| albionus said: I don't think it's so much Sony but Final Fantasy XIII they are concerned about. Sony and MS along with certain games like Halo3 and MGS4 are not threats to the Wii but hugely popular Japanese RPG's can be. This is especially so in Japan where Nintendo has a near monopoly to maintain. As for the game it sounds great. Good to see some 3rd party developers are taking the Wii seriously (uggg which means I'll have to add yet another game to my to buy list). |
I agree that it'd be nice if it was true: I'm always up for more multiplayer RPGs.
However, whenever a rumor like this pops up, I give it the sniff test and the one thing which REALLY didn't pass it is the bit about competing with FFXIII.
Though, I suspect that might be speculation on the part of the writer and not the genuine motivation behind the game.
The Wii could definitely use more RPGs.
"I mean, c'mon, Viva Pinata, a game with massive marketing, didn't sell worth a damn to the "sophisticated" 360 audience, despite near-universal praise--is that a sign that 360 owners are a bunch of casual ignoramuses that can't get their heads around a 'gardening' sim? Of course not. So let's please stop trying to micro-analyze one game out of hundreds and using it as the poster child for why good, non-1st party, games can't sell on Wii. (Everyone frequenting this site knows this is nonsense, and yet some of you just can't let it go because it's the only scab you have left to pick at after all your other "Wii will phail1!!1" straw men arguments have been put to the torch.)" - exindguy on Boom Blocks
