For the last time, people, the Wiimote CAN act like a light gun. All you have to do is calibrate it, which you can do by moving the sensor bar and your couch around until you find the sweet spot. Of course, there should be an option to calibrate it in every game--to my knowledge, the only game so far that lets you do this is Zelda, and as a result firing projectile weapons in Zelda is as simple as aiming the remote at the screen and pressing the 'A' button. The technology works, people, any existing issues are entirely in the software.
TV remotes demystify Wii sensor bar
Nov 21st 2006 8:40PM (Joystiq)For the last time, people, the Wiimote CAN act like a light gun. All you have to do is calibrate it, which you can do by moving the sensor bar and your couch around until you find the sweet spot. Of course, there should be an option to calibrate it in every game--to my knowledge, the only game so far that lets you do this is Zelda, and as a result firing projectile weapons in Zelda is as simple as aiming the remote at the screen and pressing the 'A' button. The technology works, people, any existing issues are entirely in the software.
Big huge 2AM news announcement? We're still waiting [update 1]
Nov 15th 2006 5:07AM (Joystiq)