by Benny - 07.25.07
In an interesting twist on interactive movies sites, it seems that Bruce Willis’ Live Free Or Die Hard is trying to capitalize on the Wii’s motion controls. A game found on the movie website is actually made with Wii controls in mind. The game plays a bit like Wii boxing with Bruce Willis instead of yourself. Complete with Mii look-alikes and a Wii-specific cursor on the interface.
The Wii’s Internet Channel can actually use all of the Wiimote’s features, including the motion control and support for up to 4 players within the browser. I have a feeling once this becomes a better known fact, flash game developers will be making Wii specific games left and right. If you’re interested in some more discussion on the topic, check out an article I wrote on the topic a while back. There is definitely some untapped potential in the Internet Channel.
i see no resemblance between the two images.
spire - 07.26.07 12:04 am
Hey, my Opera blog!
At the moment, Nintendo and Opera have only released limited motion sensing abilities for the Internet Channel. Basically you can only use Z-roll and Z-position because both are derived from the IR lights of the Sensor Bar. I look forward to if/when the accelerometers can be used. I have a few (Wii only) samples at http://hullbreachonline.com/wii/sdk.html and http://hllbreachonline.com/wii/spacefox2p.html. They all use the Wii Opera SDK, which I make available by request for Javascript game developers.
hullbreach - 07.26.07 2:40 am
Bruce Willis is the worst actor ever. Well, one of the…
Fank - 07.26.07 2:05 pm
I thought that was Alan Ritchson (Smallville’s Aquaman). What’s sad is he comes from my town.
hullbreach - 07.26.07 8:37 pm
epic fail
electro - 07.26.07 10:25 pm
Haha, cool to see you’re commenting, Hullbreach.
Internet channel sounds awesome. I could care less about a game based off a movie…
Crimson Warrior - 07.27.07 7:09 pm