Got news?   tips@destructoid.com  |  Never miss a story:   RSS + Twitter + YouTube
Hey! New here? Destructoid is a gaming discussion community, updated nearly every 20 minutes. Make a quick avatar to comment and enter our contests. Take the tour!
 


Home tetris updates

WiiWare Tetris to use Balance Board?
7:13 PM on 05.19.2008, Chad Concelmo 43 comments

WiiWare Tetris to use Balance Board? photo
     tetris

In an interview with Siliconera, Hudson had this to say when asked about any new features in its upcoming version of Tetris for WiiWare:

It features a number of new rules and items. Currently, we’re tossing around the idea of using the [WiiFit] Balance Board. The game also supports 6-player WiFi battle.

While I am really excited to see developers taking chances with new ways to play classic games (yay, creativity!), I don’t know how well the Balance Board and Tetris go together. Will you move the pieces around by leaning? Could be interesting, I guess. If anything, the idea of me being able to play Tetris with two free hands makes me very happy. My dream of eating an ice cream cone, brushing my hair, and playing a videogame all at the same time could soon be a reality!

What do you think? Is this idea intriguing or just plain odd? What other classic games could get the Balance Board treatment? (Q*Bert!)


Next page: More Wiiware stories




Mxyzptlk's Avatar
Mxyzptlk at 05/19/2008 19:17
It might be a neat extra, but I suspect it would be more frustrating than fun.
Neonie's Avatar
Neonie at 05/19/2008 19:20
I think DDR would be awsome with.....oh wait.
topgeargorilla's Avatar
topgeargorilla at 05/19/2008 19:21
cool? seems neat.
F Whipple's Avatar
F Whipple at 05/19/2008 19:22
I'd try it
Professor Pew's Avatar
Professor Pew at 05/19/2008 19:23
Haha, what the hell Cowzilla! I think it's a terrible idea really. Tetris is the best Zen game ever made. There is no need to make it all active when you can just chill our and reflect while half-consciously going through the motions with a dpad.
Phoenix Gamma's Avatar
Phoenix Gamma at 05/19/2008 19:27
Promise me you'll take a photo of that, Chad. I want to see ultimate multitasking with my own eyes.
garrfunkel's Avatar
garrfunkel at 05/19/2008 19:27
Wont work, cant work. IIt would be near impossible to play on the faster higher levels. You would lose immediately or else break your legs.
nintendoll's Avatar
nintendoll at 05/19/2008 19:28
Pokemon with the WiiFit board. Surfing Pikachu mini-game is now Surfing Pikachu: The Game.

Or CARNIVAL GAMES. Hit your WiiFit board with a gigantic hammer to see how strong you are! Hope you weren't planning on ever using it again.
The Bez's Avatar
The Bez at 05/19/2008 19:31
Chad I love you but,...
WHERE THE FUCK IS RFGO!?!?!?
The-Excel's Avatar
The-Excel at 05/19/2008 19:33
Just imagine trying to play at 20G level without using your hands.
Dexter345's Avatar
Dexter345 at 05/19/2008 19:35
I can only imagine that they're "tossing around" the idea and not "implementing" it because it wouldn't work. I can see how you would move the pieces from left to right, but how do you rotate them?
Spartacus's Avatar
Spartacus at 05/19/2008 19:36
Couldn't you eat an ice cream cone, brush your hair, and play Wii Fit at the same time? Wii Fit is technically a video game.
Zerozaki Ishiki's Avatar
Zerozaki Ishiki at 05/19/2008 19:36
Can you rotate them by jumping up and down? Or hopping! Turn it to the left by hopping on your left foot!
boxmyth's Avatar
boxmyth at 05/19/2008 19:39
Steel Battalion - Wii Balance Board edition.
Make it happen, Capcom.
eternalplayer2345's Avatar
eternalplayer2345 at 05/19/2008 19:49
Pikmin 3!!! cna you imagine bending over and tapping to place in between your feet to pluck a pikmin from the ground.
AgentMOO's Avatar
AgentMOO at 05/19/2008 20:00
Gimmicksauce!
Cowzilla3's Avatar
Cowzilla3 at 05/19/2008 20:05
I'm just too Gorglenox for you Prof. Pew and Wexx. You can't handle it. Now if you'll excuse me I have to ride away on my hover board.
A New Challenger's Avatar
A New Challenger at 05/19/2008 20:14
I've played Tetris with a DDR pad before. It's actually pretty fun.
Mxyzptlk's Avatar
Mxyzptlk at 05/19/2008 20:23
@ Cowzilla: Just remember: Hover boards don't work on water... Unless you've got POWER!
MaxVest's Avatar
MaxVest at 05/19/2008 20:34
First I'd like to see them re-release SMB with motion controls for n00bs, where moving the controller actually does something.
MaxVest's Avatar
MaxVest at 05/19/2008 20:37
Cowzilla3 created Google history.
ScottyG's Avatar
ScottyG at 05/19/2008 20:50
My dream of eating an ice cream cone, brushing my hair, and playing a videogame all at the same time could soon be a reality!

