How Close is Swinging a Wii-Remote to a Golf Club?

Finally! According Takahashi brothers the designers of We Love Golf (which we covered earlier this month) it is not realistic at all:

Acknowledging (at last!) that swinging a Wiimote doesn’t actually feel like swinging a golf club, the game drops the idea of emulating a “natural” swing, opting for a more precise system that allows you to set swing parameters with the remote and then simply match the timing and angle of an on-screen swing to hit the shot.

Interesting. Rather than try to make it realistic, they modified the mechanics instead and still keep the feel of a gold game. However the game is still pretty in-depth, and I would say something between Wii Golf (Wii Sports) and Tiger Woods PGA. Check out their full interview and explanation via EuroGamer.

Filed by: MiiGolfer at April 24th, 2008 under News