Activision confirms COD4:MW for Wii

By Robert Purchese Published 5 August, 2009

Bit late. Arrives November.

Activision has confirmed rumours and announced Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare for Wii, albeit without the "4".

The rather late conversion will arrive on 10th November, alongside the release of Modern Warfare 2 on other formats.

Treyarch and not original creator Infinity Ward will port the celebrated fourth instalment of the war series to Wii.

What will change in the Wii version of Modern Warfare is unknown, as is whether the port will feature extra DLC maps.

Nevertheless, COD4:MW remains a brilliant shooter without the extra frills, as our glowing review will tell.

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Comments (38) Latest comment 3 years ago

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  • HolyJebus #1 3 years ago

    Welcome to the Treyarch bitchathon.

  • jim1975 #2 3 years ago

    hope i can use my zapper. i look really cool with that

  • ps3owner #3 3 years ago

    I just Wii'd me Wii little pants.

    FPS and Wii? does that work?!

  • KrissAkabusi #4 3 years ago

    Be very interesting to see how this sells. I expect a flop.

  • Syrette #5 3 years ago

    I bet they'll have to turn it into an on rails shooter.

  • kangarootoo #6 3 years ago

    Hopefully they have spend a decent amount of time getting the controls right. If they have, it might take what Conduit started to and add what was missing to produce rather a good game.

  • BabyJesus #7 3 years ago

    Wow, uhm this is quite odd news.

  • Syrette #8 3 years ago

    Yeah but no-one cares that much about the Wii, even EG.

    -1 all you want, bitches.

    ;)

  • CallousB #9 3 years ago

    Very odd..why not just port MW2?..or make a Wii specific game?

  • malexous #10 3 years ago

    I haven't played CoD4:MW

    Hopefully they won't leave as much out as they did for WaW

    *this post does not deserve a negative rating*
    Edited by 1 at 05/08/09 @ 16:02

  • GamesProgrammer Verified Games Team Programmer, Eutechnyx Ltd. #11 3 years ago

    wow nearly all the comments hidden due to - rates. I take it the wii is takeing some verbal abuse then.

  • kangarootoo #12 3 years ago

    FPS fans are a funny lot :)

  • cyacomini #13 3 years ago

    I feel like the only person on the planet who just doesn't enjoy MW - it's just too frantic for me.

    I love 1st person shooters but when playing MW it feels like progression is more down to luck rather than skill. Don't get me wrong, it's a beautiful game to watch but there's just too much going on at one time for me.

    I like to think then shoot - MW is just shoot, shoot, shoot, die for me. Tried going back to it a couple of days ago but it just wasn't happening.


  • Nephirion #14 3 years ago

    I don't like the wii so /care

  • schnide #15 3 years ago

    What's with all the negs on this thread? The ratings on here are a good thing overall, but sometimes funny things happen.

  • cianchristopher #16 3 years ago

    Jesus, is this what Treyarch does all the time? Play second fiddle to Infinity Ward. LOL. I know, and respect the fact, that it pays the bills. But for fucks sake, get up off your arse Treyarch. Stop being so fucking lazy and uninspired!

    Just to be clear, I really enjoyed COD: WAW. But it's so obvious that it owes all its success to Infinty Ward's work on COD4. It's the most blatant "copy/paste/reskin" formula I've ever seen. But it's enjoyable cos its a copy of one of the best games this decade. That and Nazi Zombies....

  • CallousB #17 3 years ago

    Hard to say how this will sell.
    World at War sold over a million on Wii ..but that was released on Wii at the same time as 360/PS3. A port of an older game probably won't do as well ..unless they give the Wii some worthwhile exclusive modes (I'd buy it if it included Mii Paintball).

  • Beek4257 #18 3 years ago

    @ps3owner
    FPS and Wii? does that work?!

    It does, apparently.
    From EG review of The Conduit: "And yes, pad control on other consoles, no matter how well calibrated, does seem a little clumsy after The Conduit."
    I've only tried it once so can't really tell. Felt a little awkward, but could be fun.
    All they need now is a good game to stick it on. Maybe this one?
    Edited by 1 at 05/08/09 @ 15:01

  • gohda #19 3 years ago

    THE WII LOL

  • JahB #20 3 years ago

    Jesus, is this what Treyarch does all the time? Play second fiddle to Infinity Ward. LOL. I know, and respect the fact, that it pays the bills. But for fucks sake, get up off your arse Treyarch. Stop being so fucking lazy and uninspired!

    that's what the publisher that they're under contract with pays them to do. a studio can't just go and say "no, we don't want to do this, we'd rather make our own game", because the funding comes from the publisher. so you might wanna bitch about activision, but it's not entirely fair to blame treyarch.
    Edited by 1 at 05/08/09 @ 15:19

  • ps3owner #21 3 years ago

    wow not a single positively marked comment? well done all :)

    PS: apart from azmol01 for some reason. mark him down!!! I am the worst as well, nice one :)
    Edited by 1 at 05/08/09 @ 15:23

  • Evolution #22 3 years ago

    Ratings here really are bizarre...

