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Posted 2007-04-05 by Tony Walsh
 
 
     
 
Haute Wii-Mode
Photo by Mesq. CC Licensed.
Check out this clever way to play Wii Sports (tennis, specifically): Real tennis is emulated through the position of real gamers, a grid on the floor, and a double-sided screen where the net would normally be. There's something very appealing to this brief series of pics posted to Flickr by Mesq. I'd like to see more sheet-thin windows into gamespace--the double-sided aspect is particularly suitable to the game at hand. Earlier this year I wrote about potential application of double-sided mobile screens in gaming--Mesq's pics are a great example of how this could work with a larger-scale display.

[Update: as a side-note, I have no idea why I titled this entry "Haute Wii-Mode." It sounded good at the time, but a few hours later it makes no sense.]
 
     
 
   
 
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Comment posted by wa
April 5, 2007 @ 3:43 pm
     
 
They could of course, always go and play Actual Tennis. It's a pretty sophisticated simulation of Virtua Tennis, but using wooden rackets with string and yellow balls.
 
     
 
     
   
 
Comment posted by Tony Walsh
April 5, 2007 @ 3:46 pm
     
 
Oh, the wit.
 
     
 
     
   
 
Comment posted by Scott McMillin
April 5, 2007 @ 10:41 pm
     
 
Unless they hacked Wii Sports, the grid on the floor is just for fun -- you can't actually control your position on the court in Wii Tennis.

This actually works out pretty well because you end up just having to worry about your swing. The better you become, the faster your little Miis will run (and dive) to return a shot.
 
     
 
     
   
 
Comment posted by Tony Walsh
April 6, 2007 @ 7:46 am
     
 
I agree the grid on the floor is cosmetic, the sentence I wrote about emulating tennis wasn't very clear. I should have compared/contrasted the version shown in the photos with "standard" Wii Sports.
 
     
 
     
   
 
 
     
 
     
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