Mike Ball on Motion Control

Developer Roundtable: The Forthcoming Motion Control War
Four developers give their thoughts on Natal, Wii, Sony’s device, and the future of motion-controlled games.

Guest list:

• Eric Nofsinger, chief creative officer of High Voltage Software, which has embraced the idea of making traditional hardcore genres work on Wii (see: The Conduit)
• Mike Ball, chief technology ninja of Ninja Theory, one of the few teams to successfully implement a motion control feature on top of a traditional game with their long-range arrow shooting in Heavenly Sword
• Masachika Kawata, producer on Capcom’s Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles, one of Wii’s most promising lightgun games.
• Josh Tsui, president of Robomodo, a new developer making Tony Hawk Ride, a game about as dependent on motion controls as you can get, since it requires players to stand on a simulated skateboard.

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Tags: mike ball, motion control, natal, wii