I got another e-mail from Revolution:

Further to my previous email, I am pleased to inform you that Good Old Games will be offering the original version of Broken Sword as a bonus for purchases of the trilogy and possibly the Directors Cut as a standalone game. We will discuss further with Good Old Games and attempt to get a free download code for you once the game has gone live on Good Old Games.

So, sweet. Although between the first and this I finished the DC (and it was mostly fine really), and moved on to 2.

*Clicks on "Show Tools"*

*Slaps forehead.

I think it could work. My guess is, the Balance Board would just be used to measure your physical reaction to the game.  It could tell if you jumped or shifted your body when something scary happened.  One of the half-assed horror games that came out on the Wii a few years ago tried to do something similiar with just the Wiimote (I think it was Ju-on: The Grudge). If it thought your hand was trembling out of suspense or fear then the game changed a little. The Balance Board could do this, but with significantly more accuracy.

OH FOR FUCK'S SAKE.

I fucking hate my idiot driver.

bugsonglass said:

Is it really worth bothering with B-Spec?

I'm resisting the idea rather persistently so far

Some of the prize cars are cool. I think I got the Mazda Furai Concept '08 on a B Spec race, and it has been extremely useful for mid tier events. I think I've won three or four different events with it, almost without tuning it.

bugsonglass said:

That sounds like it should have used ... THE VITALITY SENSOR then don't it?

Damn you Iwata where is that marvelous piece of technology so we can start enjoying some horror and ass fingering games?

I wouldn't be surprised if the original idea was for it to be used with the Vitality Sensor and they just got tired of waiting around for it. I mean, at this point in time introducing a game for use with the Balance Board seems too late.  I don't think any big title has used it for over a year.

robio said:

I wouldn't be surprised if the original idea was for it to be used with the Vitality Sensor and they just got tired of waiting around for it. I mean, at this point in time introducing a game for use with the Balance Board seems too late.  I don't think any big title has used it for over a year.

Then they could have released it without support for such stuff, just normal controls. Anyway, maybe it's just an optional gimmick. And what about it looks like a "big game"? It's MMV... A solid but low budget effort at best.

Agnates said:

robio said:

I wouldn't be surprised if the original idea was for it to be used with the Vitality Sensor and they just got tired of waiting around for it. I mean, at this point in time introducing a game for use with the Balance Board seems too late.  I don't think any big title has used it for over a year.

Then they could have released it without support for such stuff, just normal controls. Anyway, maybe it's just an optional gimmick.

True, but they were probably counting being able to jump on and cash in on Nintendo's Vitality Sensor hype train, similar to the way that Namco/Bandai did with We Ski when the Balance Board was released. We Ski works just fine without the Balance Board, but it wouldn't have sold anywhere near as many copies if it hadn't been one of the few games that was compatible with the Board when it first launched.  They cashed in on the timing and sold a million + copies of what's really a pretty average game.

Of course all of this is probably meaningless since my idea is based on absolutely nothing, and is strictly my own conspiracy theory.

Super Mario All-Stars is Super Mario All-Stars. Anything else is just gravy. Was anyone really expecting the extras to be all that great?