The official Japanese Wii site has updated with a new Fire Emblem video that is bound to bring a smile to the face of even the coldest and most hardcore among us. The girl test-driving the game -- classic controller in hand -- demonstrates exactly how we tend to feel when caught up in trying to puzzle out the details on Goddess of Dawn: enthralled and focused, with a slight dash of WTF. The game releases in Japan later this week, and we've got our fingers crossed for more footage.To see the video, just head over to the Wii site in the source link.
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2-19-2007 @ 9:14PM
Mr Khan said...
Any word on a US release date?
Path of Radiance took forever
(if it weren't for my lack of all but basic knowledge of Japanese, i would've imported)
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2-19-2007 @ 9:28PM
J-Dizzle said...
Seems like will be a lot more fun with the motion-sensing.
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2-19-2007 @ 9:59PM
Joshua said...
Why are Japanese Fire Emblem commercials always like that?
And who seriously would play a game like that girl is?
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2-19-2007 @ 10:48PM
TibrisXVII said...
I'm terribly disappointed in the lack of pointer function. It's such an obvious and simple inclusion, why not use it?
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2-19-2007 @ 11:24PM
Gamer_Domeni said...
http://kotaku.com/gaming/fire-emblem/wii-fire-emblem-shuns-gimmickry-for-control-options-237204.php
I thought it would be a good idea to link to a picture of all the control options.
Yes, it lacks pointer functionality, but it really wouldn't make much difference in a Fire Emblem game.
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2-20-2007 @ 12:29AM
DC said...
Why wouldn't it make a difference? The Wiimote seems like a perfect control option. I don't mean waving the thing around, but point and clicking..y'know, using it like a mouse.
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2-20-2007 @ 5:20AM
karuko said...
I'm with you guys. It seems they have left out the next step step in controls for games like Fire Emblem. Point-and-click would have been perfect.
Hopefully they will add this soon, if not I will be a bit disappointed, they had the chance to upgrade the controls in a game that would go perfect... and they didn't.
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2-20-2007 @ 6:11AM
Tom said...
Really simple controls. You use only the A button, B trigger, and the d-pad. You don't even have to point it at the screen. And you can play with one hand! Now I can finally play Fire Emblem while drinking a beer! Hurray!
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2-20-2007 @ 7:43AM
Zelos said...
I don't think pointer functionality would help much with a fire emblem game, they're designed too well around the d-pad already.
It's like Advance Wars:DS - sure, you could use the touch screen if you wanted, but it was much quicker to just use the d-pad.
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2-20-2007 @ 6:33PM
Joshua said...
^^^^^ Exactly, Zelos.
Touch screen control for Advance Wars DS was not nearly as precise or easy as normal button control, and I'm sure it would be the same way with point-and-click control for Fire Emblem on Wii (it's basically the same game as Famicom Wars, anyway). At least some developers are realizing a Wii game doesn't NEED motion controls.
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