Tuesday, April 03, 2007
That one about the Wii Loop Machine
I've been toying around with The Amazing Rolo's Wii Loop Machine, and it's fairly incredible. You load up sound loops in the software on your computer (he's provided several but you can load in your own), and control them with your Wiimote via Bluetooth. You can drop them in and out, add delay effects or scratch white noise, all on the fly and all with the remote (some motion controlled, some buttons). The demo video:
THIS is the kind of thing Nintendo has to be going after and actively implementing if they really want to expend their audience, even in the gaming demographic (there are plenty of 18-34 year olds who DON'T play video games). They recently bought WiijDj.com, which seems like a step in the right direction, but they really need to get Rolo on board.
Wario Smooth Moves recently convinced me the system can actually be fun when I want to play games, but something like this would make me pick it up even when I wasn't in the mood for gaming, and that is huge.
Electroplankton could have been big and important if it wasn't so visually esoteric and was actually sold and demonstrated at retail, but there's still a barrier of entry to artistically creative and satisfying games. As wonderful as LittleBigPlanet looks, a user still has to tackle the Sixaxis to enjoy it. If they got one thing stupidly right with the Wii, it's the controller design. And now they need to make it this fun, accessible and easy to create something.
If you have a Mac, check it out. If you don't, come over and play with mine, or an equally savvy buddy who does.
THIS is the kind of thing Nintendo has to be going after and actively implementing if they really want to expend their audience, even in the gaming demographic (there are plenty of 18-34 year olds who DON'T play video games). They recently bought WiijDj.com, which seems like a step in the right direction, but they really need to get Rolo on board.
Wario Smooth Moves recently convinced me the system can actually be fun when I want to play games, but something like this would make me pick it up even when I wasn't in the mood for gaming, and that is huge.
Electroplankton could have been big and important if it wasn't so visually esoteric and was actually sold and demonstrated at retail, but there's still a barrier of entry to artistically creative and satisfying games. As wonderful as LittleBigPlanet looks, a user still has to tackle the Sixaxis to enjoy it. If they got one thing stupidly right with the Wii, it's the controller design. And now they need to make it this fun, accessible and easy to create something.
If you have a Mac, check it out. If you don't, come over and play with mine, or an equally savvy buddy who does.
// posted by Nick @ 6:29 AM 
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