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   Sir Chewbury Gubbins to All   
   Re: Sonic and the Secret of the Rings (W   
   29 Aug 06 11:23:29   
   
   XPost: rec.games.video.nintendo, alt.games.video.nintendo.gamecube,   
   uk.games.video.nintendo   
   From: chewbury.gubbins@nelefa.org   
      
   On 2006-08-28, Great Cthulhu rose from the deep and compelled Guest to exclaim:   
   >   
   > It works the way the Wii makes it work or any other system.  Take a game   
   > like Sonic, get a new controller and you are now playing the same game, but   
   > with a new controller as opposed to playing a new type of game with new   
   > gameplay with a normal controller.  Let's not play stupid.  It's like the   
   > DS.  Same OLD games, new way of playing them, but not new gameplay.  For you   
   > to better understand gameplay, I suggest that you research the history of   
   > videogames.  Going from Pong to sophisticated gameplay shows you the   
   > evolution.  The last innovation was the analog controller and the GAMEPLAY   
   > that came with it.  It was not simply a new controller, but the GAMES had   
   > new gameplay that made use of the analog stick.  In that case, the GAMES and   
   > the game technology facilitated the need for the controller as opposed to   
   > the Wii trying to come with a controller without need.   
      
   I see. So driving a formula one car around silverstone at 200mph is the   
   same gameplay as playing pole position on an Atari 2600 - just with   
   different controls.   
      
   gotcha.   
      
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