I also have that problem after about 20 mins, i get a warm feeling and i feel dizzy and i have to switch it off otherwise i'll feel sick. I've only ever had a problem like this with games that spin around and stuff like that.... i can only play in small does :(
I remember not being able to play alot of early first person shooters like Wolfenstein and the first Doom and games like that. I guess the extreme level of pixelization would give me instant motion sickness. I grew out of that as graphics improved, but obviouxsly for you, it has nothing to do with pixelization as was the case for me years ago.
Is the disorientation caused by the physics/gravity in the game? When Mariocan walk off the edge and walk on the bottom of the floor and the camera swivels around quickly? The best I can suggest is to play in small doses or watch other people play it and hopefully your brain will gradually adjust and not make you disoriented any more.
I've got motion sickness too, can't play FPS games at all anymore. Mine is weird in that it started in my mid to late 20s, I played the original Wolf3D and many hours of Doom on the university LAN without problems. But yeah, I can only play SMG in small doses too (about 30 minutes at a stretch). Oh well, not the end of the world.
Motion sickness. Maybe don't think about how crazy it is that you're walking upside-down. Just PLAY it, and don't concentrate on the trippiness factor.
I sorta went through that but apparently a lot of people did too, I kinda got some motion sickness when playing through the first level and got very disoriented when doing a 180 degree movement (going upside down for people that dont know) on a planet but eventually(actually very quickly) i got the hang of it and experienced the awesomeness that is Super mario galaxy. I suggest you try getting 2 stars in a galaxy and if you REALLY and i mean REALLY can't play the game then call a doctor. Or try playing on a bigger screen with a higher resolution if you can.
The firstgalaxy has pratically no gravity at all. It could be a Super Mario 64 level in concept. You can't have motion sickeness there. When you'll be on the middle of the game, you'll see more Mario being on the celling or on the walls.
It certainly is very trippy at some points but I havnt experienced any motion sickness yet. I can see how you could though. If I did It would suck as the game is so good I wouldnt put it down and just gradually get worse and worse haha.
I can't see how people can get motion sickness when there is no motion. It's just a picture on screen with changing frames that makes the picture to appear to move. People usually get motion sickness when in motion - like on a plane, off roading, etc.
Takao Shimizu, the producer of Mario Galaxy, actually suffers from motion sickness. Reducing the causes of motion sickness in Galaxy was apparently a conscious part of the development process. Shimizu acted as a "motion sickness sensor" for the development team; any time he saw a part that made him feel queazy, he'd tell his team to fix it. But sometimes Miyamoto would overrule and tell them to make the camera angles "more extravagant" for a better overall effect.
I can't see how people can get motion sickness when there is no motion. It's just a picture on screen with changing frames that makes the picture to appear to move. People usually get motion sickness when in motion - like on a plane, off roading, etc. SonicWind
If you get sick playing SMG, why did you give Shadow of the Colosus a 10 rating. WHen your holding on to the giants your always swaying back and forth at extreme speeds at high elevations. Would you get sick looking at that? Mario's WEAK compared to that.
i get that too, but i also get tired when playing it, which doesn't make sense because i play varsity soccer, and lacrosse, and start both i used to play football too. but im actually a little nauseous thinking about the game, or it might be the fact that i ate a 2 week old cookie off my bedroom floor, that my brother said i wouldnt
If you get sick playing SMG, why did you give Shadow of the Colosus a 10 rating. WHen your holding on to the giants your always swaying back and forth at extreme speeds at high elevations. Would you get sick looking at that? Mario's WEAK compared to that.Black747
Haha, I fell off a chair once playing Shadow...
I had a little adjusting to do when first playing SMG, but I was able to get over it pretty quickly.
If the physics and gravity in Galaxy causes you problems, it would best not to play the game. Read the game's instruction manual as it may deal with your problem.
I onced played Galaxy for nearly ten hours straight and I did not experience any motion sickness. However, the 3D spherical worlds and bizzare gravity took some time to get use to.
Never had that problem with SMG... But I understand your problem, as I've gotten motion sick in the past with a few games. Most recently for me was Half Life 2 for the Orange Box, but I wouldn't say anywhere near as bad as your state.I can play Portal and Team Fortress 2 perfectly fine for some reason...
I know the feeling that you have. Whenever I play any of the Burnout series, or any of the Metroid Prime series thathappens t me too. Haven't encountered it yet with SMG though.
my dad has motion sickness really bad. if he scrolls up a website on the internet too fast, he gets dizzy. rewinding video tapes does it, too. we were watching home videos from 35 years ago (yes they had video cameras back then, no sound though) and he had to take medicine (dramamine) just so he wouldn't get dizzy from the person who shot the video's unstable hand. he hasn't played SMG but when he saw me play it, i told him to watch out.
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