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In no particular order.

Savage, prolonged beatings. The Grand Theft Auto series has grown stale in recent years. In GTA:San Andreas the initial thrill of exploring the world of 90’s gangsta rap only lasted about 10 hours. With the Wii, however, I have the opportunity to literally raise my arm in anger and bring it down on some imaginary asshole’s face. I have the opportunity to do it REPEATEDLY and see the not-so-imaginary results unfold on my TV set. The image I have in my mind right now is of Ray Liotta’s character in Goodfellas pistol-whipping his girlfriend’s neighbor. I want to do that with a Wiimote.

Light Saber Duel. This will definitely happen. It may not happen in 2007 but it will happen. The Wiimote-based swordplay in Twilight Princess is good but after I finish that game I’m not sure I’ll be interested in playing a re-hash of that control scheme ever again. The swordfight in Wario Ware: Smooth Moves gives us a taste of what sword dueling on the Wii might be like but it’s too simplistic to make the call as to whether it would actually work as part of a 30+ hour title. Don’t try to tell me that there’s sword fighting in Red Steel. That game is a turd and everyone knows it.

Illicit Surgery. Trauma Center seems like a good game. I haven’t played it but I may borrow it or grab it as a value title someday. I want to see an illicit trauma center. I want to use the Wiimote to steal someone’s Kidneys and sell them to the highest bidder. I want to run an underground clinic where people pay me to craft grotesque golems out of medical waste. I think the Wiimote would function wonderfully in such a role, whether it’s scooping ice into a motel room bathtub or being used to clobber a hobo with a mallet as anesthesia.

Beer tap. I don’t think there’s too much to add to this. I want to play a game celebrating the glory of the cold brew. I want Tapper. Fill the glass, fling it down the bar. I guess other drinks could be incorporated.

Giant Robot Appendage. The premise of Wario Ware: Smooth Moves involves using the Wiimote as various tools, limbs, or merely to determine that the player is moving in a manner appropriate to the current task (for example, jumping rope or hula-hooping.) I want to use the Wiimote as a giant robotic claw with a built in raygun. Unless you’re a D-bag the appeal of this should be obvious. You’re a giant clanking robot stomping around a city. The army sends helicopters after you but you use your GIANT METAL CLAWS to rip a flagpole out of the ground and whack them around like baseballs.

“Giant Human Appendage” didn’t make the list. I still don’t know whether or not the reports of Leisure Suit Larry for the Wii featuring a harness that turns the Wiimote into a strap-on e-schlong were a joke.

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