Tuesday 20 February 2007

Death to Joy pads?

The Nintendo Wii, as we all know, no longer uses joy pads as controllers. Nintendo have 'entered the next generation of gaming' and now the main controllers for their consoles are 'The Wii Remote' and 'The Nunchuck', although classic themed joy pads are still available. The Wii remote is shaped like a T.V remote, and for good reason, as many of the games for the Wii involve pointers, which you move by moving the remote. They can be used as aimers for guns or any other weapon. This also enables the remote to be held like many other things .e.g. golf club, tennis racket, boxing glove etc. The remote also has a wrist strap as players can get carried away and if they where to loose their grip on the remote someone could get hurt. The Nunchuck plugs into the Wii remote and has the analogue stick for movement and 2 other buttons on it. They are conected via a long wire, enabling lots of movement between them for such games as boxing, where each control represents a boxing glove. These features involve the game player more than ever before, bringing them into the gaming experience in new and exciting ways, and off course, as most games require alot of movement, playing the Wii could be considered a form of exercise. So the change from Joy Pad controls, in my eyes is a good one, but there are times when joy pads are needed, so I feel both should be available. Any thoughts?

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