With the limited controls on standard Wiimote, do you have to use classic remote for this game? Also, any screenshots that can be posted as work loves to block!

I assume you will play it the same way you play Madden on the Wii (using arm motions with the nun chuck and wiimote instead of the classic controller).

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With the limited controls on standard Wiimote

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What is limited about the standard Wiimote? With the nunchuck football on the Wii is actually a lot of fun.

Yeah, if you're 5!

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Yeah, if you're 5!

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Do you own a Wii?

That's what I thought.

Check out the controls for PES Soccer.

Being able to act as a field generally, and litterally tell every player where to go/do and set up plays on the fly is a blast. Konomi out did themselves with this game and the control scheme. It is so much more intuitive than button mashing on typical games.

Someone (EA ?) needs to incorporate this into NFL/NCAA for the Wii instead of silly arm throwing motions. Wiggling around a controler is not fun, directing your players/gameplay by taking advantage of the IR remote IS a blast.

To add to the PES video (I know it's soccer, but just watch how the controls work) the controls for football could really be done up right if EA or would take advantage of the IR remote like Konomi has done with this game.

For instance, in PES to make a player sprint/dribble you grab him with the IR remote and DRAG him down the field. A pointer drags out in front of the player indicating his direction. The further out you drag it, the faster he goes. You can also use this to change direction. Normal dribble is handled with the nunchuk control stick. Using both cause the player to do different moves/fakes.

The game also keeps track of player fitness DURING the game (does NCAA/Madden do this??). As games drag on, a player will get more a more tired. So doing a bunch of those sprints with the same guy will wear him out and his shooting/dribbling/passing will suffer.

Can you see directing your RB with this grab/drag method. You can run him up the line, then as the hole opens, SPRINT through the gaps, then use the nunchuck along with the IR to make feigns and moves to juke players. I know Madden/NCAA has the "sprint" button, but you're really limited to TWO speeds. Fast and button-mash 'sprint'.

Audible routes would be a breeze. Simply hightlight the player with the IR remote, press his route and you're done (instead of X-R1-Y). Imagine you're the QB rolling out to escape a rush, want to direct your WR to cross the field, or the TE to block someone, again the IR remote is invaluable here. You can't do that with a standard controller.

The problem with the Wii isn’t that it’s a kids console. The problem is that developers completely under estimated it’s popularity and have dropped the ball on game development.

And I’m just not a graphics fan boy. I don’t care how pretty a game looks, if the game play sucks, the game sucks. The 480p graphics on the Wii are fine with me (and many of the Nintendo games look really good – again, outside developers are dropping the ball here).

[This message has been edited by agracer (edited 4/18/2008 10:37a).]

BTAGGIE2003, yes. And it is where it is supposed to be. In my 9 yr old's room :p

Thank you, txag2k, for the insight you've added to this thread!

PES 2008 = in my top 5 sports games ever

along with:

the last MVP game(05?)(never played high heat or the old baseball stars)

NBA JAM t.e.

NFL QB club (genesis)

NHL 95'

I've played a wii at a friends house and while it's fun (especially at parties w/alcohol) I couldn't commit to playing one regularly. The innovative controls are nice but in a world that's swarming with beautiful HD graphics (either gaming or Broadcasts) the Wii doesn't surpass my expectations by any stretch.

I respect you Wii gamers out there, I'm just not like you in that respect

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