Game|Life's hands-on impressions of Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros' Treasure at the Tokyo Game Show uncovered a pretty interesting pseudo-multiplayer feature: up to three of your friends can draw on the screen with their remotes. They'll be able to direct you to clues, point out characters that resemble C-list celebrities, and doodle enlarged genitalia over every square inch of the adventure title.
Remember when you used to watch your friends or siblings play a video game while you idly waited your turn? Unless they were playing something like Sonic 2, you didn't have much to do except hope that they would died soon, both in the game and in real life. Now you'll have something else besides murderous plots to keep your mind busy! Capcom's effort to turn spectators into participants really speaks a lot of the developer's commitment to making Zack & Wiki as fun as possible for everyone.
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9-21-2007 @ 10:39AM
G-Off said...
Is the green hand a reference to a recent NeoGAF meme?
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9-21-2007 @ 10:50AM
Saxon said...
Beats me, but it looks like it's after some pirate booty.
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9-21-2007 @ 4:45PM
James said...
This is a really awesome idea -- like the 2nd player support they announced for Mario Galaxy. I'd really like some way to involve my wife in games I play, and a "supporting" role like this might actually hold some interest, at least for a while. Good show, Capcom.
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9-21-2007 @ 8:24PM
Archibold said...
This has the potential to either be a really great idea or the most annoying feature of any game ever. Depending on who your friends are, of course.
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9-22-2007 @ 5:18AM
Zan said...
For me Z&W and SMG are the hottest games this fall (I'm european, so no SSMBB for me).
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