[Aceroassert]

Who here wouldn't love to see a kendo game on the wii? How awesome would that be?
From the game play I've seen with sword in games like red steel it is plausible.
Could it possibly even help us train?
Discuss, I'm off to sleep!

[sicheAscems]

Sod kendo on the Wii, I've got the dojo for that.

Now what I AM enjoying is my Wii Balance Board. Snow boarding, slalom, ski jumping, yoga, bizarre muscle training exercises, all check. And fun! And a bizzare game where your Mii is dressed as a penguin balancing on an iceburg trying to catch fish. You control the iceburg....

[SusanSazzios]

I dont know how that would work to be like a real kendo match. The sensors probably wont be able to detect zanshin and if the hit was good or not in general.

[gkihueonhjh]

Feedback when you get hit would be a problem. And tai-atari would pose a few difficulties as well.

[xanaxnewtrader]

Sod kendo on the Wii, I've got the dojo for that.

Now what I AM enjoying is my Wii Balance Board. Snow boarding, slalom, ski jumping, yoga, bizarre muscle training exercises, all check. And fun! And a bizzare game where your Mii is dressed as a penguin balancing on an iceburg trying to catch fish. You control the iceburg....

Sod penguins and iceburgs on the Wii, I've got hard drugs for that.

[womberte]

I just saw, like fifteen minutes or so ago, a demo of fencing with the Wii on the teevee. Couldn't really figure how worthwhile it was though.

-Charles

[SallyIsNice5]

Never mind Kendo on Wii... think of the potential for simulated gore effects! How cool would that be????

[Donadoni1809]

I wouldn't like kendo on the wii, either. Kendo is just too complex to put everything in a game satisfactorily.

By the way: I played red steel and I hated the sword fights. It is the usual thinking: block, then hit. And besides, I hate fighting nitoh with a broken sword.
But the shooting was jolly good fun, really!

[Sleedyhex]

kendo on wii: no way
''the way'': metroid prime 3

[TeNuaTe]

personally, i don't think that guitar hero is any less fun just because it isn't much like playing a guitar. same goes for karaoke games, DDR, shooting games, fighting games, driving games, and, well, actually pretty much all games...

the point of having a kendo game isn't to practice kendo -- the point of having a kendo game is that it would be awesome!

[JonDopl]

Hm. That's a good point.
I agree with you, hyuna.^^

[kavaTeexy]

Hmm, I was thinking maybe it would be boring for people who don't train in kendo? Or maybe it would influence more people to start kendo?

[Pinkman]

I would think kendo people wouldn't like it. While visiting relatives for Christmas, I was playing the Wii sports package CD that comes with the console. The tennis, boxing, and bowling games were all were definitely not 'true-to-life' as your motion doesn't track realistically. I do think Wii is on to something because the games were fun despite that (and I'm not a video game person) but any skill you might have in the real world currently won't translate onto the TV screen . . .

[Amoniustauns]

The Wii would essentially limit the kendo shiai / practise to a first-person, shooter view. However, I think the side view is usually more enjoyable from the point of view of action. Makes it easier to critique footwork and posture too.

So, while it may work, I think I'd get tired of it pretty soon.

[Habalinnyf]

Sod kendo on the Wii, I've got the dojo for that.

Now what I AM enjoying is my Wii Balance Board. Snow boarding, slalom, ski jumping, yoga, bizarre muscle training exercises, all check. And fun! And a bizzare game where your Mii is dressed as a penguin balancing on an iceburg trying to catch fish. You control the iceburg....

You mean this? haha.

[Gmvkgkmn]

I think you meant this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_mBLWpdwnI&NR=1

(How do you make those links that show a word instead of the linked page's address?)

[sandyphoebetvmaa]

How do you make those links that show a word instead of the linked page's address?

A Word, using square braces instead of angled ones.

[ChebuRAtoR]

I always thought kendo could be cool as a video game if it were made in the same fashion as Fight Night. By the way, its a video game. Does any game truely get everything as realistic as possible.

"Hey, this Mortal Kombat game is fun! I don't want to play it anymore though, 'cuz in real life I can't freeze people."

[ForumMasta]

You mean this? haha.

I note your jealousy because I have one and you don't, and I therefore shower you with pity. Haha indeed.

That vid is a good pisstake, but the Wii fit is dam good fun!

[ThisIsOK]

When the Wii came out, some friends who fence commented that the Wii would be a perfect system for a fencing game. I think that it would work very well for kendo as well.

Daniel