Games That Ought To Be Made For The Wii
The Nintendo Wii has been out for a while and it has taken complete control of our lives. and we’ve seen the first round of games. With a few exceptions, the launch has been a little underwhelming. I guess developers are still trying to get a handle on how to best use the unique controls. Or they’re looking for fresh ideas to develop into games that will stand out and make the Wii a must-buy. Fear not! I have some ideas!
1. Drum Hero
My friends and I were talking about the possibility of Donkey Konga on the Wii. But I’d like to go beyond that. How about a drumming game akin to Guitar Hero? You can use the Wiimote and nunchucku (or two Wii motes) as drum sticks on a virtual drumkit. Furthermore, the game developers could include attachments for the feet in order to control bass drums and other foot-operated parts. Tell me that wouldn’t be fun! As it is, I love drumming away with virtual drumsticks or my hands/fingers, it would be great to actually have a game that will translate my movements into some kind of music. You could start off with a simple drumkit and once you master it, you get a better one. For added oomph, they could actually get licensed kits from well known drummers and their brands of choice. Now, I don’t expect the game to train you into becoming the next John Bonham, Neil Peart, Danny Carey, or Mike Portnoy, but you get the idea.
2. Wii Cricket
Come on, this one’s obvious. They already have baseball. All they need to do is tweak the controls to incorporate the different styles of batting and bowling, expand the fields, and change the rules to those for cricket. From personal experience (addiction), I can say how good Baseball already is. Sure it gets real hard as you improve your ranking, but it’s fun to play. Training modes can teach aspiring young cricketers correct technique and give them some sort of experience.
3. A Good FPS
We need an FPS that makes you do all sorts of crazy shit with the Wiimote. For example, your Wiimote acts as a gun, or a sword, or a wheel to drive ground vehicles, or as a device to pilot airborne vehicles. It might be a little difficult because the nunchucku will be pretty much useless when it comes to driving, but it shouldn’t be a big issue. I know Red Steel already does some of this, but it’s a poorly made game. It looks like it was rushed out the door to make it on launch day. Some quality was sacrificed in order to be the first FPS on the Wii. I’m sure developers are working on newer, better FPSes and they need to make sure that they get things right. Wii don’t want another Red Steel.
A lot of the other ideas I had are already in development and there are going to be some great games for the Wii like Smash Brothers Brawl and Wario Ware: Smooth Moves. Besides, there’s going to be a Super Mario Strikers, Super Mario Galaxy, Metroid Prime 3 and other fun games. The good times are just beginning!
Eventually an FPS should come out, not so sure about cricket. Till then happy wii-ing
Interesting reading - some good points and insight.
I ended up here after trauling the internet to try and find some info on wii cricket. (and lack of it)
It’s reassing to hear you have got into baseball - I wasn’t over impressed but I’m not keen on baseball.. (but can spot the potential..) I would however say that rather than tweaking that engine, a new engine should be developed in order to do the game justice.
I don’t like cricket. Oh No.. I love it. ah.
Matt
PS - Great idea on the drum hero concept!
When I said they can tweak the engine, I was pointing towards the already in-place basic controls of throwing and hitting. You need to refine and alter them for the subtleties involved with cricket but as a first game, I wouldn’t mind something along the lines of Wii Baseball. Maybe Codemasters (or even EA) will get the hint and work on a full title that can finally do cricket some justice in the video-game realm.
PS: Drum Hero would kick some serious ass. And give you a good workout!
Wii need a good FPS with blood and other cool things that u could do with this awsome remote.i am using mii wii’s internet right now.anyway we need good games almost all the games 4 wii are rated T or E. ROCKSTAR is MAKING MANHUNT 2 FOR WII THAT’LL BE COOL.A GTA WOULD BE GOOD TO.MORE RATED M GAMES PLEASE NEED BLOOD IN FPS GAMES