Upcoming piracy-themed Wii adventure Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros' Treasure has acquired a very useful feature for those who want to play it with friends or family: players 2-4 can use their Remotes to point at and draw doodles on the screen while player 1 tackles the game.

Wired's Emily Balistrieri, reporting on the feature from the ongoing Tokyo Game Show, noted that the scribbles themselves are even stylish, hanging "in the 3-D world like freaky space noodles and not just paint slapped on your TV screen". They don't stick around long enough for you to write out full words, but they're nonetheless a great addition for those who want to help (or possibly hinder).

Zack & Wiki hits North American retail first this coming October 16, followed the week after by Europe on the 23rd and Japan on December 7.