Miyamoto: 'Star Fox Zero is Not so Far From a VR Experience' - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 30 June 2015 / 4,474 Views
Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto has said that Star Fox Zero is not that far off a virtual reality experience, as the game uses the second screen on the GamePad.
"Thanks to the motion sensor and the second screen on the GamePad, Star Fox Zero is not so far from a VR experience," said Miyamoto. "Nintendo's principle was and is always to make games that people play together in front of the TV. I think Star Fox Zero is that. [But] if we someday do experiments in VR, there is the Star Fox brand [we could consider implementing]."
Miyamoto added that the controls for Star Fox Zero are more complex as players have to use both the TV and the screen on GamePad:
"There are many ways how video games entertain the player. One of these ways is the process of coming to understand how a game works – another is the process of mastering the controls. By mastering the controls, you improve, which results in having fun. Our intention was not that players suggest: 'There are two screens, that is making it complicated.' Instead: 'There are two screens, I can do different things on them.
It is hard to understand the basics if you just try Star Fox Zero for a few minutes at a games expo. But if people buy the game and play it at home, after one or two days, they will reach the point where they understand how it works and how to master it – that is the moment the fun begins."
Source: [Spiegel Online via MCVUK]
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Didn't Reggie just criticize how VR isn't fun?
He said he thinks is not funny by NOW
He said he thinks is not funny by NOW
Well what Miyamoto is describing isn't VR. He says it's close but it's not VR.
I should correct myself: he says it's not so far. Close and not so far are not the same thing.
True but you know how everything work with reggie.
I meant with Nintendo. Reggie has been very popular this last few week that I have his name in my mouth lol.
Though, this is Miyamoto, and not Reggie. They`re not the same person... ; )
Miyamoto in full PR / damage mode lol.
Dunno why someone downvoted you, but here's my up vote lol. The butthurt are in denial of his irrelevance now. They should stick to Pokémon. That crappy franchise prints money. M$ has interesting ideas as well as Sony. We'll see how it all plays out. I just hope Ninty keep pushing the console space hard, or else they'll end up a handheld only company. But please, no more Wii with fitness crappy.
What are you talking about?
I don't see how what he says is wrong.
It isn't the same as VR obviously, but it does offer you a different experience.
Star Fox Zero might be the first game to really use the Wii U gamepad in a good way, but we will have to see.
Shhh Miyamoto, time to go to sleep now.
So it takes 2 days investment to have fun with a game? Jeez Nintendo, either you're way too casual and kiddie or on the opposite end at hardcore gamerz only.
Yeah... we wouldn't want companies confusing us with those damn "new ideas" which might take us time to get used to.
So this game is close to being boring by reggie corolary.
And 2 days to master is the fun part but they decide to make wii plug and play as instant master. Don't seem like they know themselves anymore. Don't remember any game that took more than 30 min to get used to gameplay. Is he talking about casuals who play one hour a day, mastery of the game itself or is the game that cumbersome?
Well if you get technical no game that has a first person mode is that far from VR especially if it has a first person mode.
No Miyamoto, dont do it... Lets not cross that VR road...
Jesus, now you VGChartz guys starting to be boring... what is wrong with what he say?
It's a very long way from a VR experience. If what he means is the first person perspective is "not so far from a VR experience" then every FPS game ever is exactly that too, which is a highly dubious statement. However he's right that Star Fox probably would be a good candidate if Nintendo ever decided to get into proper VR.
It really just sounds like he's trying to get the words "Nintendo" and "Virtual Reality" in the same quote...
It is similar to VR, in a way... except that you can also use the television as a second screen and the game pad isn't strapped to your head.
Sounds like my kind of VR lol.
Someone at Nintendo has an opinion??
Let´s all hate him!
One VR headset is literally just a cell phone inside a piece of cardboard. With the way the Wii U pad is being used here, I don't find it inaccurate.
Reggie's criticisms of VR center around how it isolates the player. This doesn't do that. Reggie was also specifically criticizing VR as it is NOW, not VR as Nintendo may end up doing it.
I used 3 different VR headsets at E3 and played the Starfox demo this year, and I can tell you that when you have to use both screens, it's a very cumbersome experience, and all of the VR demos were miles ahead of what Nintendo presented with the Starfox experience. I never would have even made the comparison to Starfox on Wii U had I not read this - it's that different.
naw bro
Oh dear
Nintendo these mixed messages.... what are you trying to say?
People on VGCharts take everything so precise. Jeez you people are butthurt over everything calm down xD
lol downvoted for saying people are sensitive. makes sense :P
........should have shown it then.
STOP BEING STUPID WHEN YOUR DECLINING.
What?
For them VR is wrong...but somehow, something that slightly imitates VR is OKAY
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