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Grand Slam Tennis MotionPlus Presentation

April 23, 2009 – 4:26 pm

As if I wasn’t already excited about Wii Remote MotionPlus already, this demonstration shows off what it’s capable of in Grand Slam Tennis. I must say I come away impressed, now if I could only get my own hands on it.

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First Wii MotionPlus Battle: Virtua Tennis 2009 vs. Grand Slam Tennis

April 17, 2009 – 9:20 am

With the Wii MotionPlus release rising in the distance, Wii owners are anxiously anticipating the chosen device to bring 1:1 controls for the system. Images of lightsaber duels, realistic sword fights between Link and Ganondorf have lined many gamer’s dreams since the MotionPlus announcement.

We might have to wait a bit for some of the dreams to come true, because the first demonstration of the Wii MotionPlus technology will come by way of….tennis. That’s not to put down tennis based games, because I’ve enjoyed many of them in the past (Pong, Mario Tennis, Virtua Tennis). It’s just kind of funny that two of the first demonstrations of Wii MotionPlus are tennis games. Then soon after those releases we’ll have Wii Sports Resort.

So, if we’re going to have two options for MotionPlus based tennis action, which is the more worthy? It’s hard to say with certainty at this point, because neither are out yet. It’s fun to speculate though, so let’s take a look at what we know about them currently…

EA Sports Grand Slam Tennis

EA Grand Slam Tennis

Publisher: EA Sports
Developer: EA Canada
Release Date: June 16, 2009

Previews:

Wii MotionPlus Hands-on – IGN: “Playing Grand Slam Tennis with the device, movements are interpreted more accurately – for instance, delivery of serves can be controlled more by the speed of your swing. A gentle arc produces a gentle shot, while a strong, decisive push sends the ball spinning toward your opponent much faster.”

EA SPORTS Grand Slam Tennis Preview – Gamezone:“EA Sports showed off Grand Slam Tennis at its Season Opener event in San Francisco Thursday, and while the game plays intuitively enough using the motion controls of the Wii remote, it is when the motion-plus attachment is hooked in that the game becomes not only more challenging, but much more interactive.”

Sick of Wii Sports tennis? EA Sports to serve up its own flavor of the Wii sport – Gamedaily: “EA Sports finally heads back to Wimbledon with an officially licensed tennis game, due for release on the Wii this summer. EA Sports Grand Slam Tennis hopes to capture the authenticity of the sport, while still offering fun gameplay for all. We recently got a chance to go hands-on with it at an EA event and came away impressed.”

Dark Horse Factor: John McEnroe – Even after 17 years of retirement, you could still call John McEnroe the face of Tennis. He basically took this reserved sport which was adorned with golf clapping and silence, made it loud and approachable. With his antics on court to his savvy with the media; McEnroe was not only a tennis star, but a celebrity.

Celebrities sell.

Virtua Tennis 2009

Virtua Tennis 2009

Publisher: SEGA
Developer: Sumo
Release Date: May 19, 2009

Previews:

Virtua Tennis 2009 Hands-on – IGN (Pre-MotionPlus Announcement): “Sumo’s lent an attentive ear to the rabble of forums and addressed several key complaints with Virtua Tennis 3, while some of the improvements elsewhere in the game also feed into the on-court action. Player’s propensity to dive for every shot has been toned down, meaning some of the exaggerated acrobatics that marred Virtua Tennis 3 are a thing of the past, and the often broken lob mechanics have been given a thorough once over.”

Virtua Tennis 2009 Preview – Gamedaily: “In addition, developer Sumo Digital tweaked the lob mechanics to make them feel natural and toned down the excessive diving that plagues Virtua Tennis 3. Now, instead of falling over, your selected player stumbles.”

Dark Horse Factor: Depth of Gameplay Modes – SEGA based sports games have always been heralded as being some of the deepest simulations around. Virtua Tennis 2009 is no different, as it looks to bring the goods. World Tour mode sounds like an entire game in and of itself. You’ll take a tennis player and bring him up through the ranks. Then you’ll be able to take them online. Being the deepest tennis game around will be what sells Virtua Tennis 2009.

