Interview: Disney's Hopper On Nintendo, 'Withholding Mickey'

[Mr Khan]

Demotruk said:

Mr Khan said:

This and Disney's Guilty Party make it seem like they really get it. Guilty Party has the potential to be the next Just Dance-style breakout hit, and that game plus Epic Mickey are on the extremely short list of 3rd party games that i think could actually sell Wiis, because they do something different than what Nintendo already provides, but along the same thought processes as Nintendo

 

Monster Hunter Tri could possibly be on that list too, depending on how Nintendo markets it.

How do you figure?

The great mystery board games and social games (eg. werewolves) require players to access info secretly. With the Wii, all info is available publicly because it's on the TV screen. Which leads me to believe the game is limited to co-operatively or competitively figuring out the mysteries together. So essentially it's a dynamic adventure game, with multi-player but without the sort of play mechanics that make for a truly great group mystery game. I can see that working out well, but I can't see it being a break out hit like Just Dance.

What am I missing on this one?

It's a new, unique idea on party games, and in a similar vein of thought to NSMBWii, can get people working together or working competitively. It's basically a board game translated to the screen, but taking advantage of that transition (at least as far as i can see)