Madden on Wii will at least be ...

[pk500]

Quote: Originally Posted by coogrfan

From the vids I've seen the gameplay also appears to be exactly the same as current-gen, except that you'll be wildly flailing your arms around the room to do the same things you do on Xbox/PS2 by pushing buttons.

Uh, no sh*t. No one ever said the engine was changing, but the controller will change the gameplay in the sense that it will take an entirely different skill set to play the game well. And other than the incorrect term "wildly," that's what has me jazzed.

To me, it will be more fun and require more skill to control how hard and far I move my arm to throw a pass then simply worry about how hard I press a button.

The Wii will make gaming more immersive for me. Like you, I wonder if Madden might be a bit complex with the Wii controller. But I think it will become intuitive after an early learning curve.

I know the Wii isn't for everyone. But then again, I was someone who really enjoyed First Person Football in NFL 2K5 simply because it was a new, fresh way of playing console football.

The Wii is different. It's fresh. It appears more immersive. That excites me more than another generation of button pushing with prettier visuals.

Take care,
PK

[Mizzou23]

I still can't believe they actually named the system "Wii"

[pk500]

Quote: Originally Posted by Mizzou23

I still can't believe they actually named the system "Wii"

True, true! But like a bad commercial, it's such a ridiculous name that you remember it. Reverse psychology marketing, I guess.

Take care,
PK

[poster]

Quote: Originally Posted by pk500

The controller essentially becomes an extension of your hand, which moves in motions you're trying to mimic on the screen instead of pushing a button. For example, to hike the ball, you flick the controller back toward you. To hand off the ball, you snap it to your left or right side. To throw the ball, you flick it forward left or right after picking your receiver with a button press. The harder you flick, the harder the pass. Etc., etc. Here's a hands-on preview from E3 last May: http://wii.ign.com/articles/707/707303p1.html The images with that preview also include charts showing the various motions used to perform basic football functions with the Wii controller: http://media.wii.ign.com/media/825/825443/imgs_1.html Take care, PK

Thanks, I will check it out.