Will we see FFXI for Wii?

[Feba]

Re: Will we see FFXI for Wii?

Yes, but what are you going to put in your offhand? Have to have something for the motion sensor... you're proposing we either use nunchucks and go without keyboards, or try to punch with a keyboard! Madness!

On a serious note, anyone else just think of a hand keyboard for wii? like , but less mad scientisty.

[Amele]

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Last thing I saw about bluetooth was someone suing the pants off a lot of companies that used bluetooth technology, I don't recall what it was over, but I really don't think that's something nintendo wants to get in to.

Wii-motes are already generic blue tooth devices. Nintendo is already a blue tooth adopter.

also, it was a dispute between the Washington Research Foundation and CSR Plc. (one of two primary distributors of blue tooth micros) over patent infringement - WRF sued several high profile customers of CSR in an attempt to get media coverage, nothing more. (all cases settled out of court). it's already over. (I'm pretty sure Nintendo used Broadcom micros anyway.)

[Feba]

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Nintendo is already a blue tooth adopter.

And nintendo is already being sued with patent infringement for other things with the Wiimote. Thanks for the info, though.

[Amele]

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trigger operated remote device patent filed in 2005?

let's just leave it at the U.S. Patent system leaves something to be desired. the wording in Interlinks patent is so vague as to apply to basically every major pointing device on the market that includes any sort of analog trigger (there's several, although the wiimote is certainly one of the higher profile cases) and doesn't even actually describe how a wiimote works until you hack the firmware to emulate what this patent describes.

basically, it's usually best to just ignore lawsuits until they actually go to court. (unless you're involved in one!) The class action on straps that's coming one of these days is the one Nintendo will actually be concerned about.

[Shadowneko]

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Yes, but what are you going to put in your offhand? Have to have something for the motion sensor... you're proposing we either use nunchucks and go without keyboards, or try to punch with a keyboard! Madness!

Sorry Feba...I was proposing a triditonal contol scheme where all you do it's just run around hold the classic controler and have a KB connected in some way(either using bluetooth or USB). I was playing with my classic controler and it doesn't have the buttons under the analog stick(for resting) so you'd have to rig up another button for that...but otherwise it seems like it'd do FFXI perfectly XD
I will say that Nintendo only supports a funky onscreen KB at the moment...but things change ^^

[Feba]

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I was talking about Jei's proposal for Asuran Fists.

And Amele, i'm not saying that nintendo ripped anyone off, or that the patent system is perfect (far from it), I'm just saying that Nintendo probably doesn't want to get into more legal crap right now.

[Aksannyi]

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Yes, but what are you going to put in your offhand? Have to have something for the motion sensor... you're proposing we either use nunchucks and go without keyboards, or try to punch with a keyboard! Madness!

On a serious note, anyone else just think of a hand keyboard for wii? like , but less mad scientisty.

Who is that guy? Maat? I'll kick his ass!

[Yellow Mage]

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Woot, I started a hot topic ^_^ !

As for the keyboard, it could be wirelessly linked to the Wii-mote.

And for those who couldn't stand KB controls, there could be some kind of offer upon release of a special controller that could be linked to the Wii-mote at the same time as the KB, somehow. It's plausible, at the very least.

[Amele]

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As for the keyboard, it could be wirelessly linked to the Wii-mote.
And for those who couldn't stand KB controls, there could be some kind of offer upon release of a special controller that could be linked to the Wii-mote at the same time as the KB, somehow. It's plausible, at the very least.

this is .. somewhat unnecessary. you've already got a blue-tooth wireless hub (the Wii itself) there's no reason to make a double link across the wii-mote when you can just interface directly with the Wii. (making for a faster more stable connection - fewer hops - and saving battery power on the wiimote as well)

you also wouldn't need a unique controller, since the gamecube approximates a ps2 (yes, you're missing one shoulder button and the analog thumbstick 'L3, R3' ) but it's entirely possible to map most of the major game functions to the buttons and sticks available to the gamecube and classic controllers.

[HairdewX]

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Nintendo products have never had a large online user-base... so my opinion is that there really isn't such a draw to spend the money and time to develop a Wii version of the game...

[Feba]

Re: Will we see FFXI for Wii?

Nintendo products have never had a large online user-base... so my opinion is that there really isn't such a draw to spend the money and time to develop a Wii version of the game...

About as logical as Microsoft not integrating wifi in the elite because their studies show that "most of [their] users use ethernet to connect their Xbox to the internet".

[HairdewX]

Re: Will we see FFXI for Wii?

About as logical as Microsoft not integrating wifi in the elite because their studies show that "most of [their] users use ethernet to connect their Xbox to the internet".

That's not really the same thing. It is true that most broadband users do not use a wireless connection. However, I believe MS has a goal of making more money, and they can do that by selling the wireless adaptor seperately.

Developing software, on the other hand, is an entirely different beast. Even porting, as easy as it may seem, requires quite a bit of work. Not only that, there are licensing and legal issues to work with. If the projected profit is in the red or does not meet the expectation of the company, then it simply will not happen.

Who knows? Maybe the next SE MMO will include the Wii.

[Shadowneko]

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hmmm 2 month old post but I still have junk to add:

According to some articals I read the Wii is selling alot of units....it's outselling both the Xbox360 and the PS3 so any comments abut the userbase being small are unfounded.

[Guren]

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ci76V8Jp8CI

Nice video.

[Amele]

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hmmm 2 month old post but I still have junk to add:
According to some articals I read the Wii is selling alot of units....it's outselling both the Xbox360 and the PS3 so any comments abut the userbase being small are unfounded.

back in april it was still largely the case, due to shipping shortfalls the Wii was still under ~5 million sold iirc. (it might've been 6) but was significantly behind the 8-10 million mark it's at today.