Re-release the POWER GLOVE

Ok I don't visit the Wii boards that much so I don't know if this has been posted before,if it has srry but I think it's time for Nintendo to re-release the Power Glove. When it came out way back when it was a great idea but the technology in hardware just wasn't there yet. But now with the motion sensing the wiimote has it would be the perfect time to bring it back,and this time it could actually WORK. I don't know, maybe Nintendo has already talked about this and I missed it but who else thinks it would be cool?

Just think about it,you could actually do all the things that a device like thatwas meant for. I know in the past it just turned out to be a cheap gimmick but with the Wii it could be put to so many uses. Hell, they could just make a slot for the wiimote on the glove under your wrist or something and give the glove the ability to let you actually pick up objects and really interact with items like never before. :)

Maybe they should have it as a pair of "gloves" one for each hand. Like I said I don't hit the Wii boards too often so I don't know if someone has already brought this up, but if so please don't take up extra space in this post just to say I'm taking up space by posting this heh.

I don't think the glove would work only because in order to hit any buttons you can only use it one handed.

The Wiimote and the chuck seem to have taken the place of a glove because they allow the fingers and thumb to be free to press buttons while you play.

Ahhh that true, but if they could incorporate the movement controls somehow it would rock. Maybe just use it for certain types of games then but man, I would love to see it make a comeback. It really was one of the coolest ideas that was just held back by the lack of technology.

If they kept the chuck for movement in one hand and the glove for attacking or whatever else maybe it could work heh. I just wonder if Nintendo has thought about it. Surely they have kicked the idea around.They would probably be afraid that people would laugh at it since it really was kind of a joke when it first came out.

It would be nice to see just because I think there's a segment of gamers that would like it.

The thing is that there's many games that could be made with the glove so you never know what will happen. I mean before this this generation started who knew that the Wii Board would be in the headlines the day after E3? lol

Don't lump the Virtual Boy in with the Power Glove. Nintendo didn't make the Power Glove, I believe it was Mattel. If Nintendo had made it, it probably would have actually worked. The Virtual Boy worked great, it just was bulky and kind of lame.

I didn't see what the point of the Power Glove was in 1990, and I don't see what the point of something similar would be in 2008.

You do know that the Wiimote IS a powerglove, that the technology for it Stems from the original motion detection systems from the PG, and has simply been re-introduced in a time when it can actually prove useful, right?

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You do know that the Wiimote IS a powerglove,

lfr0styl

A Model T and a Dodge Viper both have four wheels andan internal combustion engine, but they're hardly the same thing.

[QUOTE="lfr0styl"]

You do know that the Wiimote IS a powerglove,

aransom

A Model T and a Dodge Viper both have four wheels andan internal combustion engine, but they're hardly the same thing.

Umm, I'm pretty sure that he meant internally or functionality wise the wiimote does what the power glove did or was supposed to do.

But really when i was thinking about this i pictured a glove that would have seperate sensors per finger that would allow you to perform actions or interact with objects in some way. Like the act of picking up a item and carring it, or fighting in some way.

Just imagine a game like say, Psi-ops or maybe even a naruto game that would let you use something like the power glove to mimc actual hand movements. But oh well, it was just a quick thought about seeing one of the "almost" greatest inventions in controller perpherials that could actually work and be fun in this era of gaming.

Your right frosty that it is basically the same thing, but i KNOW Nintendo has thought about it ;)

power glove alone...not so much

two power gloves plus the wiimote (and maybe the nunchuck), yes!

(in theory of course) by detecting exactly how tightly gripped you hand is on the wiimote, it could tell if you were holding the wiimote. this way it could tell which hand was on the wiimote and when both hands were on the wiimote. this could become very realistic in a sword game. you would even stab with one hand and do grabs or punches with the other. with the balance board added, you could make an awesome combat hoverboarding game.

[QUOTE="aransom"][QUOTE="lfr0styl"]

You do know that the Wiimote IS a powerglove,

Flat_Line_____

A Model T and a Dodge Viper both have four wheels andan internal combustion engine, but they're hardly the same thing.

Umm, I'm pretty sure that he meant internally or functionality wise the wiimote does what the power glove did or was supposed to do.

But really when i was thinking about this i pictured a glove that would have seperate sensors per finger that would allow you to perform actions or interact with objects in some way. Like the act of picking up a item and carring it, or fighting in some way.

Just imagine a game like say, Psi-ops or maybe even a naruto game that would let you use something like the power glove to mimc actual hand movements. But oh well, it was just a quick thought about seeing one of the "almost" greatest inventions in controller perpherials that could actually work and be fun in this era of gaming.

Your right frosty that it is basically the same thing, but i KNOW Nintendo has thought about it ;)

good idea with the naruto game, that would be amazing