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- Name: John S.
- Location: Wisconsin
Blog
May 11th, 2006Waiting For Nintendo For Over 4 Hours
I just got out of the Nintendo Wii booths, after waiting over 3 hours in line then 2 hours in the booths themselves to play the Wii games. It was definately worth it. There was an insane amount of people waiting to play Wii, that you would think the system would be selling billions of copys on launch. But as it were, Nintendo usually has a pretty good show, and it doesnt mean it is going to have the same enthusiasm with the general public. What they need to do is have those Wii booths in Best Buy, Toys R Us and etc. They were very nicely setup and the demos explained how to play the games. Ah yes, the games. I did not play every single game, but I did play most. The way it went was that each person got about 20 mins of playtime for each game, and when there are 30+ people in line it sure takes a while to get to actually playing.
One thing I figured out was that even though the games were very intuitive, they were damn hard to get good at. Take the Duck Hunt prototype demo. Yes, it is very easy to aim at a TV, but since the controller is so damn sensitive it is difficult to shoot where you want to. It is like a mouse at the highest sensitivity setting. Or maybe I just really suck at Duck Hunt. Tennis was better. Swinging the controller like a real racket is a blast. I can see four people playing this game, but I am worried about all those arms flying around. Just watching the game I almost got smacked a couple times. I know I am going to definately move my coffee table when I pick this game up. One game that really impressed me was Excite Truck. Controlling the truck was awesome. While the graphics wasnt too impressive, the controls made up for it in spades. Heres hoping they include a level editor like the original Excite Bike and allow players to trade maps over the WiFi connection. The other three games I played were Mario, Zelda and WarioWare. Mario looks great. Some may think it looks like a super Mario Sunshine, but I disagree. The shading, the lighting, the levels...everything looked superb. The game needs some additional tweaks to the controls, but it is almost there. I can see why Miyamoto doesnt know if the game will make launch or not, there is still work to be done. Be assured though, that this game is going to be an absolute classic. Zelda seems to be the same way. While the game is beautiful, the controls just arnt there yet. It seems overly difficult to perform the most basic functions. I have full faith in Nintendo to iron out this details and bring us the best Zelda yet. The game I probably had the most fun was Wario Ware. Everyone knows the crazy minigames they developed for the GBA Wario Ware and this one is no different. You are performing all sorts of stunts to get past each minigame. You look like a damn fool but you dont care because of how much fun you are having.
There were many other games there, but having spent damn near 2 hours waiting in lines just for the handful of games I did play I was hurting to get out of there. My next blog will bring pictures of various sorts (no idea), and hopefully show you more of what is in E3.
One thing I figured out was that even though the games were very intuitive, they were damn hard to get good at. Take the Duck Hunt prototype demo. Yes, it is very easy to aim at a TV, but since the controller is so damn sensitive it is difficult to shoot where you want to. It is like a mouse at the highest sensitivity setting. Or maybe I just really suck at Duck Hunt. Tennis was better. Swinging the controller like a real racket is a blast. I can see four people playing this game, but I am worried about all those arms flying around. Just watching the game I almost got smacked a couple times. I know I am going to definately move my coffee table when I pick this game up. One game that really impressed me was Excite Truck. Controlling the truck was awesome. While the graphics wasnt too impressive, the controls made up for it in spades. Heres hoping they include a level editor like the original Excite Bike and allow players to trade maps over the WiFi connection. The other three games I played were Mario, Zelda and WarioWare. Mario looks great. Some may think it looks like a super Mario Sunshine, but I disagree. The shading, the lighting, the levels...everything looked superb. The game needs some additional tweaks to the controls, but it is almost there. I can see why Miyamoto doesnt know if the game will make launch or not, there is still work to be done. Be assured though, that this game is going to be an absolute classic. Zelda seems to be the same way. While the game is beautiful, the controls just arnt there yet. It seems overly difficult to perform the most basic functions. I have full faith in Nintendo to iron out this details and bring us the best Zelda yet. The game I probably had the most fun was Wario Ware. Everyone knows the crazy minigames they developed for the GBA Wario Ware and this one is no different. You are performing all sorts of stunts to get past each minigame. You look like a damn fool but you dont care because of how much fun you are having.
There were many other games there, but having spent damn near 2 hours waiting in lines just for the handful of games I did play I was hurting to get out of there. My next blog will bring pictures of various sorts (no idea), and hopefully show you more of what is in E3.
