When I hear the word waggle, I automatically think you're doing it wrong. In a lot of Wii games, a quick flick of the wrist is all that's needed. Mario Galaxy did not use waggle, it was a flick of the wrist. If you flail, you fail.
The Wii Remote also uses IR Pointing control which has nothing to do with motion. But, a lot of traditional gamers had problems with this. As for me, I didn't. I just place the Wii Remote on my lap or my chair's armrest and use slight wrist movements to achieve my desired goal. I guess I'm just good at Motion Controls and using the IR.
In the end, money talks. It was proven again and again on the Wii that people that play traditional games did not like or buy these games for the Wii. With the Wii U continuing to use motion controls and IR functionality along with its new controller, I'll be curious to see how developers use these devises with more traditional games. As for Move and Kinect, only time will tell and of course again, money talks.
I wrote a blog a year and a half ago on some observations of people playing my Wii. Some people have a hard time playing with these control sets. My true feeling is that these alternatives to playing video games is not for everyone. But man, do I like having them.
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