One of the main arguments for the Wii is its simplicity. Point at the screen and you’re off to the races. But what happens when even those controls become too much for people? While most can handle one-handed operation, when you throw the Nunchuck in the mix, the confusion level rises.
I recently had a friend visiting my house who hasn’t really played video games since the Atari 2600 (save internet flash games). While he was able to pick up and play titles like Tiger Woods 09 and Wii Sports with no problem, MySims Kingdom and even Super Mario Galaxy posed some issues. He was just as confused, if not moreso, with the dual Wii Remote / Nunchuck combo than using an Xbox 360 or PS3 controller. To make it fair, he also played some LittleBigPlanet on the PS3 and Braid on the Xbox 360, both of which, in his words, seemed “natural” with the controller and their respective schemes.
Yeah this might sound dumb to some, but this is huge to most gamers! Silent Hill 5: Homecoming is reported to not let you switch your camera to inverted. This equals no sale for me, I can not play a game with up being up, it just isn’t normal. I know people that can’t play first person shooters without Legacy controls either.
This seems to be a huge ball drop by the folks over at the Silent Hill camp, why not include this in the options it isn’t hard to do, by leaving it out all you are doing is pissing off a big segment of gamers. Now instead of looking up at the hanging mangled dead bodies I will continually be looking at the ground.
Not having inverted camera controls is like whacking off with…. [insert dirty phrase here]
I can remember back before there were fancy controllers that could simulate button mashing, the good old days. I used to be pretty good at mashing the A button on my classic NES controller or at least I thought I was good until I saw this guy. Watch as he hits the button 130 times in 10 seconds! It is pretty amazing and a lost art, I still smile when I see games build that into the gameplay.
The rumor mill is twirling with this little piece of information, it looks like Belkin is busy working on a JoyPod. It looks to slide over an existing iPhone and act as a controller, which would strengthen the already growing presence of the iPhone in handheld gaming. The fact that it is being developed by Belkin means that it will be supported by Apple, which is big since any other controllers we have seen until this time have all been from knock-off companies.
The ad copy promotes using the Joypod to squeeze the most out of your iPhone or iPod Touch to play App Store games in the easiest way. Other features listed include:
- 8 buttons total (6 on the front)
- Audio output
- Dock connector for power and syncing
Have you been playing Neo Geo games on the Virtual Console and trying not to throw your Wii remote or classic controller? Do you want some old school Neo Geo controls? Look no further, as Play Asia is selling one for $59.90.
Yeah, it’s pretty steep for a controller, but if you’re hardcore into Neo Geo, it’s a drop in the bucket. Personally, I’ll be passing on this one, but I know there’s a few of you out there that are all over this like a fat kid on a cupcake.
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