| Me said: I think it will as Nintendo know wii sports resorts is enough on it's own to sell it to the causals but they need a hardcore draw and RS2 will be it. Ubisoft have sussed the Wii as SWS was a good quality game, RRR is an IP in it's own right these days, RS was a well known, successfull launch title, Turtles promises to do well (even if it's ubisoft doing the promising) and Nintendo must love them right now. They will support Ubisoft the same way they are supporting Sega with the M&S franchise and the same way they're supporting EA with the Tiger Woods and Grand Slam Tennis Bundles. |
Indeed, Ubisoft have said a number of times that Nintendo treat them as a 2nd party and they knew about Wii MotionPlus a few months before E3 last year.
Also as you say, Ubisoft have created the Rabbids which is now a solid franchise and will hopefully gain more popularity with Rabbids Go Home. SWS was also a very solid title from Ubisoft that utilized the balance board well enough for the game to be a feature at Nintendo's E3 2008 crap conference and sell a million of course.
You brought up TMNT: Smash Up! and I think it'll play well off of the Super Smash Bros. style gameplay. It's interesting to note how well Ubisoft's titles match the Wii while not being complete copy cats..
Red Steel I suspect was a partnership of sorts with Nintendo perhaps asking Ubisoft to make an action title for Wii's launch. I expect Red Steel 2 to be very similar in that it'll show the capabilities of Wii, now with M+ and also most likely refine the shooter mechanics and take full advantage of the online services Wii has to offer.
I expect both Rabbids Go Home and Red Steel 2 to feature at Nintendo's 2009 E3 Press Conference.
