News: Ode To The Wii Article
Posted 01 Mar 2007 at 06:53 by Fierce_Link
PC Mag.com have some positive thoughts about the system.
This is the second article I have posted today of this type, but this really was an interesting read, so I just had to share it with others.
An article has recently been posted on PC Mag regarding the Wii and it's innovative 'remote'. The writer seems to be enthralled about the direction videogames are heading. Here are some snippets from that article:
Over the years, I've tried as hard as I can to avoid console game-playing machines, but it's nearly impossible with the Nintendo Wii. With that gyroscopic accelerometer controller, which conveys both motion anddirection, it offers such an odd and new experience.
The Wii doesn't produce the elaborate and stunning HDTV look of the Sony PlayStation 3, but thanks to its controller, it proves that what really matters is the game play itself. One game, Wii Wario, is all about using the controller in all sorts of strange ways�each weirder than the next. Kids love this game, and I have to admit it's fascinating.
But it's not my favorite. That honor goes to a game that comes bundled on the Wii Sports disc: the bowling simulation.
Unbeknownst to most readers, I was a 200-average bowler in high school and college and found myself on the University of California at Berkeley varsity bowling team (yes, they had such teams). I was also on two championship intramural teams. I mention this only to give myself some standing in evaluating the Nintendo bowling simulation, so I can better convey that Nintendo has done a stupendous job of coding. Did I say stupendous? Yes I did.
So my experience with this toy tells me that a fundamental change has taken place in game play�and it's all down to the controller. People were all pumped up about it before it came out, and now I can see why. It changes all the rules and will dominate the future of gaming. You watch.
Always great so here the stories of people who have seen 'the Nintendo light'!