Were you not tempted to make use of the Wii Remotes motion sensing abilities in some way?
MA: No, not at all. We had “one button control” idea from the beginning. We do think the motion sensing is one of the distinct features of Wii. See Wii Sports. I still enjoy playing it with my wife. But then it’s easy to expect many Wii titles would make players swing their Wii Remotes. We wanted to make MaBoShi stand out by not using “swing and play” controls. Well, VC titles are not using motion sensing abilities, so we wanted to push the concept even further to make MaBoShi even more distinct. Wii Sports is a “Play and sweat” title. We designed MaBoShi to be the extreme opposite. We wanted it to have “simple and minimal” control so that even a drunk and tired guy lying on a couch can play. This simple control concept and our “building up a game from its minimal core” philosophy went hand-in-hand. Update: You can now read part 2 of our exclusive MaBoShi interview!
