Wii Sports is totally innovative for its motion controls, right? You can move the Wiimote and swing your tennis racket, which is what makes the game so accessible and compelling. That's probably why the Wii has been such a big hit.
Just like online gaming, the Dreamcast already did it. While experimenting with the Dreamcast fishing controller, The GagaMan from The Dreamcast Junkyard discovered that its motion sensors worked perfectly with the fantastic Virtua Tennis. In fact, he claims, the controls are more nuanced and sensitive than Wii Sports Tennis. On top of that, you can actually move your character around with the analog stick. We wonder if things would have gone differently for the Dreamcast if anyone had figured this out back then.
Probably not. But at least we can pick up a fishing controller and try this ourselves!
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5-28-2007 @ 4:47PM
engadget said...
I wonder if anyone destroyed their TV w/ the fishing controller way back when.
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5-28-2007 @ 4:59PM
Bradley G. said...
Someone finally notices Planet Dreamcast! YAY!
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5-28-2007 @ 6:25PM
Fortyseven said...
Heh, it even looks better than WiiSports. ;) (I know, that's unfair, I'm teasing.)
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5-28-2007 @ 8:48PM
steve said...
I was a big follower of the Dreamcast. And I didn't even know this.
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5-28-2007 @ 11:32PM
Nighthawk_12 said...
Why hasn't Sega ported Virtua Tennis 3 to the Wii yet?
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5-28-2007 @ 11:56PM
tiamat1990 said...
^ Yeah I know!! Virtua Tennis better come out on the Wii with online multiplayer!!
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