Netherlands-based handheld gaming studio Engine Software has developed a cool new piece of tech for the DSi: motion sensitivity. To show off this breakthrough, the company has developed a brief demo video of TILT, a kind of Marble Blast Ultra clone where the player guides a ball around the gameworld by tilting the DSi. It's not the first we've heard of this kinda tech, and it won't be the last.
Engine Software isn't stopping with just this tech demo, however. The company is currently working on a full DSiWare game that will incorporate this new technology; though it likely won't be a full version of TILT, but rather an entirely new game. Head past the break to check out a brief video showcasing the tech.
Please note that the GameBoy had motion controls (ie:Kirby Tilt 'n' Tumble) and the GameBoy Advance (ie:WarioWare Twisted) had motion controls and with a DS that is backwards compatible it too has motion controls.
Was about to say Kirby Tilt 'n' Tumble also, beat me to it. That was the first tilt based game (for a Nintendo hand-held), and actually it was for the Gameboy Color. I remember buying the game when it came out, good game but not awesome (some of the deaths felt cheap).
This article is missing the main point. Why is this cool? Leaving the reader confused and posting ignorant comments like "GAME BOY COLOR DID IT".
There is no accelerometer in the DSi, there is no GBA cart in the DSi, and they are going to be releasing this technology as a DSWare game, so no added hardware is needed.
That means they MUST be using the camera to determine which way the console is tilted, and that...
I think the DS stylus seemed like a gimmick first but later I found it was a revolutionary feature that enhanced a lot of games. The Wii has done some clever things with the motion controls but over all it still does feel a bit gimmicky.
While I'm sure everyone's right that they're using the cameras in this case, Kirby (and Wario, for that matter) had the tilt sensor built into the cartridge. Who's to say that, almost 10 years later, you can't build an accelerometer small enough to fit into a DS cart?
