Midway on Wii Rampage

By Tom Bramwell Published 3 August, 2006

This winter.

Midway has confirmed reports that Rampage: Total Destruction - its modern update to the arcade title of the same name - will be coming to Nintendo Wii "this winter".

The game will feature ten more creatures than previous editions, for a total of 40, along with seven different city backdrops, including Chicago, Hong Kong and London. As you'll remember, the idea is to go around smashing them up to free other monsties.

There's no word on how the Wii's unique remote control wojim will be taken advantage of, but Midway is certainly promising improved graphics.

The Wii version of Rampage will be Midway's second big announcement for the system this week - earlier we heard that Mortal Kombat: Armageddon would be making an appearance in Q1 2007.

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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 (18) Latest comment 6 years ago

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  • Darkedge #1 6 years ago

    The return of Rampage? Oh get in!
    what the hell is "wojim" though?

  • chupachups #2 6 years ago

    Should it be in 3D or 2D?

  • Darkedge #3 6 years ago

    3d but 2d gamesplay I think

  • Sko #4 6 years ago

    *wanders over to Game Rankings and notes all recent Rampage games have been crap*

    Meh.

  • Ginger #5 6 years ago

    I remember rampage as one of the first games i played on the old speccy

    /gobbles TV

  • smelly #6 6 years ago

    EWWW! I thought rampage was dead and burried. It was, is, and always will be SHIT!

  • smelly #7 6 years ago

    EWWW! I thought rampage was dead and burried. It was, is, and always will be SHIT!

  • dbeamish #8 6 years ago

    i think this version was on GamerTV the otehr day. I loved the original arcade classic but this version looked very poor.

  • Darkedge #9 6 years ago

    smelly we all know you troll like nothing else - don't even read any of the articles properly and don't even know who writes them so why don't you
    A) Respect other people
    B) shut up for a change

  • Azazel #10 6 years ago

    /ignore

  • TakeTheVeil #11 6 years ago

    so many companies seem to just be rehashing games for the wii.. not even improving graphics or anything..i know the Wii is underpowered compared to PS3 and 360 but id like to see them put some effort into the games

  • Zero_ #12 6 years ago

    If it requires you to bash and shake the Wiimote violently, I'm in.

  • Canadian_Mike #13 6 years ago

    " Zero_
    03-Aug-06 12:35:46

    If it requires you to bash and shake the Wiimote violently, I'm in."

    --

    Exactly!

    The possibilities of the Wii remote for this title should not be ignored!!! Just think of what they could do with it!

    Not utilizing the Wii remote 100% for this game would really be a missed opportunity for Midway

  • smelly #14 6 years ago

    @Darkedge:

    So NOW im being accused of being "anti-wii"? Geesus, i wish u guys would make up yer minds!

    All im saying is, that rampage has never been good.. Even on back in the spectrum days the gameplay was basic to say the least! No version of it has ever been good. And I doubt it ever will be good.

    Thats not me "trolling". That's me stating my opinion that it is a bad game, and every iteration of it has been bad. And it's not just my opinion either, I've just done a quick ign search

    Rampage Total Destruction - 5/10
    Rampage through time - 3.5/10
    Rampage 2 Universal Tour - 5.2/10
    Rampage World Tour - 3/10


    Not really the basis of a GOOD game is it?

    So how the hell is me saying that all versions so far have been crap, and therefor not worth trying a new one "trolling"?

    Or is someone expressing their own opinion (which disagress with everyone else) on a board nowadays a bad thing (in case it upsets the poor little kids.. boo hoo!)

    I bet I dont get an answer to this - dont cry.. i'm sure someone will the boo boo better for you.

    *sigh*

  • #15 6 years ago

    Just saw a couple screenshots of this on IGN.

    Shite graphics with, what I assume, mindlessly waving around the Wii controller to destroy stuff.

    You'd have to drink a lot of Nintendo Kool-aid for this not to get old pretty quickly.

    I hope (for their sake) Nintendo know what they're doing. What worked for the DS may not necessarily work for the home consoles - the requirements of the two markets are quite distinct and separate (although they may appear to be superficially the same).

  • smelly #16 6 years ago

    MrT : I agree.. This game is (if past games are owt to go by) likely to be crap.

    That doesnt mean because the wii has a crap game or two that it makes the console crap does it?

    If that was true, the ps2 would be absolute bobbins.. oh wait :-)

    (joke fanboys joke)

  • SuperStalin #17 6 years ago

    Rampage simply begs to be a freeware game :)

  • smelly #18 6 years ago

    It simply BEGS not to be made.

    Still, they MIGHT actually make it GOOD this time around.. I wont hold my oxygen.