Wii MotionPlus Compatibility : Since the topic of this post is these two games being the first Wii MotionPlus compatible titles, should atleast make a mention. It’s hard to judge one over the other because very few people have had hands-on experience. EA seems to be bursting with confidence as they’ve let many people preview Grand Slam Tennis sans MotionPlus announcement. Not so with Virtua Tennis 2009. This doesn’t necessarily mean that Grand Slam Tennis’ MotionPlus will be better, just that EA is bragging a bit more than SEGA.

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Rumors

Wii Remote MotionPlus – So, When Is It Coming Out?

April 7, 2009 – 7:54 am

You have to love it when a company releasing a popular product won’t let its fans know when it’s coming out. Even if the rabid fanbase is going insane with impatience. That’s when you start hearing the rumor mill heating up, and the latest comes from a picture over at GoNintendo.

It was taken by one of their readers and it projects the release of Wii MotionPlus, and Wii Sports Resort to be July 10th. The picture is at the bottom of the post. It looks authentic; although misprints and misinformation aren’t uncommon in the retail world.

This of course led to a recent Nintendo reaction. Here’s a quote from Eurogamer, “Nintendo has told Eurogamer that July release dates for MotionPlus and Wii Sports Resort are “purely rumour and speculation”

Reggie Fils-Aime also piped up at GDC, claiming that the MotionPlus technology was still on track for a Spring 09 release.

I know we all like to create stirs in the world of video game journalism, but I’m going with Nintendo on this one. They’re generally very up front, and honest with the media. If Reggie says Spring 09, that’s who I’m trusting. Not a picture of a piece of paper taken by some random video game store release list. Of course, that doesn’t make the speculating any less fun though… ;)

Wii MotionPlus release date

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Ghostbusters: The Video Game (One Video)

February 24, 2009 – 1:59 pm

There have been plenty of screenshots released for Ghostbusters: The Video Game. Unfortunately I’ve only been able to find one video relating exclusively to the Wii version of the game. Luckily it’s pretty extensive, and we get to learn quite a bit about the motion controls, and some of the gameplay.

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Ghostbusters: The Video Game

February 24, 2009 – 8:19 am

Ghostbusters: The Video Game

Back in the late 80′s, early 90′s there were very few things that were important in my tiny little world. One of them being Batman, and the other Ghostbusters. You name the Ghostbusters toy, and I undoubtedly had it somewhere in my room. I have a picture of me in my ‘Back off man, I’m a Ghostbusters’ sweatshirt. If I can find it, I’ll post it on here.

Fast forward 25 years, and I’m still a Ghostbuster at heart. I might not be driving an Ecto-1 toy around on the carpet, but now I have something better. Ghostbuster video games.

I consider it a travesty that I haven’t made a post about Ghostbusters on WiiBlog yet. I was looking back, trying to find something I’ve said about Ghostbusters, and bubkus. So, now I have to make a huge mega entry about Ghostbusters: The Video Game to make up for lost time.

I consider it a genius idea for whoever decided to make two separate games for the (PS3, Xbox360), and Wii. Too many times we’ve seen developers try to make the same game playable on the three platforms, and it just doesn’t work. The Wii just doesn’t have the hardware, and I’m glad the developers for Ghostbusters: The Video Game were able to realize that.

It was a genius decision, because nerds like me have already pre-ordered both Wii, and Xbox 360 versions from Gamestop. Free T-Shirt if you pre-order. Which nearly instantly doubles the profits for Atari, who I believe will look like geniuses for picking up publishing rights to Ghostbusters.

In light of my discovery of me not mentioning Ghostbusters, I’m going to have a little extravaganza today. I’ll be posting screenshots, videos, all dedicated to the upcoming release of Ghostbusters: The Video Game.

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