I feel the issues with Metroid Prime 3 are exaggerated. True, the motion controls, such as stealing an enemy shield, don't work all the time... if you don't do them right. If you're just flicking your wrist, it won't work every time. But if you make full motions, like the game instructs you to, and get the timing right, it'll work every time. The only problem I've had in the game is jumping in ball form by flicking the remote up. But there were never any instructions on how to do that (unless I missed them), so maybe there are some limitations I don't know about. As for SSX, I know for a fact that the ubertricks don't work 100% of the time. But remembering SSX Tricky on the Gamecube, ubertricks still didn't work 100% even with button controls. It's all about timing and pressing the buttons at exactly the same time. The same is true for the motion controls. Like someone else said, the inner workings of the controller are just as objective as a button; the difference is that it's easier for the player to make a mistake in a gesture than in pressing a button. That just means that you need to be more deliberate in your actions. And in all honesty, I think it's a good thing that ubertricks are harder to pull off. They're not supposed to be easy; that's why they're ubertricks. When you do pull one off, it makes it that much more special.
I'm not saying the controls are perfect for every game... but the examples focused on so far aren't the best examples. What about the problem in Tiger Woods 07? Some people simply can't play the game; their swing is always cut off around 60%. You can watch them swing and see no problem whatsoever, but the swing still screws up almost every time. Now that's a major issue. And it seems that some games, like Marvel Ultimate Alliance, just have boring controls (moving the remote up, down, left, or right).
These are the developer's problems, though, not the remote's. And in a way, I think it's kind of forgivable this early in the Wii's life. Most developers have never worked with motion controls before, and I'm sure it's insanely difficult to get the programming perfect. I even have to give mad props to the Tiger Woods developers.... sure, there's a major flaw, but the controls can be mastered, and they work almost perfectly once you do master them. JordanElek
JordanElek nailed it in hist last paragraph. It is all the developers fault when there are control problems. Take any system that has a game with bad controls. Is that controller at fault? No, the developer is at fault for making the game with crappy controls. While what Jordan said is true, about devlopers not being used to working with motion controls and it being insanely difficult to get the programming perfect, it is absolutely their fault for not taking the time to perfect the controls. The developers are just trying to get their games out there to make money. People may be dissappointed with Nintendo and how they always delay their games (and I'm talking about games like Smash Bros, Mario Galaxy, Zelda and Metroid) but those games always come out looking awesome and with awesome controls (for the most part). The reason is Nintendo cares and wants to make the game as perfect as humanly possible (code is never going to be bug free, it's just life) and that includes controls.
Also, to the TC, Nintendo never promised anything about 1:1 motion. 1:1 motion is actually going to be impossible because it will never be complete. What I mean by that is if you are swinging a sword, it could follow your movements to a 'T' (with an insane amount of coding) but the moment you try and hit something, your hand is going to keep going when in fact it should have stopped, which is what the sword would do in the game, hence not making it true 1:1 motion. And, you (TC) also need to be more patient considering the Wii has only been out for 11 months and3 days. You can't expect the developers to be releasing awesome games that take full advantage of the hardware this early. Give it time and the games will hopefully improve, including the controls.
To dieworm, tilting the Wii Remote is not really 1:1 motion. In order for the system to have had true 1:1 motion, Nintendo would have had to spend a lot more money and have come up with a different design. So unless you want to have spent an arm and a leg on the system, then Nintendo did not go cheap. At least Nintendo tried to honestly change the way we play video games (unlike a certain competitor changing the controller at the last minute). So blame the developes and not the system itself for the shortcomings of controls.
-Shark2k
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