Games That Exploit Platform Specific Gimmicks In A Good Way
Games that utilize platform/controller gimmicks in an interesting way and/or in a thematically/narratively meaningful way.
A testament that exploiting these gimmicks is important even if they are a pain to replicate on further releases or in your emulator c:
A testament that exploiting these gimmicks is important even if they are a pain to replicate on further releases or in your emulator c:
64 Games
turdl3: "does something at the end of its genocide ending which is basically this (involves shaking the window)" spoiler: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ykt0eBWUgZw
"uses the PSN in the ending of E" -fairywands
psycho mantis -liquidrocks & heatten
one hand mode -Dadhunter
BB is your joystick
uses console date during a fight - Dadhunter
also button pressure too - heatten
also button pressure too - heatten
"wind waker allows you to use a gba as a map screen by using the gc/gba cable" -Liquidrocks
:)
(PS. also when sylvia calls you on your wiimote that's pretty interesting too)
(PS. also when sylvia calls you on your wiimote that's pretty interesting too)
spoilers - also has psycho mantis -BreadBurner
Hylianhero777
uses the gyroscope pretty well -Dadhunter
hartex
find this one by yourself
the opening upside down is fem mc's opening -BreadBurner
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsqHPC2WT7I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsqHPC2WT7I
desktop stuff again
sixaxis - FranzMagitek & tomzacz
"you can transfer a chao to your vmu to play a minigame with them on the go kinda like a pokewalker (except it isn’t a pedometer)" -fairywands
"until dawn has a few sequences where you have to keep the controller completely still or you get caught/noticed using the motion sensors in the ps4 controller" -fairywands
"The Pokéwalker supports infrared signals allowing players to interact within a short range with a game card of Pokémon HeartGold or SoulSilver while slotted in the Nintendo DS, or with another Pokéwalker." fairywands
Bruh_Moment_7: "In Infamous Second Son you hold the dualshock 4 sideways and pull the right trigger to spray paint things"
"Days Gone uses it kinda like NMH where you receive calls" -Dadhunter
(PS4) "Transistor does that exclusivly on the ps4 if you play without headphones.
where you listen to the transistor through the controller speaker through the whole game, until you give the transistor back, where his audio stops coming from the controller speaker and comes through the tv" - Pedrox200
where you listen to the transistor through the controller speaker through the whole game, until you give the transistor back, where his audio stops coming from the controller speaker and comes through the tv" - Pedrox200
GodOfMediocrity. "forces you to yell into the DS at the very end of the game."
turdl3: "encouraging trading and battling with across multiple versions is pretty cool and counts (even if every Pokemon game after it continued this)"
turdl3: "gives you an achievement when you resize the browser window to dunk the cookie"
Pangburn "there's a puzzle that requires you to flip something over, and you do so by closing the ds and reopening it"
JaxMagnetic: "lets you physically attach vmu's together to trade unlocked characters with other players"
you transfer pokemon from the portable games to this one -BreadBurner
Nightblade
"if you close the game without saving resetti will show up and yell at you and eventually will blip the gamecube off" -fairywands
"a lot of important stuff plays from the wiimote in shattered memories and iirc you get “analyzed” based on what you linger on/point at in one instanc" -fairywands
"fucks with your ability to save and messes with the volume on the tv and stuff" -fairywands
Hylianhero777
you close your screen to solve a puzzle- Liquidrocks & FranzMagitek
"you can put a music cd in the console and the game will create a beatmap for every track" -FranzMagitek
turdl3: "uses the joycons in a pretty extreme way, they even use the IR sensor to measure your heart rate"
button pressure affects your combos- heatten
"If you connected the PSP to a different Wi-Fi you could get a brand new random soldier" -BreadBurner
turdl3: "if you have a GBA Pokemon game in Slot 2, it makes courses out of the Pokemon you have (Pokemon DPP also have unique encounters with Slot 2 GBA games in, and transferring is a thing)"
fairywands
MendelPalace: the Etrian Odyssey series lives and dies on the touchscreen of the DS/3DS allowing you to update the dungeon map in real time.
spoilers - at one point you lose the ability to see with one eye, and so you lose the ability to use the 3D mode - BreadBurner
"Tearaway is the only game I liked how it used the PS Vita's front and rear touchscreens" -DustyVita
allows you to insert a music cd and it plays during gameplay -tomzacz
you take pictures of real life objects and invoke them in-game
"in lost in blue you have to blow into the mic to light fires" -fairywands
turdl3: "The Boktai games on GBA have a light sensor where the amount of sunlight hitting it gives you certain benefits in-game"
tomzacz
"uses the wiimote speaker to broadcast important info, also you use the wiimote to control the flashlight then the wiimote plays sounds if you found something important" fairywands
turdl3: "Brain Age on Switch also uses the IR sensor as an input for some minigames"
-Dadhunter
JaxMagnetic: "can be 'played' on the vmu's screen alone"
turdl3: "has you sing into the second controller on the Famicom as part of its karaoke minigame which is pretty wild for 1986 imo"
mellorine
ikearagao "Rashomon is game that doesn't have a central screen, it subdivides in your monitor depending in which section of the story you're ate."
