Friday, May 6, 2011
A Wii Players Conundrum
I am now confronted with a serious problem. I have been playing FPS shooters on the Wii for years. The muscle memory in my hands and fingers know just what to do to make my character perform the way I want him too, using the Wiimote and the Nunchuck on the Nintendo Wii. And now, Nintendo has decided, in the creation of their next generation console, to go back to a game pad approach for the controls on the new system. We have been told this new system will be backwards compatible with Wii games, to include Wiimote and Nunchuck use. However, new FPS shooters on the new system will invariably require the use of the new control scheme, and my hands just are not wired for that right now.
I do have Monster Hunter Tri (MHT) for the Wii, and I use the classic controller for that game, so at this point, I am wondering if I can map the controls on the classic controller for Conduit 2 (the latest FPS for the WII) to match, as nearly as possible, the way they are mapped for MHT.
My other thought, since an Xbox 360 snuck its way into our house some time ago, is to play Black Ops on the Xbox endlessly, until my brain begins rewiring muscle memory into my hands and fingers for an FPS game using a game pad. This seems to me to be my best hope. I have played Black Ops on the Xbox a few times, and I suck at it, for this very reason. However, it may be time to bite the bullet, figuratively and electronically, until such time as my hands figure out what they are supposed to do without me thinking about it.
For those interested in learning a bit more about muscle memory, follow the link below to read a Wikipedia article relating to the subject.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscle_memory
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