Jun 19 2008
Lightsaber duels arrive in The Clone Wars
The producer behind the Wii and DS exclusive Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Ken Fox, is making all your dreams come true. Well, not all your dreams, but any relating to the Wii Remote and lightsabers.
We’ve tried to make the lightsaber control as intuitive and fun as possible. It’s not a Lightsaber simulator, but when you swing your Wii remote left to right; your character does the same. You use the thumbstick on the nunchuck to move your character and swing the Wii remote to swing your Lightsaber. The buttons all do cool stuff like use the force, block and dodge, but the focus is really on putting the Wii remote in the players hand and saying ‘This is your Lightsaber!’
I wouldn’t describe what we’re doing as one-to-one in the way that you might picture, but we really tried to make it feel like you get to swing your Lightsaber ‘manually’. In short, it feels like the most natural and convincing sword type experience I’ve had on the Wii. And on top of that, it not just a sword, it’s a lightsaber.
Sound good enough? You can even hang your Wii Remote from your belt and pretend it’s your lightsaber. That’s only if you’re really hardcore.
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