Quote: 6. Better than Duck Hunt – Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
“How can we make a good shooter on the console?”
This question has been asked a thousand times and been answered in a thousand ways but, until now, the answer has never seemed to satisfy. This is largely due to the fact that when people ask “How do we make a good shooter on a console” what they really mean is “how do we make a shooter that feels as quick and responsive as a PC shooter on the console.”
Apparently the answer is the Wii mote. I was blown away by this fact. Nintendo had always been the “family friendly” console to me so I didn’t consider the FPS ramifications of the Wiimote but clearly it’s the best tool for the job. With some tweaking and some refinement down the line I could see the Wii (or a console with Wii like controls) becoming the platform of choice for hardcore FPSers, even over the PC. If this does become the case it will owe it all to Metroid Prime 3.
| I have to admit that this is innovation for the Nintendo Wii, just like how HALO was an innovation to the XBox (both in terms of shooters). I've heard of many complaints of shooters on the consoles such as slow aiming and a tendency to be inaccurate to name a few. Most of them have to rely on auto-aim to make life easier.
As for the other titles, with the exception of Portal, I can't say that they're innovative at all.
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