I was just reading a few articles about E3. The more I hear about the new Nintendo, the more excited I get. People are now calling the controller the “wiimote,” which is cute as hell. Compared to the Xbox360 and the atrociously $600 priced PS3, I know which system I’m buying first. They’re saying it’ll go for $150-200. Really, it may be the only new system I plan on buying.
Here’s the thing, the wii-mote (cant believe I just typed that) could be used to create some of the most violent videogames ever. Imagine using it as a blunt object to cave a game characters skull in? Or in a GTA style game, repeatedly beating someone on the ground? You would actually swing the controller like you would if you really were stoving someones head in. there’s a fps being shown for wii at the minute, I think its called red something or other, which apparently involves shooting and swordplay. Is it possible that you could use the controller as a sword, slashing at bad dudes? Decapitations? Limb removal? Its all possible. I have a funny feeling that wii wont be all Mario Tennis, y’know.
I don’t think games could get much more violent. I mean, what’s even topped the classic Doom chainsaw? Different cotrollers will simply allow you to move in a more natural manner while ripping your opponent’s entrails out with a rusty pitchfork.
Well, imagine using the wii controller as a chainsaw? Now, instead of just pressing X to give the bad guy the ol’ brrrm brrrrmm, you have to plunge the controller into him, slash over and back to take his arms off, chop his head off… Now imagine a Dawn of the Dead, Evil Dead or Resident Evil Style game, where you have to do this hundreds of times… Inventive deaths? Cut his legs off, then play around with his helpless torso? man, I’m getting more violent just typing this shit. You know how gamers love to mess around and explore, find cool ways to kill people. If you think that the wii controller will be just used for golf and fishing simulators, forget it.
I’m totally digging on it. Imagine playing Resident Evil 5 and chainsawing a bad guy. Through the wiimote you can “feel” it cutting through the soft squishy parts, then buzzing and rumbling a bit as you cut through the bones… man that’s gonna be cool.
Apparently, it’s going to have a little speaker in it too, just to add to the experience.
Stop it. You’re making me jones.
The promo video for Wii Rayman already demos this – a kid does a two-handed overhead smash to clobber violent video bunnies.
Nintendo’s Legend of Zelda uses both controllers in a similar way – you thrust with the wiimote to do a short sword jab, and thrust with the “nunchuk” attachment to do a shield slam.
You bet. 
Yeah… watching the E3 coverage… I can’t think of anything less appealing than playing a console game like the people they are showing try out the Wii… standing and swinging the thing around. On the other thing, this far less publicized Wii-controller-related development has been the Nintendo-related highlight of my week. The higher res version of that picture I had seen was taken down because of bandwidth issues… but it basically looks like a SNES controller with a couple of tweaks. Which would be a huge upgrade over Nintendo’s controller design since, well, the SNES. I would just hope that the games build in full compatibility with the “standard” controller design as well as the wavy-remote.
After press conferences and day one, Nintendo has to be seen as the big winner so far. The PS3’s price point has picked up more attention than the games, and everything showing for the 360 is “same-old, same-old”.
P.S. Is Mario in Space a good thing or a bad thing?
I agree with Kiros on the remote. I have a very vivid immagination and can already “feel” most of the moves from current games, especially when I’m really immersed in the game. Seems like all that movement would be constantly reminding me that I’m just playing a game.
But then I am certainly not a casual gamer. Bring over some women who never play and I bet the laughs would be non stop. Flirt city but I’d just never use it myself. I bet my nieces would love it too, 6 and 7. And I mean tears streaming down their face when my sister makes them leave kinda loving it.
For the first time I’m not particularly interested in Mario. Shame since Super Mario World was so much fun, and still is. They took out all the levels (some one offs were just so weird and fun too) in order to make room for a handful of 3D levels you visit over and over. And the story line they tried out in Sunshine was so cringe worthy. They’d have been better off without one.
But I’ll buy one eventually just for Zelda. Ahh the joys of being a 31 year old boy with money to burn.
I’m trying to imagine how this wiimote works. I mean, I have a basic understanding of how the old nintendo gun worked, but I can’t figure out how I’ll be swordfighting and fishing with this thing.
I’m 26, but I have a baby, so money to burn can come later. It is nice however, to be given a credit card with a £2k limit in lieu of this burning money 
I am so seeing this!
(http://www.thepbf.com/) (archives>video game system)
Hold it like a sword/pole, then swing it like a sword/pole.
I like what EA Sports is doing with the wiimote for Madden – you jerk your hand back to snap, then make a tossing motion to pass. You can jink by moving the left (“nunchuk”) controller, block by moving the right controller, or shove by pushing both controllers forward. Beats trying to remember what button does what.
I believe they’ve also already got a doo-hicky that converts it into a gun.
I’m still excited about it. The only thing that worries me, are my arms gonna get tired? I’ve already got permanent Nintendo thumb, but a year or two from now, are my arms gonna look like Popeye’s?