Comments on: Nintendo Wii User Experience

by: Chris

Tue, 12 Feb 2008 09:43:26 +0000

Great Site! Far too many demons! Wii kicks the ass off any systems!

by: Herb

Mon, 08 Oct 2007 23:12:20 +0000

The system is so intelligent it can even anticipate what an old codger like me (66) is going to do before I do it. Great gaming system.

by: Nintendo Wii

Mon, 09 Apr 2007 10:33:26 +0000

“There, that makes more sense :P. ”

LOL, Nothing in life make sence to me.

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Wed, 22 Nov 2006 16:24:34 +0000

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by: Francis Wu

Tue, 21 Nov 2006 02:22:39 +0000

Oops, those two “aren’t”s are weird.

“… if they aren’t afraid that the console and TV could be posessed by demons.”

There, that makes more sense :P.

by: Francis Wu

Tue, 21 Nov 2006 02:18:57 +0000

I think the success of the Wii has less to do with the target audience and more to do with its scope — in this case, practically everybody. Everybody loves games. Everybody likes a puzzle, everybody likes a challenge.

The real challenge for non-gamers isn’t the types of games, but the interface. I think they looked at how the mouse changed how we interact with machines or virtual spaces. It’s intuitive — point and click.

It seems that the Wii remote was designed with that in mind. Ultimately, the Wii remote appeals to some very primal instincts that we have, ever since we started using tools during the Stone Age. Use it to swing at things, chop things, attack things, poke things, write things… and today, point and shoot at things.

I’m convinced that the Wii remote is so intuitive that if you introduced the console to some natives of some remote aboriginal village somewhere, I’m sure they could get the hang of it… if they aren’t afraid that the console and TV aren’t posessed by demons. On a similar note, I’d like to see what some smarter primates would make of the Wii.