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Wii News by Tom Bramwell
Nintendo's Reggie Fils-Aime has said that American gamers can expect Super Mario Galaxy any time between the end of March and next Christmas.
Speaking to MTV News, Fils-Aime said that Metroid Prime: Corruption is going to be next in the batch of big Nintendo releases, following WarioWare: Smooth Moves, Wii Play (both January) and Mario Party 8 (March).
He also offered some idea of what consumers can expect from Virtual Console. "On every Monday, you can expect between one and five titles... essentially on an ongoing basis," he explained.
And they're working on the rights issues that are keeping games like GoldenEye away, too. "Suffice it to say we would love to see it, so we're exploring all the rights issues," the Nintendo of America boss told MTV.
But what of online gaming? "The first online game will be Pokémon Battle Revolution in Japan, so that is certainly a candidate [to be first] in the US." MTV then hints at other titles. "For the consumer who is saying, 'Gosh, when is Nintendo going to get on board with online play?' The answer is very early in 2007," Fils-Aime specified.
But what's this about arrogance, you're wondering. Apparently it's the difference between Nintendo and Sony and Microsoft. "Are we feeling good about our success? Do we think we can have more success in the future? Absolutely," he began.
"I do think that highlights a difference between us and our competitors: We're not arrogant. We don't view success as a right. We feel we need to earn success every day. And we're going to do that by being true to the gamer." Handbags!
As if to prove the point, he noted that he'll be off to Japan, cap in hand, to do some "lobbying" of his bosses in January. We're told to expect a "plethora" of Wii announcements around then.
One thing he won't be bringing back with him though is the DVD-playing Nintendo Wii, which was mooted a while ago. Asked by MTV whether Wii-DVD coming to the US any time soon, he responded simply: "The answer is no."
Head over to MTV.com for the rest. Nintendo Wii is due to launch in Europe on 8th December.
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Poster
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Next Christmas for Mario!
Nintendo really really need to hire some more developers, they have had all this time since mario sunshine to make a sequel so its ridiculous. Plus as suspected they dont have many games dues out, and since most people will buy a Wii for Nintendo games, thats really not a good thing. So it seems to me like Nintendo really didnt spend their time well developing Wii games, in the last year or more they havent been making cube games. |
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JetSetWilly
29/11/06 @ 10:17
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Will that be more first-party games than Microsoft gave the 360 in a year?
Don't forget those AAA retro titles coming to you every Monday :) |
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Yeah there may not be many great titles on 360, but Nintendos whole reason (or excuse) for making the Wii only slighty more powerful than a Gamecube was quick and cheap development times. Nintendo really shouldnt rely on 3rd party developers, since they could jump ship just as quickly as they did with n64 and cube. Nintendo should be making lots of great games themselves, with some new and exciting franchises, so that they dont need 3rd party devs to be a success, and they are just and added bonus.
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JetSetWilly
29/11/06 @ 10:25
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The thing is, Nintendo have got to space out their big hitters to avoid cannibalising their own sales. But, as people rightly point out, we really need to see some strong 2nd and 3rd party titles in the interim to avoid history repeating.
We do not need GameCube shovelware. Yes Ubisoft, I mean you. |
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Didnt Nintendo say that Mario Sunshine wasnt the main game that they had been programming since Mario64, but just a stopgap release. If thats true then Mario Galaxies has been in development for 10 years! somehow i doubt thats true, and they only started development when they had finalized what the Wii was going to be. But still they have had plenty of time to make this game, Mario and Zelda at launch would have been a killer combination. Now it looks like it could be another year before the most interesting Wii game for me comes out.
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It would be great to see Nintendo release more games but it does make sense that they are spacing their titles out. The key to the Wii's success is the sparing use of those titles and 3rd parties coming up with the goods; that's how the DS has suceeded imho. We need innovation from other developers, Nintendo has hinted and shown what can be down with their initial titles and the early builds of their other titles like SMG.
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GrandpaUlrira
29/11/06 @ 11:10
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The Wii release schedule already looks a little weak, so early in the console's lifetime. And I'm a hardened Nintendophile. I hope there's a lot of unannounced stuff...
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JetSetWilly
29/11/06 @ 11:15
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In his latest blog Matt Cassamassina hints at a game from a major publisher that we don't know exists.
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Nintendo needs to anounce some more big budget AAA games. First, second or third party, collaborations etc. We need to see/hear about titles which give hope in the Wii's future. After all £179 is hardly a mass market price when by the time you get a game and second controller a 360+ game is little more.
Saying that, it is easy to forget games like project hammer, day of disaster and forever blue. |
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I guess Nintendo just trusts that Wii needs just couple of children's titles and it'll sell like DS. Or did you really think that DS would have sold that much without Nintendogs? Do you think kids with DS and Nintendogs even want more games? It's just like Tamagochi.
If Nintendo doesn't get some really great titles out of the door, Wii might become a kids console which sells no software apart from the one that is included at launch, Wii Sports. I'm already thinking how some might compare it to those plugin to telly joysticks, which include a few games. Core gamers will of course understand Virtual Console and wait for Mario Galaxy etc, but what about the rest? Will Wii just become a family toy? |
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Jesus. The Wii is barely out and already everyone's complaining about the release schedule? Mario and Metroid aside, there should be plenty of hidden gems popping up over the next year, the sort of games that will have been designed with the controller in mind.
