where I think the problem lies with true motion control. The more realistic you make it, the harder it's going to be to actually succeed in the game. And since the hardcore market is defintely not the Wii's market, I don't see them doing anything to make their games more difficult. So, in the long run, M+ will just be another gimmick that makes Nintendo a boat load of money.

By: mculberson

mculberson — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 20:03:00 +0000