Carmack hopes for Wii game

By Tom Bramwell Published 4 August, 2007

Orcs & Elves aspiration.

John Carmack has said that he hopes to see Orcs & Elves on Wii in future.

"I hope we can do a Wii game with Orcs & Elves," he said while talking about Nintendo's console, which he called "a spark of newness".

"We're not going to see Rage on the Wii," he said of the company's brand new title, "but I'd be happy to see some other stuff on there."

Although he admitted that he hadn't had the best experience with Nintendo in the past, and that Wii wasn't on his radar when Orcs & Elves was being established, he was complimentary about the platform and said he was "really happy" for Nintendo.

Carmack made his comments during his keynote address, during which he's covered everything from id Tech 5 and iPhones to the desire to build a brand from mobile phones upward (hence Orcs & Elves' step up to DS from mobiles) rather than starting at the highest end platform and then "degrading" the product down the chain.

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Comments (7) Latest comment 5 years ago

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  • Kami #1 5 years ago

    All good ideas. I would like to know what's being passed around the id offices, because it's obviously some seriously good stuff!

    And some praise for Nintendo. *pats id* There there, now give us something fun for the Wii!

  • smoothn00dle #2 5 years ago

    Wii, easy develop. . go well on John's programming skill..

  • Ace_McCloud #3 5 years ago

    Would like to see id do a fps for the wii, see if they can sort it out.

  • Ikari2001 #4 5 years ago

    if anyone can make an FPS work on Wii, iD can :D come on boys, show us what you can do :p

  • WJF #5 5 years ago

    They'll certainly earn back their 'Gaming Gods' title if they manage to pull an FPS off on the Wii...

  • niz #6 5 years ago

    "It would be foolish to not support the Wii."

    I think that the jury is still out whether third party games sell on Wii.

    Sure, some of the launch titles did fine, but I'd say the sales haven't been that good generally. Then again, considering what kind of crap almost all third party Wii games are it's not a big surprise. It'll be interesting to see how to higher profile releases do in the future.

  • calexico #7 5 years ago

    Orc & Elves on Wii: ahahahaaa XD