Even reputed game journalists are not above gullibility. GameVideos.com Director Mark MacDonald sent us word of a prank he played in the 1UP / EGM offices recently where he used pre-recorded footage of Metroid Prime 2 and Auto Modelista, a "replica Wii joystiq [sic]," and a laptop battery posing as a sensor bar to fool more than a few editors that they had gotten a retail Wii unit in early.
Dan Hsu caught on quickly, after launching into a mini-tirade about unreturned e-mails to Nintendo. A few others, however, were no so lucky, even sitting down to play the games for many minutes before realizing they were mere marionettes in a sick and twisted mind game. All the embarrassment has been caught on tape, uploaded, and embedded below.
I've told the clowns at Gamevideos countless times to update that crappy flash player. The thing bugs out half the time and is just plain ugly. Come on GV.com launch yourself into the 21st century.
That's hilarious, the look on the peoples faces as they think they're playing and they're happy that they're doing well! That one guy was hilarious, he thought he was actually controlling the car and he was happy that he wasn't crashing into the walls lol...
Get your head out of your ass! Sony has been committing faux pas after faux pas. $600 is an INSANELY high price to pay for Resistance, which will be fun, however a prettier, faster presentation of something we've done since PSX and N64. Resistance is just as much a "killer-app" as Giant Enemy Crabs, and Ridge Racer....Riiiiidddddgeee Racccerrr. Make some innovative games not Afrika and that bullcrap. Use SIXAXIS to your gain, give us non-fanboys a reason to buy your console. Pray that MGS4 stays exclusive to your console. Pray Blu-Ray wins the Next-Gen DVD War.
Nintendo #1- Turn out hit after hit. Zelda is a wonderful start. Good 1st party titles like Excitetruck, Wario Ware, and Project Hammer are great starts for less epic experiences. Get Super Mario Galaxy, SSB: Brawl, and Metroid Prime 3 out before May. It seems like Nintendo is a "new Nintendo", meaning that they have shed their cocky, prideful, jackass swagger. MP 3 better be EPIC and I mean jaw-droppingly epic. Great start with 3rd party support with Ubisoft and EA. Fans need to see a new Donkey Kong Country, F-Zero, some more new IPs, and a Zelda Sequel with 1:1 Swordplay. Provide great online gameplay for FREE, and downloadable and updatable content. IE: Themes for the Wii Channels, etc. Make those who own your console buy a game a month, but shoot for 3 quality games a month.
Microsoft #1- Getting GTA IV on your console was huge. Good job team. Quit charging for XBL at E3-time. Give me a reason not to hate you. Halo was great in everyway, but still overrated. And Halo 2 was the most over-hyped game I've ever seen, so make sure you bend yourself backwards and walk on water with Halo 3. Make some good first party titles besides KOTOR, Jade Empire, and DOA. Pray HD-DVD wins.
That, in my opinion, has to be staged. I don't even have to see it to know (vid didn't work)
Maybe if it was some random person who had never seen Prime 2, or Auto Modelista, or A GAMECUBE GAME.
I know the Wii isn't a huge graphical step up from the GCN, but it's a visible difference. You'd have to be retarded not to know. "Hey I'm not rumbling, no sound from the controller, I'm controlling this thing too poorly/well..."
Where/how did they get/make the wiimote, though? That would be hard to fake, especially as some of these guys will have actually held one.
I'm amazed the guy playing MPH was fooled for even a second. The first thing I'd do with a wiimote in a shooter (even if I had tried it at E3) is test the trigger a bit, which in this case wouldn't work, which means it's instantly bogus.
As others have said, the racing was the best for this prank since they're being led to believe they're basically babysitting the controller while the car drives forwards. The natural tendency to tilt the controller when playing racing games makes oversteering all the more believable.
