Thursday, September 15, 2005

Ideas for Revolution Games

Been brainstorming ideas for games using this new controller, and new ways to play old favorites.

  • Mario Kart: Turn the controller 90 degrees, stick the ends in your fists, and you've got a steering wheel. Shove your friends off the track by shoving them away from the TV. Fun for the whole drunken family!
  • PilotWings: Same concept, but now you have 360 degree freedom. Tilt the controller forward to dip, back to climb, bank to the left and right.
  • Hogan's Alley: Add a "light gun" attachment with a sight and handle, using the controller to aim. This was my favorite Nintendo game when I was younger.
  • Nintendogs: Use the controller to throw the balls and frisbees (overhand for balls, sideways for frisbees), use it like a leash to walk the dog, shove your palm toward the TV and move it in circles to wash or brush the dog.
  • "You're The Conductor": Create music by using the controller like a conductor's baton.
  • Punch Out: A controller in each hand, and punch your opponent into submission. Jab, Cross, UPPERCUT!
  • Firefighters: Use the controller like the nozzle of a hose to put out fires.
  • Karaoke Revolution: Add a microphone to the controller (come on, that's just a given, Nintendo!) and Konami will come flocking.
  • Luigi's Mansion: They could re-make this game in a first-person mode, with the remote as your flashlight/vaccuum.
  • Simon Says: A mini-game for Mario Party, where you have to move the controller like the character on the screen.
Nintendo already demoed fishing and flying games, so I'm sure we'll see plenty of both. But I'm trying to think of more ways that the controller could be used. Already, it seems like it has more potential than even the DS touchscreen. With the add-ons, you don't even have to be limited by the controller itself.

I'm betting that the new Mario game for Revolution will not use the analog "pod" that was shown, and that it will only use the remote as a way to show others just how much can be done with some imagination.

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