Haywired

Can't wait to get my hands on one, but I'm not massively keen on the weird two-color design (even if it is just a prototype). It seems a strange choice to use that for all the official photos, as it makes it look kind of ugly and tacky. Like there was a mix-up on the assembly line.

Oh God, that was meant to be a reply to zochmenos. This comment system is a total mess. Who knows where this one will end up...

Yep, seems like it.

Argh, double post! Sorry.

I think Zelda fans are also probably upset that a beloved adventure game has been turned into yet another version of Wii Charades full of tiresome, clunky and annoying waggling, miming and flailing.

These are the official "gameplay" photos. This is apparently what Zelda now is. No, not Just Dance, not My Fitness Coach, but... Zelda:

http://gamespot.com/wii/action/zeldawiiworkingtitle/images/0/16/
http://gamespot.com/wii/action/zeldawiiworkingtitle/images/0/8/
http://gamespot.com/wii/action/zeldawiiworkingtitle/images/0/13/

It looks so fun and intuitive........... :-O

I think Zelda fans are also probably upset that a beloved adventure game has been turned into yet another version of Wii Charades full of tiresome, clunky and annoying waggling, miming and flailing.

These are the official "gameplay" photos. This is apparently what Zelda now is. No, not Just Dance, not My Fitness Coach, but... Zelda:

http://gamespot.com/wii/action/zeldawiiworkingtitle/images/0/16/
http://gamespot.com/wii/action/zeldawiiworkingtitle/images/0/8/
http://gamespot.com/wii/action/zeldawiiworkingtitle/images/0/13/

It looks so fun and intuitive........... :-O

Am I the only one for whom a Zelda game made up almost entirely of waggling, miming and flailing isn't that appealing? That Zelda Charades isn't actually what I've "always dreamed of".

They've even gone with the dreaded "Wouldn't it be neat if in the next Zelda you controlled the bow and arrow like in Wii Sports Resort?" No, it would be irritating, awkward, clunky, cumbersome, unintuitive, impractical and intrusive in a Zelda game. What's next; "To drink your potion, put the controller to your mouth and do a drinking motion"?

Of course, I knew this sort of thing was on the cards, but I had hoped that they wouldn't go overboard with the motion gimmicks. To turn Zelda from an epic adventure game into a tiresome 50-hour fencing simulator worries me. I guess I'll just have to accept it and try and convince myself that all I've ever wanted from Nintendo games was a "realistic" experience...

"The reason video games are fun is because you get a big output from a small input. You push a single button and the character does something amazing on screen, but the Wii philosophy is to make input as big a part of the experience itself... The output is reduced... It could potentially be disastrous".
Itagaki

Sounds cool. Donkey Kong Country is one of my fave games ever. As always, its announcement for the Wii makes me slightly cautious, hopefully it's waggle-free, but I hoped the same about NSMB Wii, so I shan't hold my breath.

I love this guy. The voice he gave to Mario was so perfect.

This is just something I quickly did in Photoshop. I've added some of the light blue back. It just seems a bit more fun and... Joystiqy! Oh well...

http://i47.tinypic.com/dnlwrp.jpg