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noname2200 on 24 April 2008
Desroko said:
11ht11 said:
cant wait for the conduit

lets hope they have great graphics on the game

The hell with graphics, I want great gameplay. The rest is window dressing.


 Amen. And good for High Voltage. Of course, this news kind of befuddles me, since it implies either that publishers need a website to clue them into demand for certain genres on the Wii (isn't figuring that sort of thing out their only job?), or that there are some developers whose games are completely slipping under publishers' radars (again, what else is a publisher supposed to be doing?). Hopefully this won't just lead to one good game coming out for the system; it'll force a re-evaluation of the Wii market, and open the door a bit more. Sure, it's completely delusional to think that, but a man can dream, right?



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noname2200 on 24 April 2008
Joelcool7 said:
azrm2k said:

Well I have to agree with some of the posters, Nintendo should pick up High Voltage games and bring them in first party. High Voltage is one of the very few studios that are actually developing their own graphics engines and physics engines for the Nintendo Wii. While all of the third parties simply recycle old material. Nintendo could really use a new western studio let alone another shooting studio when it would appear theis problems at Retro. Nintendo could also then use the High Voltage engine internally and outsource it to as many new studios as possible.


 This might lead to better short-term profits for Nintendo, but it'd be more in their interest if High Voltage and other third-parties succeeded without any help from them. If we get enough of those stories, developers and publishers won't keep waiting for someone to "prove" there's a market for multiple types of games on the Wii, which will lead to a lot of failures and hopefully a lot of gems.



misterd on 24 April 2008

Awesome. If they pull this off (and the Mushroom guys too), they'll have my undying* loyalty.





*Disclaimer: "Undying" means "until they start making really crappy games"



ClaudeLv250 on 24 April 2008

Okay, wow. They show off a nice looking engine and suddenly everyone wants Nintendo to gobble them up? That's not only unnecessary, it smells like desperation. And Nintendo isn't in a desperate situation.



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dude17761991hatp on 24 April 2008

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The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword

Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

Super Mario 3D Land

Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception

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LordTheNightKnight on 24 April 2008
ClaudeLv250 said:
Okay, wow. They show off a nice looking engine and suddenly everyone wants Nintendo to gobble them up? That's not only unnecessary, it smells like desperation. And Nintendo isn't in a desperate situation.

No. Just a couple here. 



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Words Of Wisdom on 24 April 2008
LordTheNightKnight said:
ClaudeLv250 said:
Okay, wow. They show off a nice looking engine and suddenly everyone wants Nintendo to gobble them up? That's not only unnecessary, it smells like desperation. And Nintendo isn't in a desperate situation.

No. Just a couple here. 


The crazy ones...

They're an unproven IP without a great track record.  They may be something in the future, but right now they're just a blip on the radar screen that could be gone tomorrow just as easily as they appeared today.



famousringo on 24 April 2008
ClaudeLv250 said:
Okay, wow. They show off a nice looking engine and suddenly everyone wants Nintendo to gobble them up? That's not only unnecessary, it smells like desperation. And Nintendo isn't in a desperate situation.

 I think that they're mostly hoping that Nintendo picks them up so the Quantum 3 engine gets put out in Wii dev kits. It could create a pretty huge improvement in third-party quality on the platform.



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Viper1 on 24 April 2008
Words Of Wisdom said:
LordTheNightKnight said:
ClaudeLv250 said:
Okay, wow. They show off a nice looking engine and suddenly everyone wants Nintendo to gobble them up? That's not only unnecessary, it smells like desperation. And Nintendo isn't in a desperate situation.

No. Just a couple here. 


The crazy ones...

They're an unproven IP without a great track record.  They may be something in the future, but right now they're just a blip on the radar screen that could be gone tomorrow just as easily as they appeared today.

Kinda reminds me of Retro.

 



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superchunk on 25 April 2008

I hope it is EA, Ubisoft, or Capcom. These three have big names and big wallets. Both are going to be needed to push this new IP/Developer into the mainstream.

It better get hyped like hell to, we need a mass FPS. Metroid Prime 3 was too Nintendo to do it and Medal of Honor: Heroes 2 was too PS2-ish.

This game is approaching 360/PS3 levels and with proven awesome controls it could be an easy 2m seller if advertised well.