Tidus_Great
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when you look at the time it should always say 'time to get a real gaming device"
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Here are 4 games that are coming to your $350-$17,000 Apple Watch
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diablos991
Can’t stump the diablos
I'm kinda excited for the incoming shitstorm once people start reporting the actual real-world battery life on this watch. People will be surprised how low it is compared to the competition.
For now I am stuck between my Pebble and my Fitbit Charge HR as far as digital watches go. My Hamilton swiss still gets the spot for anything requiring more than business casual and my Citizen for anytime I will be away from a charger for long periods(camping, etc).
For now I am stuck between my Pebble and my Fitbit Charge HR as far as digital watches go. My Hamilton swiss still gets the spot for anything requiring more than business casual and my Citizen for anytime I will be away from a charger for long periods(camping, etc).
Don't worry, a Nintendo Watch would probably be terrible, much like the ever-popular 'Nintendo Phone' NeoGAF signature idea.
No snake game at launch?
O man I forgot this game existed.
Leafhopper
Banned
I bet it has more ports than the new Macbook.
I got a flashback of all those cheap ass wrist watch with shitty games circa 1980s-1990s big time.
KoopaTheCasual
Junior Member
Pretty much.
This is by far the biggest waste of money, I've seen in a while. Don't put that $17k towards that nice new car, put it into the first model of an iterated watch design that will be useless in a year!
lol
sixteen-bit
Member
damn, and here i was never expecting to see a tamagotchi clone ever again
Lone_Prodigy
Member
Make it like the Pokemon Pikachu or the Pokewalker: track steps, play games, train your Pokemon, then wirelessly upload to the 3DS game.
Bomber Bob
Banned
But does apple watch support native stuff?
There are some of each. These games can run without your phone.
Dreamwriter
Member
No they can't, no games can run without your phone unless Apple writes them or works directly with the developer. The way the current Apple Watch SDK works, everything is run on the phone, and the phone tells the watch what to display. Also, input available to third party apps is only through the use of onscreen buttons that only detect being tapped, not held down - third party apps can't even detect the digital crown being turned, and can't tell where on the screen was touched unless there's a button there. The SDK also doesn't allow you to choose where to draw something on the screen, so don't expect sprites moving around the screen, just a grid of buttons with their art changing (unless the game redraws the entire screen as one big graphic every frame).
Really, the current SDK is designed around all apps being menus. A native watch SDK is supposedly coming sometime later this year.
Actually, that 18 hours includes 45 minutes per day of app usage. These don't seem like 45-minute games
YianGaruga
Banned
Make one version with Pokemon and one styled after Wii Fit with Wii Fit Trainer. Or just let me switch between different themes. I honestly think it wouldn't be a bad idea if the executed and marketed it well (which is the problematic part)
I assume with the backlit screen the only way to actually see the time on your watch is by 'waking it up' like smartphones. Pebble has got it right with the e-ink design.
I don't want to play games on my watch. Hell, in the 5 years I've owned iPhones I've probably played games on it only a dozen of times.
I don't want to play games on my watch. Hell, in the 5 years I've owned iPhones I've probably played games on it only a dozen of times.
claude.labonte
Member
Tamagotchi reborn. I'd buy one as a dedicated super advanced Tamagotchi I think LOL
DarkArterialGore
Member
Watches suck, gimme a Pip-Boy already.
Dreamwriter
Member
Yeah, you wake it up by holding your wrist up and turning it to face you.
megatronium
Member
These games don't look like they're even running at 720p, let alone 1080. Jaggies, no AF, simplistic models, crap AI. No thx. Let me know when the firmware is updated to release more power to devs and when the online infrastructure is decent.
BibiMaghoo
Member
Give me Tetris, or give me death.
of the watch, obviously. I'm not advocating people death for Tetris
orthodoxy1095
Banned
Truly will be satisfied with Tetris alone.
glaringradio
Member
Hey, what are you doing?
I'm texting my girlfriend on my watch.
Why don't you just use your phone?
Uh, duh, because why use my phone whenever it's less than a foot away from this tiny thing on my wrist that is less efficient as a point of contact and also makes me look like I'm 007?
Okay. Time to die.
I'm texting my girlfriend on my watch.
Why don't you just use your phone?
Uh, duh, because why use my phone whenever it's less than a foot away from this tiny thing on my wrist that is less efficient as a point of contact and also makes me look like I'm 007?
Okay. Time to die.
megatronium
Member
Seriously. Nothing is a real platform until it has DOOM.
.....wait, a 1vs1 multiplayer game? Why that of all games, on a watch you wear on your wrist?
The text of the questions of the minute quiz might be getting a bit too small to read easily, I think, but I guess it could work.
Other than that, no problem. I still don't feel the need for a cell phone tethered smart watch, but if I had one, then I'd probably get some of these games and enjoy them. Could be a neat time waster for when you're too lazy to pull out your phone.
The text of the questions of the minute quiz might be getting a bit too small to read easily, I think, but I guess it could work.
Other than that, no problem. I still don't feel the need for a cell phone tethered smart watch, but if I had one, then I'd probably get some of these games and enjoy them. Could be a neat time waster for when you're too lazy to pull out your phone.
The Horror the horror
Banned
Nintendo, please don't be inspired by this stupid idea.
magnumpy
Member
these are like those huge watches that weigh, well a lot more than a regular watch. those things are so huge and impractical. I personally wouldn't be caught dead wearing one of these. to add insult to injury, the games available don't even look interesting. I'd rather play tic-tac-toe.
Legit lol'd
Same here. And this is coming from someone who owns a number of apple products.
Oh man I forgot about those completely! I had a Star Fox one!
Shivvy_NTL
Member
This looks terrible, too bad its made by apple now people are gonna flock like sheep
Chittagong
Gold Member
I wonder why Apple feature zero games in their marketing. It's the first tine I remember them doing that.
BRocknRolla
Member
I'm betting this is going to be an iPhone gen 1 sort of thing. There's potential there, but it won't see true success until the 2nd generation.
To the OP. I'm amazed there were any games at all. The tomagachi idea is pretty funny though.
I can barely think of a justification for wearing an analog watch, much less an expensive one.
Edit: All this Apple hate... Should have expected it. There's an irony in the mindless hate for the mindless Apple love.
Bending_Unit_22
Member
Exactly what I was thinking, it is the only way for Nintendo to save itself and, by extension, rule the world.
Same.
Oh right, still doesn't mean I understand it though.
Pfft I can already play Zelda on my wrist
Heh, used to have one of those. I wore it to school and was very cool for doing so, never played it during class or anything since I didn't want to risk it being taken away. The principle caught me playing it one day while waiting for the buses to arrive for a field trip and confiscated it, I could have it back at the end of the day. Then the end of the week, then the end of the 6 weeks, then didn't remember it. I know he gave it to his son.
tldr, Nintendo you could own the world if you develop for this.
Then you should think about it for awhile longer.
- I no longer use my smartphone and I hated taking out my phone to find out the time each time.
- I'm wearing a cheap, yet stylish Timex watch.
Edit:
Also, to add to this, the battery life lasts for years and you won't have to charge it every day.
Scrooge McDuck
Member
That virtual pet's expressions are straight up keyboard emoticons.