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Posted: May 22nd 2007 6:44PM benexclaimed said

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I actually don't like the "closest you can get to PC control" comment. How is that reinventing anything? Ideally, the Wii remote would be much more functional than a mouse seeing as how you point with the frigging thing.

Posted: May 22nd 2007 8:26PM (Unverified) said

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Agreed. If you think about it, PC FPS controls are screwed up man. You push a mouse around on a horizontal surface to adjust you aim, and press your index finger downwards on a button to fire?

The only reason people regard it as the best method is because everyone who uses a PC regularly feels the mouse is an extension of their hand so the instinctiveness of the controls is much closer to home.

Posted: May 22nd 2007 9:10PM Mr Khan said

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@ accidental

you just hit the nail on the head

Mouse = more freedom of movement, significantly more than a joystick, the Wii remote could easily do the same thing

Now; i happened to prefer the way Metroid Prime and Prime 2 did it, but apparently that made me a social pariah amongst my gaming friends...

Posted: May 22nd 2007 10:17PM (Unverified) said

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Reggie and the Full Effecttt

Anyways, I'm looking forward to a good FPS game on the Wii. Red Steel didn't really do it for me. I'm sure Nintendo can make the best out of the controls on Metroid Prime. Also, Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles is looking good, although its not exactly an FPS

Posted: May 22nd 2007 10:30PM (Unverified) said

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actually, there's scientific studies that show the mouse allows players to move back and forth between targets faster than a joystick, trackball, or touchpad. the ONLY interface that has beaten the mouse is eye-tracking.

but this study was done long before the wii-mote was ever invented. i'm not sure that the wii-mote is faster than the mouse, but it seems at *least* as fast.

what you're really talking about is intuitiveness. i still remember my mom trying to use the mouse, making left turns and right turns like she was driving a car. she eventually figured it out after a few hours. but i doubt she'd need more than 5 seconds to figure out the wii-mote.

Posted: May 23rd 2007 12:21AM (Unverified) said

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All other things being equal, the Wiimote will end up faster than the mouse. As for the reason, pivoting your wrist, covers a much wider range at a faster rate than sliding your hand.

Posted: May 23rd 2007 2:42PM (Unverified) said

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Wait, 10 years ago PCs were trying to be consoles, now consoles are trying to be PCs? I'm lost.

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