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The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance puppeteers used modified Wii remotes to control Gelfling eye movement

Well isn't that neat!
by rawmeatcowboy
01 September 2019
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The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Tactics is coming to the Switch, but the Netflix series actually has another tie to Nintendo platforms. In an interview with AnimationMagazine, we find out that part of the animatronics used for the Gelflings was controlled by a modified Wii remote! According to puppeteer Alice Dinnean, the Gelflings' eyes were controlled via Wiimote input.

“You feel like you’re playing a musical instrument, while you’re taking and singing along. It’s all self-contained on a belt pack, and you’re not dragging cable along. It makes a huge difference. It was basically a prototype that we used for 10 episodes! It was an amazing collaboration between the designers, the animatronic operators and code-writers. Everything was constantly fluid and moving because of the way our director shot the series.”

Thanks to Timothy for the heads up!

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