Among all of the many surprises pre-loaded into the 3DS, Nintendo’s next big handheld device, the biggest is that the thing is packed with a hidden role-playing game. It’s no Final Fantasy or Dragon Age. It’s something simpler and, arguably, more important.
The new Super Monkey Ball game for the Nintendo 3DS will let you unlock a character in the game if you walk around a lot with the 3DS. The price is 20 3DS Play Coins, the currency Nintendo said would be earned by any 3DS owner for the steps they take each day.
We sit here stunned, amazed and just a little bit sceptical that artist Hye Yeon Nam has found a way for people to control a bowling video game by French kissing. Kissing and playing video games were just never fun enough on their own, now were they?
In 2006, before Kinect and maybe even before Wii, gamer Niel de la Rouviere decided to make a motion-controller for Quake III. He says he was bored; I say that Niel de la Rouviere, armed with masking tape, was efficient.