You never used the power pad as a kid or played DDR? :( :( :(
scorpius's Avatar
scorpius at 05/19/2008 20:55
How about WaveRace Wii? You control with the Balance Board. That would be pretty awesome. Then you add online, and it's sweeter.
perri's Avatar
perri at 05/19/2008 20:59
I'm all for experimentation so long as it's only an option. So in this case, cool. That would be great actually, like chad said, multitask!

So maybe, if your sitting down, pressing harder on the right moves right, hard on the left moves left, tap = rotate?

Obviously I don't know it the board can really be used like this?
hpv's Avatar
hpv at 05/19/2008 21:09
Contra: Balance Board Edition
Cowzilla3's Avatar
Cowzilla3 at 05/19/2008 21:09
It's on google it's a real word now bitches!

Gorglenox 4 life!!!!!!!!!
Slick Icarus's Avatar
Slick Icarus at 05/19/2008 21:17
You got your Halo in my Balance Board! You got your Balance Board in my Halo! Halo Xtreme Carnival: exclusively for Wii. Rated E10 for ages ten and up.
superflossy's Avatar
superflossy at 05/19/2008 21:29
WHYYYYYYYY? LEAVE TETRIS ALONE.
Necros's Avatar
Necros at 05/19/2008 21:34
I have no idea what to make of this.
braulio09's Avatar
braulio09 at 05/19/2008 21:59
I think a simple lolwut will sufffice.

lolwut?
destructo5000's Avatar
destructo5000 at 05/19/2008 22:15
GORGLENOX!
atastysammich's Avatar
atastysammich at 05/19/2008 23:06
You could do simultaneous hair grooming, ice cream, and gaming by taping a Game Boy Micro with WarioWare Twisted to the back of... the ice cream hand, I guess? I wouldn't recommend doing it indoors though, except maybe where you bought the ice cream.
grrza's Avatar
grrza at 05/19/2008 23:46
OH GOOD IVE ALWAYS WANTED TO PLAY TETRIS WITH MY ASS
mistic's Avatar
mistic at 05/20/2008 01:02
I'm pretty curious to give that a go :-D
-PL-'s Avatar
-PL- at 05/20/2008 03:18
EVE Online: Wii Fit edition
Burnt Meatloaf's Avatar
Burnt Meatloaf at 05/20/2008 05:41
Oh, look -- another random pairing that will be interesting for five seconds until the player realizes a Virtual Console controller works 500x better.

Is there some kind of inverse law partitioning a controller's cost and it's... um, level of control?
king3vbo's Avatar
king3vbo at 05/20/2008 10:17
Seems kinda dumb
PaperBowser0's Avatar
PaperBowser0 at 05/20/2008 16:14
Yeah, I think I'd have a go on it. :)
karizma's Avatar
karizma at 11/05/2008 05:31
worldkontor's Avatar
worldkontor at 04/28/2009 22:17
prev next

Returning Dtoiders: login now to post a comment

Destructoid is an open discussion community. You don't need to "audition" to post a comment - just Create an avatar now - it's fast and free: PLUS you also get your own gaming blog and begin posting stories and uploading videos in our open community area that may also appear on our home page. Sign up and we'll guide you through it, it's easy and 100% anonymous.




 Original Videos

 Reviews
Mad Dog McCree Gunslinger Pack
Overlord II
Yosumin Live!
Let's Tap
Ghostbusters: The Video Game (Wii)
View all Game Reviews

 Community blogs -   39764 Dtoiders!

This month's theme: Untapped Potential

New to Dtoid? Read the survival guide


 Originals

The best and worst '4th' videogames EVER!











more original Destructoid stories


 Popular now more













Destructoid is:
Nick Chester
Editor-in-Chief		 Jim Sterling
Reviews Editor
Dale North
News Editor		 Hamza Aziz
Community Manager
Anthony Burch
Features Editor		 Rey Gutierrez
Video editor & director
Niero
Founder, publisher
Letters to the editors
tips@destructoid.com
Associate Editors
Ashley Davis Jonathan Holmes
Brad Nicholson Jonathan Ross
Brad Rice Jordan Devore
Chad Concelmo Matthew Razak
Colette Bennett Tom Fronczak
Conrad Zimmerman Topher Cantler
Dyson Samit Sarkar
Contributors
Adam Dork
Ben Perlee
Daniel Lingen
Joseph Leray		 Joe Burling
Mikey
Will Maddock
Stella Wong




get involved

register or login
post a blog
post a forum
enter a contest
discuss a review
contribute a news tip
write a guest editorial
 support

new member's guide
login assistance
tech support
report abuse
email our editors
read our dev blog
nuclear crisis?
 keep in touch

RSS feed
Twitter
Facebook
Myspace
Flickr
Game nights
Meet-ups 		seriously

about us
advertising
terms of use
privacy policy
jobs at MM
buy our crap 		our network

Tomopop
Japanator



Destructoid is an independently-run publication forged by our love of video games and the gaming community's need of accountable enthusiast press
living the dream since March 16, 2006