Hey, so I just bought Mario Power Tennis. (new play control). IGN lies!

One person. As I said, there is a wide spread of reactions to the game, and you can't just dismiss the tons of people who have problems with the controls. If the controls aren't consistently responding, then they're broken. i.e. the control input is designed with a function: to produce a certain motion on-screen. If the control input doesn't consistently produce that result (its function), then it is malfunctioning. aka. broken. Basic controls shouldn't have to be mastered. If the controls are so flukey that there are tons of people who can't get the basic controls to work right away... or ever... then that's a problem with the game's design. The control input is poorly calibrated. Don't blame the player. Motion controls were supposed to simplify things, so why should we accept that they require skill and practice in order to get to work. You can potentially work with, say, a malfunctioning computer mouse. All the controls are inverted and backwards. You can, with practice, get it to always respond the way you want it to as long as you train yourself with this mouse. That doesn't mean that the mouse isn't malfunctioning. It's still broken. I hope you kept the receipt.clicketyclick

Clickety,

I appreciate what you're saying; game controls should be consistent... and I contend that in this game, they are. Players aren't consistent. They *think* they've done a correct swing and the game doesn't respond "properly" so they blame the controls. In reality, arms, get tired, motions get sloppy. Just like in real tennis. I can get the controls to work on this game just fine and I didn't find the process of perfecting it to be difficult, or counter-intuitive (like trying to get a palm pilot to read your handwriting...)

I can also appreciate that people who were gamecube ninjas at this game don't like the fact that they can't pick up this game and within 2 mins, be putting EVERY single shot exactly where they want it. Well to me, that's not a drawback...

We're not talking about broken or gummed up joysticks here.

... been too busy trying to beat Frank in Madworld, meant to get to this sooner.... Clickety and blankshore, I quoted you in an article I wrote at 31up:

http://31up.com/index.php/adult-gamer-reacts-to-new-play-control-mario-power-tennis-for-the-wii/

Please feel free to comment!

If for whatever reason you don't want to be identified by your Gamespot handle, let me know and I'll edit it.

.. For the record, I still love Mario Power tennis with the Wii controls...