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The Time Is Right For A Lightsaber Video Game

March 26, 2010 in Blog comments 4

Motion controls have been out for a few years now, so it's surprising that LucasArts haven't yet made a game that impliments the "swing and strike mechanics" of real swordplay. But with Wii MotionPlus and the upcoming Playstation Move, is it finally time for a proper lightsaber game?

The man behind the most advanced video game swordplay available today says the time is now right — and the technology is now good enough — for a motion-controlled Star Wars lightsaber video game.

Speaking on Kotaku's live podcast yesterday, Red Steel 2 creative director Jason VandenBerghe said that advances in motion control have removed the technical barriers in the way of a game developer creating the kind of lightsaber Star Wars combat game that many of us assumed would have been released for the Wii as far back as 2006.
Miss Razz via kotaku.com »
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    HisServant77 Mar 26, 10
    Ooh . . . interesting. If they come out with a GOOD Starwars game making use of the Playstation Move, I will have to say that I'll definitely be interested in buying both the Move and the Game

    I hope they can pull off realistic motion well enough to warrant such a thing!
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    Darknet* Mar 26, 10
    I've been waiting for this since the Wii Motion Plus

    Red Steel - sword + lightsaber please
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      LZ Schneider Mar 26, 10
      That would be AWESOME! And hopefully it would have online capability, though I doubt how pleasurable of an experience that would be with Nintendo's shotty Wi-Fi.

      Anyway, man, yeeeaaaah, light saber game plz.
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    Province Mar 26, 10
    Something like No More Heroes wouldd be awesomeeeeee

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