  • Golgo #23 3 years ago

    This is hilarious.Trolling and counter-trolling gone mad, this is...
    I wonder if we can get every comment 'in the pink zone'...?

  • ComradePete #24 3 years ago

    odd - I had to change my karma threshold to see any comments on this. Is everyone particularly angry today?

    Minus away!

  • videogangs #25 3 years ago

    I've always been a pretty staunch supporter of the Wii wherever I can justify it, but colour me cynical here- There seems like a pretty straight forward cash in on the rising success on the Modern Warfare brand.

    These type of titles are best played as big, loud, graphical powerhouses, the "alpha males" as it were of the gaming spectrum. Every attempt at converting one of these across feels watered down, weak and no amount of polish seems to help that.

    I understand there is a genuine market here for people like azmol01, but I can't help but think that Activisions target market here are people who don't really understand the difference between this version and the the primary title (MW2) and hope to make a quick buck by marketing it as the same product.

    The Wii works between when developer engages brain and try something different, and while I wouldn't call myself a graphics whore it just seems to me that despite promising control schemes, the AAA FPS just works better with all the bells and whistles still attached.

  • videogangs #26 3 years ago

    I think the cynicism just comes from being burnt time and time again with shoddy ports, and when a good game does come along 9/10 it's a remake of an old classic :(

  • videogangs #27 3 years ago

    @azmol01

    Don't worry- I don't buy them! And I acknowledge your point about the good titles- infact I own almost all the ones on that list (plus Smash Bros and Zack and Wiki).

    It's just a shame that the list fits in 2 lines of text as the console nears it's 4th year on the shelves, and it's even more depressing that only a couple of those games are any good online- not that Nintendo have seen fit to provide a coherent, consistent online presence like the other two consoles.

    The main reason I keep my Wii is as a retro console, I make great use of the Virtual console, I just wish they'd pull the whole experience in and add an infrastructure like XBL so I felt like I had a reason to keep coming back.

  • king2001 #28 3 years ago

    Could be good but no doubt a convoluted friends code system will be in place.

    Oh and Karma said to mark everyone up.

    So I have.

    edit: And I see it is rubbing off on others too - who said the internet was so angry all the time.
    Edited by 1 at 05/08/09 @ 17:22

  • Alterego-X #29 3 years ago

    Great, now they will have another "proof" that hardcore games don't sell on the Wii.

    STOP RELEASING DUMBED DOWN PORTS, SPINOFFS, AND NICHE GAMES ON THE WII!
    It is the effing market leader! Almost all gamers have one! You could safely release your greatest titles exclusively on the Wii! Or at least when you make a multiplatform, give 50% of your resources to the Wii.

  • electrolite #30 3 years ago

    OK, the rating thing has gone strange, but Ruruja and ps3owner deserve it for being alternately, 8 years old, and hopeless

  • Quixz #31 3 years ago

    Haha.. why bother bth!!

  • makeamazing #32 3 years ago

    It will be interesting to see what this game does on the Wii... if this game does not sell on the Wii then no AAA type title can do well.. I guess the only problem is that if you own multiple consoles the Wii version is not going to be the primary version you will want to buy, so its a little unfair to use those figures..but what can you do?

  • smelly #33 3 years ago

    @ps3owner
    FPS and Wii? does that work?!


    Erm not played metroid then?

    But that's not what you mean is it? You mean the graphics.. which of course is the ONLY reason to play a game (and not because.. you know.. they might be FUN or something?)

  • ps3owner #34 3 years ago

    I don't mean the graphics, I mean the controller. I personally don't care about the graphics too much. After all, I am playing COD4 on a PS3, not the PC... can't find a reason to buy a new PC.

  • spekkeh #35 3 years ago

    Wiilol, Treyarchlol, shitfest ahoy.

    (I actually own a wii, like the console even though it's underused at the moment, and am looking forward to this game, but this is too good an opportunity to get a minus score in the double digits)

  • spekkeh #36 3 years ago

    spekkeh______Wiilol, Treyarchlol, shitfest ahoy. _________ +2


    Curse you Eurogamer, CURSE YOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUU

  • actionfitz #37 3 years ago

    "What will change in the Wii version of Modern Warfare is unknown"

    a mark up to £75 perchance?
    zing!

  • smelly #38 3 years ago

    "I don't mean the graphics, I mean the controller"


    ?!?!?!?

    The wiimote/nunchuck combo is much better for fps than dual sticks imho. As proved by conduit (even if the game itself sucked) and metroid