World of Goo for Nintendo Switch Can Use a Joy-Con As a Pointer
The 2D Boy title appears to emulate the Wii functionality without a sensor bar.
World of Goo is out now for the Nintendo Switch for $9.99, and trying to play it for the first time may surprise you a bit. It's like playing it on the Wii or Wii U, but without the sensor bar.
The game, from developer 2D Boy, is one of the first to use the gyroscopic sensor inside the Joy-Con to allow players to turn the controller into a pointer. You first need to put it on a flat surface to help calibrate it properly, but then it works efficiently as the Wii U controller did, although the mechanics are slightly different. The Joy-Con sensors detect how you are moving the controller and then extrapolate the data to the screen after the cursor is centered.
You then hit the plus or minus buttons on either controller to mark the center of the screen as you aim it. this method also allows both Joy-Cons to be used in this way in two-player co-op.
Here's a look at how it works, courtesy of Daan Koopman via Twitter:
This. is. NUTS. #NintendoSwitch #WorldOfGoo pic.twitter.com/KUqNeEUyNt
— Daan Koopman (@NintenDaan) March 16, 2017
The game can still be played in portable mode using the touchscreen, but it is nice to actually see the pointer functionality in action. This could also suggest that Wii ports are viable options on the Switch, even without a sensor bar, seeing as its gyroscope can apparently imitate it reasonably well.
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I love that game, it has music that stays with you for years, charming visuals and a quirky sense of humor.
I bought it on multiple platforms but the only ones I would want to play it on personally are those that have a mouse or some other accurate direct input like a pen on tablets.
The showcase is a bit like "fork and chopsticks can be used to eat nintendo soup watch the video!" gyro stuff is nice for the kind mini/party games that you find in warioware.
Nothing shown in that short clip made me think "yes! That’s how I want to play it, FINALLY nitendo brings back less accurate than even Wii controls we all so desperately missed".-
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I can't recommend it enough. This is one of the games that for me personally define independent game-development, its brilliant game-design polished and bundled into a package that should appeal to hardcore gamers and casual folks alike.
Its one of those games that I often buy for folks to expose them to gaming.
Ps: an example of the music/one of the songs https://youtu.be/aHId6LIPVd4 -
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For folks who haven't played it check out the demo on steam: http://store.steampowered.com/app/22000/ or literally any other platform under the sun https://worldofgoo.com/dl2.php?lk=demo
its available on steam,gog,humble bundle etc. https://www.gog.com/game/world_of_goo
This is a lovely game to have on switch and I'm happy that this way godless heathens like milleh who may or may not be dead to me at this point got the chance to be exposed to this little gem. -
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