Besides, having a new Mario, Metroid and Zelda game all in the first year of the new console is pretty special in itself. K |
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"If Nintendo doesn't get some really great titles out of the door, Wii might become a kids console which sells no software apart from the one that is included at launch, Wii Sports."
Well TBH.. Nintendo probably doesn't mind if this happens... they make money on every Wii sold so the aim is to sell shitloads of them and if people are having fun just with Wii Sports... so be it. I personally want a few games before I dive in ;) but Wii is probably not a console like the 360/PS3 where shitloads of games will determine succes... |
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dogonwheels
29/11/06 @ 12:27
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"WarioWare: Smooth Moves, Wii Play (both January)"
"Delivery estimate: 8 Dec 2006 * 1 of: Wii Play (includes Wiimote controller) (Wii) Sold by: Amazon.co.uk" Aagh. Who to believe? I thought I had a cunning way of getting my second wiimote before Chritstmas. Damnit. |
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chupachups
29/11/06 @ 13:08
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"I decided to wait a bit (only Zelda was on my list anyway)"
Very good idea, the Wii will be far cheaper in a year's time and there'll be a good selection of games too. |
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I bet we'll get Metroid in Q2, around April/May, Galaxy will be there at the end of the Summer, around September. Pokemon Battle Revolution and SSBB should be the Wii's big holiday offerings then.
I don't get it why some people start worrying about the release schedule already. There are plenty of games coming from Nintendo itself beside Mario and Metroid: ExciteTruck, Project Hammer, Fire Emblem, Battalion Wars, Mario Strikers, Super Paper Mario to name a few. Don't forget the third party offerings. It's not always about Nintendo games... There should be something for every month. Btw, in the MTV interview, Reggie mentions there's gonna be a plethora of Wii news in January. Here's hoping for new game or channel announcements! |
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Chim_chimma_nee!
29/11/06 @ 16:47
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This is probably it for the foreseeable future. If there were any other great games coming out sooner, the hype machine would be at full throttle by now.
When has a classic just appeared out of the woodwork? I'm putting off getting a Wii until there's a good back catalogue - i.e more than a couple of games. |
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richardiox
29/11/06 @ 17:04
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After all the guff about not doing what they did with the 64 and GC - eg having decent and constant stream of first party/third party games - they seem to be on coarse to make the same mistake again. Even though they acknowledged it was a crucial failure in the 64/GC launch.
Like people had said, if Zelda stayed a GC exclusive and came out last Christmas the Wii launch would surely be one of the worst in history? Still, getting mine on launch day but really hope they get Metroid, for example out by March. Although my gut instinct is they will feck it all up and Metroid / mario wont surface until 3rd Quarter 2007. So it's just Zelda (GC) to keep us going until then? Wario Ware I'm discounting as it's a mini-games comp (even though I'm sure it will ace). |
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gieltjegitaar
29/11/06 @ 17:28
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Nintendo will release these first-party games in Japan in 2007, I guess we can expect all of them to make it over here as well:
Battalion Wars II Big Brain Academy Disaster: Day of Crisis DK Kongo Blast (Excite Truck) Fire Emblem: Goddess of Dawn Forever Blue Mario Party 8 Mario Strikers Charged Metroid Prime 3: Corruption Project H.A.M.M.E.R. Super Mario Galaxy Super Paper Mario Super Smash Bros. Brawl Wii Health Pack Wii Music Kirby, Animal Crossing and Eyeshield 21 are also confirmed, but no date set. |
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This isn't trolling, cos I kinda fancy a Wii, but really it seems like the same fate that befell the GC is happening again:
Shovelware cross platfom games that look and play a lot better elsewhere Limited range of quality titles based on tired formulas Glut of obscure eastern party/platform rubbish Not one single truly decent racer Please Ninty, prove me wrong. |
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SirScratchalot
29/11/06 @ 19:14
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I'm kind of curious as to Battallion Wars 2 and Fire Emblem myself. A cookie to the first person who gives me release details!
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I don't get it. The hardware is innovative, yet the software seems to once again stick to the old formula. Of course the way they're played can be different, but seriously, what about experimenting with new IP?
I am not a big fan of Sony nowadays but at least PS3 will have more new IPs and not just Crash Bandicoot times 10. Even Xbox 360 has decent amount of new IPs among the safe franchises. And what Nintendo has? Mario this, Mario that. Fire Emblem. Metroid. Battalion Wars. Hopefully third party devs will amaze us this time around. |
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>>I don't get it. The hardware is innovative, yet the software seems to once again stick to the old formula. Of course the way they're played can be different, but seriously, what about experimenting with new IP?
looking at it the other way, why abandon 20 years of IP just because they want to introduce a new control method? Zelda sells, Mario sells, Metroid sells. I'm sure they have new stuff to release in the same way that they have introduced the Pokemon, Pikmin, Nintendogs and Animal Crossing IP. |
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NegativeZero
29/11/06 @ 22:33
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Maybe while defending his company as not being arrogant, he can explain why I'll be paying $110 AUD per game (the same as X360 games) when I can import them for $70 AUD from the USA, and why I can import a Wii (with 2-day couriered shipping directly to my door) for $5 more than buying locally...
If they're making a massive profit from Wii from day one, why do they have to gouge us for 20% extra on top of that? :( |
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