"In case you missed the news last week, Nintendo’s gone ahead and pulled a Last Guardian on the Wii Vitality Sensor.
Announced to a puzzled crowd of game journalists at E3 2009, the sensor allegedly attached to the Nunchuk port of the Wii Remote would supposedly read a player’s pulse and be used as a way to “relax” while playing a videogame. Since the device had only worked successfully on 90% of Nintendo’s staff, the accessory was put on permanent hiatus. For all intents and purposes, Nintendo has given up on the little quirky accessory that wasn’t up to task.
But you know what? Pixelitis hasn’t given up on the Wii Vitality Sensor. Sure, it might not currently work with that 10%, but at the very least we’ve created our own whacked-out ideas about what it could do in-game.
Join us as we give the Wii Vitality Sensor a new lease on life. Pun fully intended."
- Pixelitis Staff
Hanzala from eXputer: "The cruel hammer of Nintendo has fallen. Farewell, 3DS and Wii U, you surely brightened my life and many others; you won't be forgotten."
Hanzla from eXputer inquires: "If Xbox can care about preserving its games and legacy, what exactly is wrong with Nintendo, trying to kill game preservation single-handedly?"
Ahh yes the good old game preservation of saving all your games to a removable hhd on the Xbox 360, taking it round your mates house, setting up multiple tvs to
Be met with “save data corrupted, please re download”
Or how about removing 360 games
From the store
, download them now or else, and, better hope to god that save data doesn’t corrupt, or it’s lost for ever
Nice one ☝️
This is just a scammy PR move to distract from the fact they are going digital only and trying to push streaming and subscriptions only.
No gaming company has pushed harder to remove ownership than Microsoft.
Without discs there is no preservation, preservation can't be done by the rights holders it can only be done by the consumers, anything else is a lie.
Nobody wants this. Sales or the lack of it in the case of XBOX is very telling. I wonder how the adorably all digital series X will fare. Adorably dismal perhaps?
Only time will tell, but for from someone like me suspecting that Xbox is trying to gracefully exit the console market, that "forward compatibility" team is trying to get Xbox games playing on Windows PCs. I mean, it's nice that they're not planning on exiting with a "enjoy your games while the hardware still works" message, so that's nice. They still have a brand to protect via Microsoft so probably feel obligated to have a better exit strategy.
Danish from eXputer: "Nintendo has historically gone against player-made content and emulation of its games. This has done much to harm the company's image."
They need to stop announcing these mods and fan remakes until they're finished. Finish it, upload it, and then if Nintendo dmca's it tough shit. Once it's online, people can share it around, even if the original download gets taken down.
This is all coming from the mouth of short-sighted fandom and grifting madness.
No.... it wont. There is a clear defined reason why they don't. This is nothing new. Make your own shi7 from your own original ideas especially if you are trying to capitalize of it it. Duh.
Yeah, hire people that have zero respect or understanding for an established process. Wow. Yep. Totally makes sense.
I for sure am gonna use such tech for my games . . i cant reveal much about how a Vitality Sensor that has the power to read your over all (Chakra Status) will be integrated in my projects. .
but prepare to be shocked and thankfully amazed .
Ever since I saw the Vitality Meter- I always thought it would be great for Eternal Darkness (I have mentioned this before on N4G).
I could also think of great uses for the balance beam-
But as always all of these thing would need to be optional-
because the "cORE" usually only want more traditional controls.
Also,
I think this is a missed oppurtunity given the fact that XB1, or was it PS4, just announced their own "Vitality Sensor".
(Unless the Vitality meter does MUCH more than a pulse monitor).
That is easy! What things can you stick your finger into that alters your heart rate? Just make games about sticking your finger into things that make you excited and have fun doing it.
Or, maybe this is why it got canned?!