Bully Wii/360 details

By Tom Bramwell Published 6 January, 2008

Due out in March.

The Xbox 360 and Wii versions of Bully - Canis Canem Edit on PS2 in Europe - will be released here on 7th March and Rockstar has specified what we can expect over and above its original release.

Details on IGN point to eight new missions, four new classes (biology, geography, maths and music), new items and clothing, new two-player offline mini-games and unlockable Achievements on Xbox 360. Whether all that applies to both Wii and 360 isn't immediately clear.

What should be clear is that even an unchanged game would be welcomed by fans of the more recent platforms. Canis Canem Edit won plaudits upon release, including a very favourable review from some handsome idiot, and Bully: Scholarship Edition - as it's known on 360 and Wii - is highly anticipated as a result.

The game sees young Jimmy Hopkins arriving at the dodgy Bullworth Academy, where Rockstar Vancouver applies the old Grand Theft Auto free-roaming formula to a school-day structure with impressive results. There's lots of humour and typically impressive scripting and content to explore as Jimmy navigates the competing cliques and interests of his school-mates and masters.

Look out for our take on the new versions closer to release.

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About Tom Bramwell

Tom is Operations director of Eurogamer Network and Editor-at-Large of Eurogamer.net. He joined the company in February 2000.

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Comments (8) Latest comment 4 years ago

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  • cubbymoore #1 4 years ago

    OH MY GOD IT'S CALLED BULLY! HAVEN'T ROCKSTAR LEARNT!?

  • Triggerhappytel #2 4 years ago

    Sounds good, I really enjoyed this on PS2, and I hope it has more to do in the 360 version (although I won't be buying it again).

  • smelly #3 4 years ago

    never bought the ps2 version.. so colour me interested.

    (hopes that the wii version isnt just a copy & paste port of the ps2 version and actually has some visual upgrades - or i'll buy 360 version)

  • PameBoy #4 4 years ago

    So they're calling it Bully? Even though Canis Canem Edit is actually a much, much better name? How... stupid.

    Will probably pick up the Wii version. I had the PS2 version but since I'm still working through a massive mountain of unplayed ps2 games, I figured I'd get rid of it and buy the expanded version when it comes out. Lighten the load a little in the interim, like.

  • dadrester #5 4 years ago

    i always thought they could have made good use of san andreas' 'get fat/skinny/muscly' mechanic in this game. much more so than san an ever did.

  • bioreit #6 4 years ago

    Looking forward to this - as long as the visuals have been somewhat upgraded to run in HD. Older games look like Bernard Manning's chin cleft on big displays.

    @ seamonsterneil

    "i could just go get the ps2 one......but yknow... achievements.... "

    I don't have a PS2, so...yknow.... £40... or £8 plus the cost of a second-hand PS2....but....yknow....more than achievements, 'cos it has extra...yknow.....stuff.

    Hey, how about a return troll, just to keep in the spirit of things - shame about all the new PS3 owners, isn't it? They can't even buy a cheap copy of Bully off the Internet and play it, what with no longer having ANY PS2 BC...

  • smelly #7 4 years ago

    This is gonna be another lazy ps2 to wii port isnt it?

    Can see the slingshot working well with the wiimote pointer, but i dunno about everything else.

    If they dont bother upgrading the wii version i'll vote with my feet and get the 360 one.

  • *NBA2kChico* #8 4 years ago

    i got it on ma 360....
    cool game