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Two people test their strength by trying to push the other person's arm to the table. In video games, developers often use control methods to try and make your arm tired.
Games that support the Wii Balance Board.
A sport in which the player throws a ball down a lane in order to knock over 10 pins that are set up in a triangular shape.
Some games, despite being on platforms whose default controller is a gamepad, allow the player to move a mouse-style cursor around freely in order to select menu options or perform gameplay actions.
Games that support the Dreamcast Fishing Controller
These are games that support the EyeToy, which is not to be confused with its successor the PlayStation Eye.
A gaming genre of its own, but also frequently featured as a mini-game in other titles, especially RPGs.
An emerging trend. The only objective? Achieve your optimum physique.
Controlling by using different gestures such as touch, swing, twist, flick, and more!
Head Tracking is a concept which allows a game to follow the movement of the players head and change what is displayed on the screen relevant to the players head movements.
Inkay is a Generation 6 Pokemon added in X and Y.
Kinect is a camera and depth sensor-based peripheral for the Xbox 360 that allows users to interact with and play games using their whole bodies, rather than using a standard controller.
Games that feature support for Nintendo's Mii avatars.
These are often a departure from the conventional gameplay of a game. There have also been compilations; games including only minigames. The Mario Party series has a lot of minigames, too!
Wii games that require the player to plug in the Motion Plus add-on, or use a Wii Remote with the Motion Plus tech built in, in order to play.
Games with support for the Wii Motion Plus peripheral.
The New Xbox Experience, or NXE, overhauled the Xbox 360's dashboard, released on November 19th, 2008. A new "Metro" dashboard was released on December 6th, 2011.
A USB haptic mouse replacement peripheral. The name comes from the fact that the falcon is the predator of the mouse.
Game cartridges that are shaped differently from other ones for the same console. While they are more commonly associated with unlicensed games, there have been occasions where these were seen with official releases: mainly ones that incorporate special hardware.
These are games that support the PlayStation Eye.
PlayStation Move is a motion control system for the PlayStation 3 console, allowing for fluid control of objects in a simulated 3D space.
PlayStation 3 games that utilize the "tilt" functionality of the SIXAXIS or DualShock 3 controllers for minor or major gameplay mechanics.
Microsoft new concept of turning every TV into a smart TV via hardware you already own.
With the exception of Nintendo Labo series, most of these games requires the Joy-Cons to be played on the Nintendo Switch Lite.
Many of the games released for the Nintendo Wii take 'advantage' of the controls available by forcing the player to shake or 'waggle' the Wii remote and/or nunchuck. Waggling generally does not require skill on the part of the player; only shaking movements.
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