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WiiWare Tetris to use Balance Board? photo

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!)


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Cowzilla3's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/19/2008 19:13
Cowzilla3
Screw me in the face this sounds odd, though i feel like it was predicted in some bad 80's movie that took place in the future. You know they kids were all leaning back and forth in front of hologrpahic tetris like game and their hair was crazy and pink and purple and then one of them said "Man, the future has so much balancing and leaning, it's gorglenox!" Gorglenox being the new word for cool in the future.
Wexx's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/19/2008 19:15
Wexx
What the fuck, Cowzilla? lol.

I don't know. I don't really think Tetris + balance board would be too good. That's just me though,
Mxyzptlk's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/19/2008 19:17
Mxyzptlk
It might be a neat extra, but I suspect it would be more frustrating than fun.
Neonie's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/19/2008 19:20
Neonie
I think DDR would be awsome with.....oh wait.
topgeargorilla's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/19/2008 19:21
topgeargorilla
cool? seems neat.
F Whipple's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/19/2008 19:22
F Whipple
I'd try it
Professor Pew's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/19/2008 19:23
Professor Pew
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 - Comment posted on 05/19/2008 19:27
Phoenix Gamma
Promise me you'll take a photo of that, Chad. I want to see ultimate multitasking with my own eyes.
garrfunkel's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/19/2008 19:27
garrfunkel
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 - Comment posted on 05/19/2008 19:28
nintendoll
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 - Comment posted on 05/19/2008 19:31
The Bez
Chad I love you but,...
WHERE THE FUCK IS RFGO!?!?!?
The-Excel's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/19/2008 19:33
The-Excel
Just imagine trying to play at 20G level without using your hands.
Dexter345's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/19/2008 19:35
Dexter345
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 - Comment posted on 05/19/2008 19:36
Spartacus
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 - Comment posted on 05/19/2008 19:36
Zerozaki Ishiki
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 - Comment posted on 05/19/2008 19:39
boxmyth
Steel Battalion - Wii Balance Board edition.
Make it happen, Capcom.
eternalplayer2345's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/19/2008 19:49
eternalplayer2345
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 - Comment posted on 05/19/2008 20:00
AgentMOO
Gimmicksauce!
Cowzilla3's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/19/2008 20:05
Cowzilla3
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 - Comment posted on 05/19/2008 20:14
A New Challenger
I've played Tetris with a DDR pad before. It's actually pretty fun.
Mxyzptlk's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/19/2008 20:23
Mxyzptlk
@ Cowzilla: Just remember: Hover boards don't work on water... Unless you've got POWER!
MaxVest's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/19/2008 20:34
MaxVest
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 - Comment posted on 05/19/2008 20:37
MaxVest
Cowzilla3 created Google history.
ScottyG's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/19/2008 20:50
ScottyG
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 - Comment posted on 05/19/2008 20:55
scorpius
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 - Comment posted on 05/19/2008 20:59
perri
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 - Comment posted on 05/19/2008 21:09
hpv
Contra: Balance Board Edition
Cowzilla3's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/19/2008 21:09
Cowzilla3
It's on google it's a real word now bitches!

Gorglenox 4 life!!!!!!!!!
Slick Icarus's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/19/2008 21:17
Slick Icarus
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 - Comment posted on 05/19/2008 21:29
superflossy
WHYYYYYYYY? LEAVE TETRIS ALONE.
Necros's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/19/2008 21:34
Necros
I have no idea what to make of this.
braulio09's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/19/2008 21:59
braulio09
I think a simple lolwut will sufffice.

lolwut?
destructo5000's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/19/2008 22:15
destructo5000
GORGLENOX!
atastysammich's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/19/2008 23:06
atastysammich
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 - Comment posted on 05/19/2008 23:46
grrza
OH GOOD IVE ALWAYS WANTED TO PLAY TETRIS WITH MY ASS
mistic's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/20/2008 01:02
mistic
I'm pretty curious to give that a go :-D
-PL-'s Avatar - Comment posted on 05/20/2008 03:18
-PL-
EVE Online: Wii Fit edition
Burnt Meatloaf's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/20/2008 05:41
Burnt Meatloaf
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 - Comment posted on 05/20/2008 10:17
king3vbo
Seems kinda dumb
PaperBowser0's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/20/2008 16:14
PaperBowser0
Yeah, I think I'd have a go on it. :)
karizma's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/05/2008 05:31
karizma
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