Mario Power Tennis: New Play Control! Trailer

One of Nintendo’s most controversial announcements last year was its ‘New Play Control’ series that would debut in 2009. If you haven’t heard of Nintendo’s new idea, let me give you the crash course. Nintendo has decided to re-release many of its Gamecube titles on the Nintendo Wii, adding Wii remote functionality, and perhaps other bells and whistles the Gamecube wasn’t capable of. Simple as that.

Of course the announcement was met with very skeptical views from many gamers. Many believed that this was Nintendo rehashing prior titles to make a quick buck, which in all fairness could be the case. I’m willing to stave off my conclusions, and wait to play some of these New Play Control titles.

I’m thinking that an announcement on the pricing structure would be nice, as I’ve looked through numerous articles but have yet to find the price of the remakes. I think if they release the games at $19.99, they have a chance of being successful.

There’s actually a few titles on the Gamecube that I think could make for some interesting remakes on the Wii. How about when the Metroid Prime remakes come out, adding some online multiplayer along with the Wii Remote controls?

The first gameplay footage for Mario Power Tennis has surfaced and really hasn’t swayed my view one way or the other towards New Play Control. The video shows off some of the Wii Remote movements, but doesn’t show it off very well.

There’s also new Japanese TV commercials which are too short and uninteresting to post here, but here’s the links if you’d like to view them anway.

Japanese TV Spot 1
Japanese TV Spot 2

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What are your thoughts after viewing the Mario Power Tennis videos? Are you willing to give the New Play Control! idea a chance? Will Mario Power Tennis be what Wii Tennis was only better?