Official Wii Thread

[NeoZeedeater]

It looks cool although I have to wonder why the developer has done so much work on it already considering they haven't finished making The Conduit yet.

[Frogacuda]

It looks cool although I have to wonder why the developer has done so much work on it already considering they haven't finished making The Conduit yet.

They've expanded a bit. They actually have four games in the pipe right now (three of which use their proprietary Quantum 3 engine). The others are Gladiator AD (looks alright, but I have some doubts) and Astro Boy (James said it's good, but I didn't see it).

They're mostly self-funding their games independently now (Astro Boy aside), so they can actually work at them at their own pace to their own satisfaction, which is why they seem to have a lot more work going into them than a lot of the shovelware on Wii. It's also why The Grinder and Gladiator AD don't have publishers right now. The Conduit was the start of them really rethinking how they do business, and it's great to see.

Last year I met with them at E3, and they just had a portable TV and a Wii and we sat in the hallway and played the game. They had no publisher and not many people had heard of their game yet. It's cool to see how things have changed for them.

[Shin Johnpv]

It looks cool although I have to wonder why the developer has done so much work on it already considering they haven't finished making The Conduit yet.

The Conduit is done, it comes out in like 2 weeks.


Also so you guys know there is a thread for Grinder.

I think Grinder is looking pretty awesome.

[James]

Astro Boy will probably be decent, but that's about it from what I saw. They're borrowing from the GBA Astro Boy enough that it will probably serve the license well, which is more than most licensed games manage.

James

[Hero]

No one will buy Conduit or Grinder, Astro Boy will suck due to liscensing restrictions, and Gladiator will never come out. High Voltage will learn their lesson that all the people bitching about a lack of these mythological "hardcore" games on the Wii don't actually want to buy them in the first place, and they will fall into their role as a spirited developer of mahjong games.

You heard it here first.

[Shin Johnpv]

I pre-ordered the Conduit. I'm gonna be in Florida from the 21st through 28th so paid for the super cheap shipping. I'm tempted by Astro Boy as well, just might have to get it.

[Anal Kaboom]

The GBA one was awesome (except for the slowdown). If they're really making the new one like that one it'll be awesome.

[Hero]

Saw the new wiiware game (Swords and Soldiers?). Looks incredibly fun AND racist!

http://wii.ign.com/articles/982/982994p1.html

Sounds like an RTS that doesn't try to shoehorn a PC control scheme onto a console. So at least there's that. Plus it looks cute!

[bVork]

I'm interested in that game because Swords & Soldiers is made by a bunch of people who did the original de Blob on PC.

[Yoshi]

Saw the new wiiware game (Swords and Soldiers?). Looks incredibly fun AND racist!

http://wii.ign.com/articles/982/982994p1.html

Sounds like an RTS that doesn't try to shoehorn a PC control scheme onto a console. So at least there's that. Plus it looks cute!

Like adventure games, the Wii is as close as consoles are going to get to doing RTS reasonably well, so this is interesting.