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Lady_Satine
Title: Head of Lexian R&D
Joined: Oct 15 2005
Location: Metro area, Georgia
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http://www.infendo.com/move-over-mario-paint-we-got-udraw-now/
THQ has announced something pretty cool today, and I’m not talking about their promise not to release anymore mediocre titles. I’m talking about uDraw Studio. This game comes with a drawling tablet, and that’s almost if not as cool as the Mario Paint mouse back on the Super Nintendo.
This $70 add-on accessory uses the WiiMote to power itself and is approximately 9 inches wide and 7 inches long. It will allow you to draw and sketch objects as well as play games similar to “Pictionary”; which is said to be released as an add on title at around $30. The tablet will come packaged with an art-based game, “uDraw Studio,” when it goes on sale sometime around the holiday season.
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GPFontaine
Joined: Dec 06 2007
Location: Connecticut
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Is it me, or does this seem like THQ is breaking their promise?
The last thing that the Wii needs is a drawing tablet. It has an onscreen pointer functionality that allows for drawing. In fact, drawing using a Wiimote seems more fun for Pictionary than on a tablet.
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FNJ
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| lordsathien wrote: |
| approximately 9 inches wide and 7 inches long. |
Well, I don't mean to brag...
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Lady_Satine
Title: Head of Lexian R&D
Joined: Oct 15 2005
Location: Metro area, Georgia
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| GPFontaine wrote: |
| Is it me, or does this seem like THQ is breaking their promise? |
Heh, that part of the article was actually a hyperlink about how they're not even bothering to break away.
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Syd Lexia
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Title: Pop Culture Junkie
Joined: Jul 30 2005
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I've been wanting a tablet for awhile. $70 is quite affordable, and if they allow you to export your drawings to the SD card as hi-res BMP files, I'll be all for this.
THQ isn't so bad. You want a company that churns out almost nothing put crap? Look at Ubisoft. Ubisoft releaseds a handful of B-List titles every year and then complete garbage.
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FNJ
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I honestly couldn't believe that the Scott pilgrim game was handled by ubisoft.
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Mr. Satire
Joined: Jun 08 2010
Location: Termina Field
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| Syd Lexia wrote: |
| I've been wanting a tablet for awhile. $70 is quite affordable, and if they allow you to export your drawings to the SD card as hi-res BMP files, I'll be all for this. |
BMP files? Really? If they even put in such a function, it would most likely export low-res JPEG files. And you'd be better off with PNG file exports rather than BMP files, which are huge.
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| The last thing that the Wii needs is a drawing tablet. It has an onscreen pointer functionality that allows for drawing. In fact, drawing using a Wiimote seems more fun for Pictionary than on a tablet. |
I always found using the Wiimote to draw difficult (Photo Channel). I'm all for the tablet.
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Lady_Satine
Title: Head of Lexian R&D
Joined: Oct 15 2005
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| Mr. Satire wrote: |
| I always found using the Wiimote to draw difficult (Photo Channel). I'm all for the tablet. |
Have you tried Okami on the Wii? I'm curious how it handles with all the drawing you do in it..
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FNJ
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Oh yeah, Scott pilgrim freezes constantly and has glitched achievements. Totally ubisoft.
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GPFontaine
Joined: Dec 06 2007
Location: Connecticut
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| Mr. Satire wrote: |
| Syd Lexia wrote: |
| I've been wanting a tablet for awhile. $70 is quite affordable, and if they allow you to export your drawings to the SD card as hi-res BMP files, I'll be all for this. |
BMP files? Really? If they even put in such a function, it would most likely export low-res JPEG files. And you'd be better off with PNG file exports rather than BMP files, which are huge. |
Syd, why not get a real tablet? Also $70
http://www.wacom.com/bamboo/bamboo_pen.php
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Klimbatize
2010 NES Champ
Title: 2011 Picnic/Death Champ
Joined: Mar 15 2010
Location: Las Vegas, NV
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| lordsathien wrote: |
| Mr. Satire wrote: |
| I always found using the Wiimote to draw difficult (Photo Channel). I'm all for the tablet. |
Have you tried Okami on the Wii? I'm curious how it handles with all the drawing you do in it.. |
It took some getting use to, but I never found it a hindrance. I enjoyed the game quite a bit on Wii.
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Andrew Man
Title: Is a Funklord
Joined: Jan 30 2007
Location: Annandale, VA
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| FNJ wrote: |
| Oh yeah, Scott pilgrim freezes constantly and has glitched achievements. Totally ubisoft. |
Yea, I have had the game freeze on me.
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