Wii Sports Resort island is a character Comments by Robert Purchese

The island is a character....wonderful....

I don't mind that idea, but lets use the island for a pilotwings game eh? The flying game in Resort looks fun but i'd go crazy for a fully featured pilotwings game.

Next Zelda set on the Wii Resort island confirmed?

I'd imagine it'll appear in other games as more of an Easter Egg, like it'll probably pop up in the likes of Zelda and Mario Galaxy 2, but it won't be a big deal, just a visual signature.

Island hopping?

How will you know if someone has copied your island character in their own game?

I wonder, is Mitamoto reaching that age where he will start spouting conceptual oddness? It does seem to happen to game designers once they reach a certain milestone.

So basically it will be a stage in the next Smash Bros. game.

I think someone's trying to trigger the "insanity" getout clause in their contract.

kinky_mong:So basically it will be a stage in the next Smash Bros. game.

Nah man, you play as the island in the next smash bros game. its a character dude!!

Maybe if the Wii was a little more powerful, and the Nintendo network was a little more flexible, Miyamoto's dream of a persistant Wii Sports Resort island (let's face it - this is all he's suggesting!) could become a reality.

As it is, the suggestion of releasing a number of different games at retail all set on the same island just sounds like a developer lining up a short-cut to me!

"It would mean that players would already know the town like the back of their hands by the time they came to buy the next adventure game."

In fairness now, Shigeru, that would remove a lot of the "adventure" now wouldn't it?

Super Wii Sports Resort World III

Is it me or wouldn't pilotwings be the best game for the wii, minigames and free flying make it ideal?

I guess he doesn't realise that in many game types (RPG, Adventure, FPS to some degree, and even RTS) exploration of a new world/environment is a large part of the fun. If you keep recycling the same location (eg. the Telltale Games adventures) things get quite stale relatively quickly.

Another one for where's my Pilotwings!!??! Seems silly that the one game from Nintendo's back catalog perfectly suited to the controller is not here.

So......the island is where LOST is based on?

What a great way to reuse old content and pretend there's a reason other than laziness for it.

I guess he doesn't realise that in many game types (RPG, Adventure, FPS to some degree, and even RTS) exploration of a new world/environment is a large part of the fun.

True. I didn't like Twilight Princess all that much (compared to previous Zelda games that is, it still trounces nearly everything else), because I knew the whole overworld already and saw things coming miles away. Still this is a pretty good idea for more of the casual minded games. I just feel that the island is too small to really exploit it, as it is now.

I'm really not sure what the hell he is talking about. I assume the island is a hub, and I can see how if you want to use that hub for another wii fit or brain training or something, it might work. But an RPG? Surely that would be the most rubbish thing ever.

Sounds like he's been watching Lost.

When are we gonna get that Captain Rainbow game they released in Japan????

Kinda like how everyone loves Wake Island.

Would be a nice idea if each time you visited the island it had some sort of affect when you came back.

Otherwise it'd just seem pretty anti-climactic.

"Oh yeah this is where I threw a frisbee in Wii Sports Resort...." It'd be better if you earned access to a section of the island because of your past glories. Obviously nothing too game changing.

As long as the Wii Sports Resort has a HATCH and a character that goes around screaming "WAAAAAALT! WWAAAAAAALT!". And "others".

ps And Volkswagen van you can drive with the WiiMotionPlus.

yes, basically what he's saying is "we're bored to make games that only recycles the same ooold characters, so now we're gonna focus on making games recycling the scenery as well."

Screw that - I echo the comments above; where is PilotWings for the Wii??

the flying game in wii sports resort is amazing, it's just crackdown with a plane and all the stuff less interesting than ability orbs removed. totally up for the island being expanded.

Not so similarly - I found myself wishing the game Overlord was set in the Fable II world.

But that was mostly cos I spent most of my time on Overlord I getting hopelessly lost.

Bit like Liberty City really

WSR gives a taste of Pilotwings on the Wii, the last games choice is a short of Pilotwings-lite experience. But yeh I can't believe there hasn't been a full blown Pilotswings Wii game yet, maybe they needed M+ first to do it justice.

I'm actually quite interested in what they can do with this idea. I think it does have potential when you start to think about it.

I can remember myself dreaming up lots of different fantastic adventures all with my parents' house/neighbourhood as a starting point. I can see the benefit of having a familiar locale to play around with. Also, if the island has enough interesting landmarks (and it does read that way), then I wouldn't know why you can't explore them all in different games. Use the mountains for a skiïng game. Explore caves in a dungeoncrawler. Solve a point 'n click mystery in the city and lighthouse. Discover Pikmin living in some of the Resort's gardens. Race some Mario Kart around the island. Try to make the island profitable in a kind of SimResort game. =P

There are lots of possibilities and they all expand the idea of the island being a sort of adventure paradise where anything can happen. =)

RE: Pilot wings

There's only so many games nintendo can make in a year you know.. Besides they're already overrun with re-hashing old franchises this year (punch out, one boy and blob, zelda, mario, metroid & probably pikmin, kirby and kid ikarus).

Gamers keep complaining they never work on anything new.. but then demand more sequels from other franchises.

which is it to be?

Besides, i'm sure they are working on loads of other un-announced stuff anyhow (they werent about to announce EVERYTHING at e3 and leave the other shows - such as the tokyo one - empty were they?)

"I had been thinking about the Island Concept in one form or another for more than 10 years"

LOL he must have been the life of the party!

Does this mean I get to play as the island?

Sigh... nowadays everything he does has to be a 10 year old idea. (Don't get me wrong, I like Shiggy and I think it's a nice but not all too new concept.)

And this is very old news.