"There have been tons of successful peripherals over the years. The Wavebird still is one of the most sought after peripherals for the Gamecube. The Zapper for the original Nintendo will always be the iconic light gun. On the flip side their have been many that have failed to impress or flat out had no purpose."
In science fiction movies, one of the main pieces of futuristic technology is almost always motion controlled computer screens. The lead scientist often will rotate, enlarge, crop, or dramatically swipe away different data floating in the air in front of him. Thanks to video games, that fantasy is quickly becoming a reality. Here's a rundown of the gaming innovations in motion control by the big three.
I wonder if this person is aware of previous motion control technology like the Playstation 2 Eye Toy or Sega Activator.
GenGAME writes: "Given the amount of support Wii MotionPlus is getting just at the Wii U launch – so far, more games than the peripheral had at its own summer 2009 launch – it seems to me that Nintendo’s trying to push MotionPlus as soon as possible to put the enhanced controller in the hands of as many people as possible early on in the Wii U life cycle."
Its still the same controller that got little support.. Only difference is the box & the sync button..
Good read, I agree that the motion+ controllers still have a lot of potential left especially with the upgraded hardware. I would love to see games like Skyrim with solid motion control as an option. That would be much better than yelling at your Kinect if it was well implemented.
Being able to use Wii accessories and software on the Wii U, is a good move by Nintendo.
HDTV, Motion Plus, Smartglass - all are increasingly 'as standard', but why? Aren't these "innovations" just making console gaming the preserve of the few?
i'm getting tired of these types of articles.
a console is 100% enough, a peripheral is just an extra gimmick nobody's forced to buy.
Are we done now ?
People won't be satisfied until you can plug your mind into a machine ala The Matrix and "play" in a virtual reality.
It IS ENOUGH.
LISTEN: The only people trying to convince you/us that it's not enough, are the people trying to make money on OTHER things they want to sell us.
They are trying to " Gimmick " us away from the things they love.
They tell us A isn't enough and we need B. Then 4 years later they tell us B wasn't good enough we need C now.
They Use and dispose of great ideas all in the name of profit.
They need people to plant the seed/ Ideas in the people's minds though.
The gullible will believe anything.
Stay Smart.
Playstation Move could easily end up on an article like this next year, same goes for Kinect...
I think the live vision camera was overlooked because there just isn't a lot of people who desire to masturbate in front of a family playing uno, there's still some though
the gba wireless adapters work really well but not enough games for it. My wife and I compete in Dr Mario using those. Shame Nintendo didnt think it through to work for any multiplayer GBA game. Mario Kart would have been better without the cord.
The live vision....that is the camera people should be comparing to the eyetoy. Not the kinect. I guess many didnt even know it existed. I use it on my PS3 for video chat in place of the PSEye (mainly cause i dont have one). It worked great on the 360 for video chat and it works good (albeit no sound) on the ps3.
Motion plus....what can I say. I have 4 of them and it is really disheartening to know that even nintendo hasnt added support for their bigger games like SMG or mario kart. Now that they are including the wii-mote+ with every system you would think they would enforce some kind of use for it.
I have a few VMU's. One dedicated just for import saves. That thing just sucks up those CR2032 batteries like crazy. As for the SegaCD...far from overlooked. Anyone with a genesis more than likely got one as there are hundreds of games available for it. Where it faltered was in the abuse (yes abuse) of the FMV craze. The unit was capable of more with animation and their own brand of mode 7 effects. Yet it was the FMV that ruined it.
The PSeye may well be on that list given that its been over shadowed by Move.
What about ROB for the NES?