This is pretty cool … by setting up an infra-red light source and some finger-mounted reflectors, the Wii Remote “IR eye” can be used for finger tracking, much like the neat interface from the film “Minority Report”.
With a bit of refinement, this looks like it could actually be usable for a real game. Nintendo or a third-party developer should really take this idea an run with it … bundle a game with an infra-red light attachment and some little reflective thimbles, and you have yet another innovative control scheme !
In fact, this gives me an idea for some alternative ways to play existing Wii games … look forward to videos of me with a helmet mounted sensor bar in the future …
This week the Australian Virtual Console store saw the release of Blue’s Journey for NeoGeo (the first non-fight game for NeoGeo on Virtual Console ??), Power Golf for the Turbografx-16 and the highly anticipated re-release of Super Mario Bros. 3 from the NES.
Check out this hil-effing-arious spoof advert for a Wii game of “The Goonies”.
And while I’m at it, if you want more Goonies fan-art goodness, check out “Chunk in Charge” at Channel 101. Remember when Chunk said he’d look after Sloth forever … well Chunk and Sloth both grew up, and forever now seems like a much longer time ….
The Australian Virtual Console shop saw three releases for three past platforms this week: Yoshi’s Story from Nintendo 64, Super Air Zonk (Rockabilly Paradise) from Turbografx CD and Magician Lord from the NeoGeo.
This new video of Namco Museum Remix reveals which games will be included. In the retro department are the original arcade versions of Pac & Pal, Dig Dug, Cutie-O, Mappy, Galaga, Galaxian, Gaplus, Xevious and Super Pac-Man. In the remix department are PacMoto, Gator Panic, Rally-X Remix, Galaga Remix and Pac’n Roll. This is shaping up to be a nice compilation, assuming it is budget priced.
