Rainbird said:
Well, looking at that list, the problem becomes more obvious! Lack of western support! Of the japanese games, I need to investigate Fatal Frame 4, Monster Hunter(s), Little King Story and No More Heroes 2. Those are the only japanese games I might have an interest in. Red Steel was pretty mediocre as far as I can understand, so I'm cautios about the second one. The Conduit is going to make or break with its control scheme for me I think (and I am confident it will hold up), but I would still like it to be nice in other areas, which I am not so sure about yet. And I watched some of those new gameplay movies from Cursed Mountain on IGN earlier, and I really need some reviews/more gameplay before I can decide on it. |
Yes from your library of games I'd say you lean toward western tastes. Western Developers are more concerned with the art of games rather than the business side. So they will never fully embrace the wii. But there will be some western devs that do.
EA seems to have some interesting stuff coming, like Dead Space: Extraction, Spore Heroes and Boom Blox. They at least show some effort. Activision will keep cranking out Guitar Heroes and Call of Dutys. Hopefully the wii versions will be even better than the last ones. Retro Studios (yes they are western) will probably announce the game(s) they're working on at E3 this year. Ubisoft has Red Steel 2.......and that's it. Hopefully they get their crap together and release something worth while eventually. It's rumored that THQ might have another wii game or two in the works. High Voltage is releasing Animales de la muerte along with The Conduit. If The Conduit does well they will also do a sequel or two. Rockstar has said that they "can't ignore the wii" so i'd see them developing something original at this point.
I think that pretty much sums up where the wii is in western developer's eyes.
EDIT: The conduit has adjustable controls in every sense of the term so i'm sure you'll like the controls.
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