As well as containing tons of screens we've not yet seen, the latest Famitsu scan featuring Namco Bandai's Family Ski shows off the title's unique use of Wii peripherals. If you've not yet heard, the game will use the Balance Board, while your Wiimote and Nunchuk double up as ski poles. It's the first title to use all three at once, and although we've yet to see a video of this peripheral fest in action, it promises to be a lot of fun.
Perhaps the game will eventually cover all bases, by including a specially devised mini-game that lets a second player shoot bad dudes with the Wii Zapper as player one speeds down the slopes. Or perhaps ideas like that are why we don't design games for a living.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
1-09-2008 @ 6:06PM
Andre said...
Sold.
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1-09-2008 @ 6:21PM
ramuji said...
It will be interesting to see how this works out. I find the skiing games in WiiFit to be frustratingly hard.
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1-09-2008 @ 7:02PM
LilCo187 (NDF - Hit a ho with a school bus Ring) said...
Ahhh yes, sounds just like the first time people picked up dual analog controllers. Actually, people still find it frustratingly hard, and it's one of the major factors as to why pre-Wii the video game industry was expanding nil.
1-09-2008 @ 7:40PM
Mike said...
Chris, for the record, I would buy this awesome "you shoot while I ski" game, so get to work on that sucker.
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1-09-2008 @ 7:47PM
(01) said...
Awesome. Not that I think I'll play the game, but the fact that a developer is using the wiimote and wii fit board in conjunction. Now give me a remapped MP:3 where I can jump and crouch and I'm in :-)
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1-10-2008 @ 2:43PM
Buntaro said...
Great to see some more media. Definitely the kind of game I have this system for. I hope they also include som Ride Racer magic (same development team!)
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1-10-2008 @ 9:51PM
Abscissa said...
I never had any interest in Wii Fit, but I would totally get this one IF they ditched the Miis (yea, fat chance), or at least let you not use them.
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1-10-2008 @ 9:53PM
Abscissa said...
Heh, I just reread that and noticed it's from Namco instead of Nintendo. Maybe I will get it after all. Well, as long I can buy the board *without* Wii Fit (yea, fat chance).