Wii Madden Interview

http://revolution.ign.com/articles/703/703727p1.html
Interesting stuff in there, including certain confirmations!! Various excerpts here:

Normally, when you think of a franchise at EA, it's a group of teams that work on different platforms, if you will. What's different about this group is that it's a group of teams - collectively a larger group - that works on a single platform, which is Wii. They're working on very disparate titles - Madden being one and there are some others in development - that are, you know, aligned because of the console that they are on.

IGN Wii: So it's already working on multiple Wii projects?

John Schappert: Yes.

When you first play it, it's completely different. When you go to hike the ball, for instance, as opposed to pressing a button you simply jerk the controller up. Boom, you snap the ball. When you want to pass the ball, you gesture a throwing motion while holding the button down to the intended receiver. When you want to stiff-arm left or right, you juke with the nunchuck controller literally. When you want to kick, you gesture the kick motion.

You know, the buttons are all still being mapped out. It does use the trigger buttons right now. I don't know how much we'll have locked in for you at E3 because we are still working on the final button layout, but it does use the trigger buttons, and it does use the accelerometer in the nunchuck unit as well for juking.

IGN Wii: Are you going to be using any force-feedback when you're throwing the ball or when you're getting hit, or anything like that?

John Schappert: Yes, we are. I think it's a little early to talk about how.

IGN Wii: The Wii's controller lends itself to the ability to design and literally draw your own plays in Madden's playbook. Will the title feature this potentially awesome option?

John Schappert: You know, there is a lot of stuff that we're not yet unveiling. I think you're going to get a great glimpse of how Madden is going to play on Wii at E3 2006. But there is so much, like you're alluding to, that we can do with this wand - stuff that wouldn't be easy to do without the controller. All that stuff is right there and we're looking at it and saying, "What can we get done? What's going to be great and let's make sure everything we do will be great." We've got a lot of stuff that we're chewing on and we're not really telling everyone what we're doing just yet, but there are a lot of good ideas and that's certainly one of them.

IGN Wii: Obviously, Wii is not going to have the graphic horsepower of competing next generation consoles. Some developers have called it a "GameCube 1.5" Would you agree with that estimate and how are you maximizing on the graphic capabilities of the machine?


John Schappert: I don't think I would agree with the GameCube 1.5 estimate. I would say that I think the Wii should be evaluated by itself. I think it's a unique device and I think what makes it unique is the controller. As for graphics, we'll be showing Madden in 480p and 16x9 widescreen mode running at 60 frames per second. I think it looks great. I think it looks really good. It's also kind of hard for me to judge any of these machines before they're final. We get updates to all kinds of hardware quite often as the stuff is being revved and it's always getting better. I can tell you that we had a couple of guys from Tiburon come by and they hadn't gotten hands-on with the controller, aside from some demos. They thought Madden for Wii looked stunning and played great. So my answer is that it's a unique system and we're going to maximize our power for it. I think the games are going to look really good.

IGN Wii: Do you have an online mode planned for the Wii version of Madden?

John Schappert: You know, we've got lots of great online experience and Wii has Wi-Fi built in, so we are certainly planning for online.

IGN Wii: Is this going to be a Wii launch title later this year?

John Schappert: That is our goal.

not much new in there, and I still think there could be issues with accuracy. Also depending upon how they do the throwing gesture I can invision it being a bit difficult to select the correct button and do the gesture. Since you can sometimes have up to 5 or 6 recievers on some plays, with the small number of buttons on the rev mote some of them might be awkward to reach AND do the throwing gesture accurately.

PS. Why couldn't this go in the other Revolution Madden thread? I believe you started that thread as well.

Cause it's a Wii now Plus, this is confirmation that the nunchaku attachment has an accelerometer.
BTW, there are enough buttons on the whole thing, this setup is NOT short of buttons. Never mind the fact that buttons can now be replaced with gestures, or in this case, the d-pad. Didn't you read the interview?

Originally Posted by steviep

Cause it's a Wii now Plus, this is confirmation that the nunchaku attachment has an accelerometer.
BTW, there are enough buttons on the whole thing, this setup is NOT short of buttons. Never mind the fact that buttons can now be replaced with gestures, or in this case, the d-pad. Didn't you read the interview?

ummmm...I never said it didn't have enough buttons. Your reading skills are lacking young grasshopper. I am not even going to bother repeating myself.

Originally Posted by Erasmus354

with the small number of buttons on the rev mote some of them might be awkward to reach

That's OK, I did it for you

since when was a small number of buttons turn into an insufficient number of buttons? The point was the fact that there aren't 6 buttons that seem to be placed in an ideal spot for pressing while performing a throwning motion.

Originally Posted by Erasmus354

since when was a small number of buttons turn into an insufficient number of buttons? The point was the fact that there aren't 6 buttons that seem to be placed in an ideal spot for pressing while performing a throwning motion.

well, i'm sure they've got that fixed or else they wouldn't be doing it?


I hate when individuals think they are smarter than multi-million dollar corporations.

Originally Posted by rayman2k2

well, i'm sure they've got that fixed or else they wouldn't be doing it?


I hate when individuals think they are smarter than multi-million dollar corporations.

Because multi-million dollar corporations never mess up

NES Powerglove?
32x?
Xbox "Duke" controller?
PS3?

He has a right to an opinion just as much as you. Stevie's already doing a fine job putting words in his mouth and setting up fallacious straw-man arguments. No need to pitch in.

Navy

Originally Posted by NavyH16

Because multi-million dollar corporations never mess up

NES Powerglove?
32x?
Xbox "Duke" controller?
PS3?

He has a right to an opinion just as much as you. Stevie's already doing a fine job putting words in his mouth and setting up fallacious straw-man arguments. No need to pitch in.

Navy

You just listed my beloved duke controller, when you could have said something like the "virtualboy"? Shame on you!

No one can diss the Original Xbox Controller lol. You can snipe an elephant with that damn thing XD. It was the only controller I can fling out of fustration & not even a scratch would be on it =P. Couldn't say the same about the PS controllers however =).

-LatinLegacy

Originally Posted by NavyH16

Because multi-million dollar corporations never mess up

NES Powerglove?
32x?
Xbox "Duke" controller?
PS3?

He has a right to an opinion just as much as you. Stevie's already doing a fine job putting words in his mouth and setting up fallacious straw-man arguments. No need to pitch in.

Navy

An opinion is one thing...if it is somewhat based on observations or facts of those who have a knowledge of the subject. Just to say "well, I don't think it'll have this or that" is ridiculous, if there is a reason why based on an experience or knowledge of someone else experiencing it then great.

Originally Posted by NavyH16

Because multi-million dollar corporations never mess up

NES Powerglove?
32x?
Xbox "Duke" controller?
PS3?

He has a right to an opinion just as much as you. Stevie's already doing a fine job putting words in his mouth and setting up fallacious straw-man arguments. No need to pitch in.

Navy

Dude the powerglove owned, just ask that kid in that Fred Savage movie The Wizard or whatever. He was obviously one bad mofo with that thing.............................

Originally Posted by diehard

You just listed my beloved duke controller, when you could have said something like the "virtualboy"? Shame on you!

Lol, I hear ya man. I liked teh "duke" as well and it wasn't nearly as bad as the PR it got. I just threw it in because of popular perception.

Navy