Looks good despite being very early into development. You gotta love this quote:

Readers may not know what all this technical jargon means – that's not the problem. The problem is that too many Wii developers don't know what it means, either.

Hello EA?

Hey fazz what do you think of the tech demo?

The developer has looked closely at the competition not only where theme and pace are concerned, but also gameplay controls. To that end, The Conduit will include a very customizable control scheme very similar to the one in EA's Heroes 2, which offered a fully tweakable bounding box in addition to Wii remote sensitivity settings. High Voltage's Eric Nofsinger, chief creative officer, says that the developer turned not only to Heroes 2, but Metroid Prime 3 for inspiration.

"There is this pervasive and cyclical argument that Wii consumers don't want mature titles, when there aren't those types of products available to them. And even more frustrating is the claim that Wii consumers only care about great gameplay. Of course they care about gameplay, but we believe if given the choice, they would want great graphics as well. It's just a cop out," says Nofsinger. "With Conduit, we are trying to make a Wii game that looks like a 360 title."

IGN will be showing off first gameplay footage of The Conduit soon. In the meantime, Wii fans should take a long, hard look at the screenshots provided and the video of High Voltage's Quantum3 engine in motion. Sometimes, it pays off to be first, to be the trend-setter. Just ask Activision, which gambled that Guitar Hero 3 for Wii would be a success, despite the fact that the genre was yet-unproven on Nintendo's console. Two million in sales later, the music title has sold better on Wii than it has for PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360. High Voltage wants to be the first to prove that Wii owners are ready and waiting for a high-quality first-person shooter, too.