How about a match against aging Jimmy Connors? Good luck.
Wii Motion Plus tech is almost TOO accurate says Grand Slam Producer
Most of us are eagerly awaiting solid release dates for Wii Motion Plus and games that will use it, many of them sports games but are we really ready? Ok, think back now. When was the last time you went out and played a real tennis match and hit the ball where you wanted it to go after a few minutes of play? That’s what I thought.
The upcoming add-on promises 1:1 accuracy will be added to the current Wii remotes, and some lament that it wasn’t included in the original remote design but Nintendo claimed it was too expensive and simply not ready in time for launch. But could anyone guess that maybe we needed this introduction before diving in?
In a recent interview with techradar Thomas Singleton, producer of EA’s Grand Slam Tennis said they had to scale back its accuracy to keep the game playable due to the incredibly accurate “fidelity” of Motion Plus.
"It truly is giving you that one-to-one control movement of your arm motion and then mapping it directly to that one-to-one movement of your character on screen… At times it's overly responsive. It had so much fidelity that at times we have limited that fidelity to make it a compelling experience"
After a hands on with the game, Tech Radars’ Adam Hartley said “Playing a tennis game with Wii MotionPlus after playing the same game without the new, improved controller is the equivalent of taking the stabilizers off of your first bike… It's like going from VHS straight to Blu-ray."
This sounds like it could be a mixed blessing. Be careful what you ask for because this may finally separate the gamers from the sports fans… or maybe leave it up to a good old fashioned sword battle to decide.
1. Bahamut ZERO
06 Apr 2009, 18:40 BST
I dont care if its too responsive, just give me a lightsaber game already, its been 2 years!
2. Adam
06 Apr 2009, 19:16 BST
I can send a tennis ball wherever I want. Bring it on!
3. Mopsical
06 Apr 2009, 19:24 BST
No, I'm rubbish at tennis! My life has just smashed into a billion pieces. #sarcasm
4. Chipmunk777
06 Apr 2009, 19:36 BST
wow that sounds awesome! I actually play tennis and racquetball quite a lot, so I would be really interested to see how a tennis game plays on the wii with this new motion plus thing.
5. Storm Owl
06 Apr 2009, 19:53 BST
how manny tennis games do I have to buy? I mean its just tennis
6. Damo
06 Apr 2009, 20:14 BST
This is amusing, first the Wiimote isn't quite accurate enough and now Wii Motionplus is TOO accurate...perhaps they'll release some kind of intermediate peripheral?
7. Dazza
06 Apr 2009, 20:37 BST
Motion-Nuetral? LOL
8. LinktotheFuture
06 Apr 2009, 21:17 BST
I'm glad it is going to work so well. We'll just have to practice instead of complaining that we can't win right away.
9. Neomega
06 Apr 2009, 21:20 BST
Bahamut Zero GOTO FRICKIN SLEEP!
If it is too accurate than maybe those who are double-jointed shouldn't play
10. Corbie
06 Apr 2009, 21:41 BST
I've heard one developer say that Wii Motion Plus is like adding in a real guitar to Guitar Hero. Yikes!
11. Kid_A
06 Apr 2009, 21:48 BST
Looks like the WiiMotionPlus will render all other console's tennis and golf efforts obsolete. Bring it on!
12. MarkyVigoroth
06 Apr 2009, 22:29 BST
One who commented in a previous posting on this news said about people complaints turning from under-responsiveness to over-responsiveness of the Baton.
I agree with said comment.
13. timp29
06 Apr 2009, 23:24 BST
Damn, they'll have to bring back pong.
14. Kawaiipikachu
07 Apr 2009, 01:25 BST
@Timp29
It's a sequel to a game your grandparents used to play in there youth .
Its was nerve racking enternaimt back then & now the New Pong is here .
New gameplay possibilities .
New Paddles .
New Graphics .
Its pong like it never was .
15. MickEiA
07 Apr 2009, 02:35 BST
bad thing is that if you want WMP you have to buy a new sensor bar and remote
16. Hyper Luigi
07 Apr 2009, 04:15 BST
NO!!! Now I will have to actually break a sweat when I play Wii Sports Resort!!
I think sometimes Nintendo has a sense of humor. Nintendo:Is the Wii Remote not accurate enough for you? We''ll just make it too accurate!
17. Viral
07 Apr 2009, 06:43 BST
Sword Battle for the win. I'd rather it be totally accurate than not, so I can't blame the hardware, I just suck at the game. lol J/K
18. lanafire7
07 Apr 2009, 09:36 BST
how can it be too accurate? can't they just use less info in the programming? like how they program super monkey ball, marble mania, marble saga, mercury meltdown & all the different driving games? even the two marble games have very different responses to the same amount of twist to the remote. why can't they do the same with this small add-on? they could have different levels of play, like slightly better then old way to the most realistic possible. like with the balance board setting choices in shawn white's snowboarding or skate it.
19. chunky_droid
07 Apr 2009, 10:09 BST
Ok, think back now. When was the last time you went out and played a real tennis match and hit the ball where you wanted it to go after a few minutes of play
Yesterday, I used to play Tennis professionally, lol.
20. hobbes
07 Apr 2009, 23:07 BST
I would rather have the hardware too capable than not capable enough... The sensitivity of the device can always be artificially reduced by the software, but it can never be increased on a software level
21. Koto
08 Apr 2009, 00:49 BST
muahaha,sword fighting games like zelda and the wii sports resort sword fight game are gonna RULE!mmm i wonder if MH3 will have some kind of motion-plus capability
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