Whoa! Is that a Wii Game???
For most of us, Nintendo’s E3 press conference was a bore (unless your a crazy Animal Crossing/Wii music fan). But there was a couple of things that were pretty interesting, one of them being the Call of Duty: World at War trailer for Wii. The game looks completely amazing and when I first glanced at the screens, I thought it was the 360 version of the game. Even though they are using the award winning Call of Duty 4 engine, Treyarch has managed to somehow get it working on the Wii. Although they did have to downgrade it, the game is looking pretty close to the 360/PS3 versions. I’m very excited about this game, if it has a good control scheme, uses Wii speak, and has a good online system, I may actually buy it over the 360 version. Hopefully this game, along with The Conduit, sells well. Then we may see this surge of casual games turn the other way.
Hit the jump for some more Call of Duty Wii screens…
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With Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games selling extremely well on both Wii and DS, it looks like Sega is now kicking into high-gear with these sonic games. Two titles (Sonic Unleashed and Sonic Chronicles) have already been announced by Sega and now the latest issue of Nintendo Power has revealed a brand new Wii-exclusive game, apparently called Sonic and the Black Night.
There are no details on the game other then this magazine cover that says, “The Blue Blur swings cold steel in his big new Wii-exclusive adventure”. So yes, sword play is confirmed. But how will it work? Will it be a fast-paced, side-scrolling game where we frantically waggle the Wii-mote in attempt to kill enemies that we end up flying past? Or will it be a slower-paced, 3-D Sonic game that uses the Motion Plus and is basically Dragon Quest Swords except in third-person and faster. Who knows?
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In a press roundtable held behind closed doors at E3, Shigeru Miyamoto confirmed that a new Pikmin title is in development. Unfortunately though, the confirmation only came when he made a passing mention that “We’re making Pikmin”. He gave no other details, images, or even what platform it is being made for, but I think it’s safe to assume that it will be on Wii, as Wii Remote control would be perfect.
Stay tuned to MyWiiNews for new info as it appears, and visit our forums to discuss what you would like to see in Pikmin 3.
Japanese magazine Famitsu have revealed that Capcom are bringing Xbox 360 zombie game Dead Rising to Wii. The game is set in a shopping mall (all similarities to Dawn of the Dead are denied by an in-game disclaimer) where you play as a survivor battling hordes of zombies, using anything you can find lying around as a weapon. The Wii version appears to be a direct port of the existing 360 title, so we can expect a similar experience, albeit with Wii Remote swinging to hit zombies with baseball bats or throw plates at them.
There are no details available other than scans form Famitsu posted on the Wii @ Everyday blog.
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With the Nintendo Press Conference over and the majority of news being out, it’s safe to say that the conference was a bit of a let down. In some of our past predictions, we thought Nintendo would let us in on some ground breaking news. Such as a storage solution or a new Zelda game… we were wrong (for now, just you wait). But on the bright side, we have gotten some new footage of the intense sci-fi FPS known as The Conduit… Hit the jump for the video.
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Lukatoll | July 21, 2008
