Ubi targets seven for Wii launch News
Wii News by Tom Bramwell
Ubisoft has demonstrated its confidence in Nintendo Wii with the promise of seven titles at launch.
The French publisher had previously announced Red Steel and Rayman Raving Rabbids for Wii, and this week followed it up with talk of Far Cry, Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII, Monster 4x4 World Circuit, Open Season and GT Pro Series.
A disputed French version of the publisher's press announcement also made reference to a Prince of Persia Wii title, although that release was soon retracted and reworded to reference other, unnamed games also in development.
Speaking to IGN, North American Ubisoft president, Laurent Detoc, said the depth of the publisher's Wii line-up was down to starting development earlier than its rivals. "We don't have a crystal ball but we think the Wii is going to be a huge success right away and we want to be the number-one independent publisher for Wii in 2006," he said.
According to Detoc, Far Cry will include elements of Xbox title Far Cry Instincts Evolution, in addition to a new storyline, levels, characters and equipment. First-person shooting control will be handled by the Wii remote, as will piloting of vehicles like cars, trucks and boats. In Blazing Angels, he said, the left and right hands would perform separate roles.
New title Monster 4x4 is a arcade driving title with an emphasis on stunts, while GT Pro Series is another racing game "inspired by a Japanese game that was never released here". Ubisoft's attempts to get into driving recently have included the acquisition of Atari's Driver series and the signing of Xbox 360 title Import Tuner Challenge from Genki in Japan.
Ubisoft promised more details on each of its seven announced titles soon.
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alimokrane
04/08/06 @ 11:08
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Aparately sequels to brilliant games that do not sell are out of the question. a very sad fact indeed, sorry Jade.
A New Prince of Persia would be the best thing ever.
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Far Cry? Somehow doesn't seem well suited for the Wii, not least because of its still staggering technical overhead as well as its tone and content. The rest of the lineup looks ideal, though. I agree with the sentiments about Ubi above and would go as far as saying that Ubi are the best 'big' publisher around.
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Regarding Far Cry, they said you can do a variety of different action with the wii-mote, such as punching people and lobbing grenades, driving etc...hopefully it will be good. Also, they are including a peripheral with the GT game, wonder what it is... they said to stay tuned...literally, and the game is described as including heavy tuning options. i have no idea what it could be though
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JetSetWilly
04/08/06 @ 13:32
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Shame most of it is just ports of old titles
Maybe so, but ports that wouldn't have made it to GameCube. If publishers start to see Wii as a place that they can take existing assets to quickly and easily its library of games could flourish. Sure it leaves them open to lazy-port syndrome and using-the-wiimote-for-the-sake-of-it-itis but if it means Wii has a larger and more diverse catalogue than GameCube that's only going to benefit Nintendo. |
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Also, instead of waiting around for new IPs using the Wiimote for the obvious shooting, fencing, and other wiggle-based activities, we get some pretty good games right away to keep us occupied. That was a problem with the DS back at launch. There were a bunch of obvious uses that weren't really taken advantage of until way later in the shape of Settlers and Metroid Prime Hunters.
Not that those are the most exciting things you can get out of the DS, or the Wii for that matter, but at least it fills a potential gap. |
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Far Cry? Somehow doesn't seem well suited for the Wii, not least because of its still staggering technical overhead as well as its tone and content
Well as the wii is reportedly twice as powerful than the cube (although we still dont have official specs).. that makes it significantly more powerful than the xbox. And the xbox handled far cry okay didnt it? Shame most of it is just ports of old titles That hasnt hurt the 360 so far has it?
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Carrybagma
07/08/06 @ 11:26
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Smelly, I do wish you wouldn't present the Wii=GC X 2.5 = XBOX X 1.5 type arguments as a given. It's like saying the PS3 will *obviously* be more powerful than the 360 'cos it's got bigger numbers, and more of them.
I hope you're right, for what that's worth, but if a console is judged by it's games, then it will only take a few lazy ports of games like Far Cry to make the Wii appear a bit of a let-down. |
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