MendelPalace: does a good job imitating Kojima's love of unique gimmicks a few times, including having to drag a file from the game folder into the game itself. There's also a puzzle boss where the solution is to change the time on your computer's clock.
turdl3: "same as WarioWare Twisted, but it came even before that"
JaxMagnetic: "uses the vmu's speaker as a ''metal detector'' for some of the game's hidden collectibles"
JaxMagnetic: "can be 'played' on the vmu's screen alone"
"fucks with your desktop" FranzMagitek
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-XX2CH3Om8&t=812s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-XX2CH3Om8&t=812s
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E8aeSXFXEAAVvRo.jpg
BreadBurner & fairywands
BreadBurner & fairywands
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Coxinha, Rashomon is game that doesn't have a central screen, it subdivides in your monitor depending in which section of the story you're ate.
hotel dusk: there's a puzzle that requires you to flip something over, and you do so by closing the ds and reopening it
I think the way rhythm heaven DS uses the touch screen makes everything flow better than playing it with the does face buttons
The game Merry Gear Solid 2 (a Christmas-themed Metal Gear Solid fan game) does a good job imitating Kojima's love of unique gimmicks a few times, including having to drag a file from the game folder into the game itself. There's also a puzzle boss where the solution is to change the time on your computer's clock.
Also, the Etrian Odyssey series lives and dies on the touchscreen of the DS/3DS allowing you to update the dungeon map in real time.
Also, the Etrian Odyssey series lives and dies on the touchscreen of the DS/3DS allowing you to update the dungeon map in real time.
In Infamous Second Son you hold the dualshock 4 sideways and pull the right trigger to spray paint things
The Boktai games on GBA have a light sensor where the amount of sunlight hitting it gives you certain benefits in-game
Ring Fit Adventure uses the joycons in a pretty extreme way, they even use the IR sensor to measure your heart rate
Brain Age on Switch also uses the IR sensor as an input for some minigames
Takeshi's Challenge has you sing into the second controller on the Famicom as part of its karaoke minigame which is pretty wild for 1986 imo
Pokemon Dash: if you have a GBA Pokemon game in Slot 2, it makes courses out of the Pokemon you have
(Pokemon DPP also have unique encounters with Slot 2 GBA games in, and transferring is a thing)
I would argue that Pokemon RBY encouraging trading and battling with across multiple versions is pretty cool and counts (even if every Pokemon game after it continued this)
Kirby Tilt n Tumble: same as WarioWare Twisted, but it came even before that
Undertale does something at the end of its genocide ending which is basically this (involves shaking the window)
Cookie Clicker gives you an achievement when you resize the browser window to dunk the cookie (dunno how this is handled on Steam)
Ring Fit Adventure uses the joycons in a pretty extreme way, they even use the IR sensor to measure your heart rate
Brain Age on Switch also uses the IR sensor as an input for some minigames
Takeshi's Challenge has you sing into the second controller on the Famicom as part of its karaoke minigame which is pretty wild for 1986 imo
Pokemon Dash: if you have a GBA Pokemon game in Slot 2, it makes courses out of the Pokemon you have
(Pokemon DPP also have unique encounters with Slot 2 GBA games in, and transferring is a thing)
I would argue that Pokemon RBY encouraging trading and battling with across multiple versions is pretty cool and counts (even if every Pokemon game after it continued this)
Kirby Tilt n Tumble: same as WarioWare Twisted, but it came even before that
Undertale does something at the end of its genocide ending which is basically this (involves shaking the window)
Cookie Clicker gives you an achievement when you resize the browser window to dunk the cookie (dunno how this is handled on Steam)
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does it count if pac 'n roll is the only ds 3d platformer on the ds for its roll/touch mechanics? it's honestly a lot more tolerable than it sounds
a lot of arcade games probably would qualify here if not for the fact that their hardware is literally made around them
a lot of arcade games probably would qualify here if not for the fact that their hardware is literally made around them
super magnetic neo uses the vmu's speaker as a ''metal detector'' for some of the game's hidden collectibles
marvel vs capcom 2 also lets you physically attach vmu's together to trade unlocked characters with other players
and maybe not practical but silent scope and virtua tennis can be '''played''' on the vmu's screen alone
marvel vs capcom 2 also lets you physically attach vmu's together to trade unlocked characters with other players
and maybe not practical but silent scope and virtua tennis can be '''played''' on the vmu's screen alone
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Justice for All forces you to yell into the DS at the very end of the game.
Hylianhero777
2 years ago
I'd say the same for Super Mario 3D Land on 3DS