The Wii, when used well, is still unique amongst the current generation of consoles to immerse gamers in games in new and interesting ways. Video games, also, are powerful in the way that they can appeal to all… well, most of… our senses; sight, touch, sound, even taste back in the old days.
But of all the human senses, there’s one that games have long neglected to accommodate.
Smell.
Chinese hardware developers AreusTech have invented a rather original accessory for the Wii, the uniquely named “Smells like Wii Spirit”, which is capable of emitting unique scents depending on the games you’re playing.
Examples:
Super Mario Galaxy: Sweet, aromatic, flowery
Wii Sports / Wii Fit: The pleasant aroma of sweat
Tiger Woods: freshly mowed grass
No word yet on where in the world this product will be distributed to. Don’t worry though, you’ll know. You’ll smell it coming a mile off.
What would horrible games, like Resident evil smell like?
I dont think I want to know.
Good idea, I think, I think I want to see/smell it in action.
@Evren, probably gun powder and rotting flesh…
@SilverWeb, …Thats just kinda nasty.
The problm with technology to create scents is that other than flowers, bad smells are far easier to do. Would still be interesting to se what it can do.
I couldn’t help but think of the old “Earthbound” advertisements that ran in EGM and Gamepro in the late ’90′s. Do we really need to go down this path again of linking smell to games beyond beer and unwashed associates?
Since this product was developed and made by China, I’d imagine it’ll give off aromas that incidentally carries toxic fumes that will be hard to detect but will ultimately kill people in the room.
it’s a real thing or wat? Cause it going to be fun to have such thing while gaming ^^
I hope they don’t port over Conker’s bad fur day now.
We’d have to smell the Great Mighty Poo.
just because its from china doesn’t mean the air is bad be logical because the air there has gotten better
@fgsfds,
I’m not sure if Joe was referring to the air quality in china. He was probabaly talking about the habit of puttin some toxic stuff in their products (like the infant milk powder fiasco going on the moment and there were some toxic toys not too long ago as far as i can recall)