EA understands the Wii better than other developers - EA Sports titles

[mike_intellivision]

I saw the article in Nintendo Power today and thought ... I might have to buy Madden NEW this year. I have a lot of Madden's, but I never pick them up new.
It seems as if they are trying to move people "up market." They are refining that. They also realize that many of the Wii owners are not gamers looking for everything to be pixel perfect, so a bit of graphical fun is appreciated. (Like SMG is not fun to look at and is as good as sliced bread). In other words, I'd like to see my Mii as the ref.
As for PR, this is a magazine, so it was probably done 6-8 weeks before the Ubidays dismissal of the Wii. The juxtaposition is purely coincidental.
Also, reading the EA website, these are new modes and by-and-large newly built games for the Wii. So it is not just port-dumping.

Mike from Morgantown

PS -- The pattern draw feature reminds me of designing plays on Super Pro Football for the Intellivision. Imagine a game where you are not stuck with the plays the system gives you.

PPS -- I have a softspot for EA and Activision. They have been around forever. I still remember EA's logo that looked like the 3DO logo (and yes, I know why and that it was really Trip Hawkins taking the look for his console endeavor). No company is evil -- only the people running it are evil. And right now, there are many corporate execs at places who are evil to the Wii, but they don't seem to be at EA.