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souixan on 03 October 2008

I can't say about more support or not but I can say this. You will see more companies taking shots on games like Katamari and of that style on the Wii than you will on PS3 and 360 because of the cost of development. Possibly PSN and live-arcade but wii also has a similar vantage in Wii Ware.

I can practically guaranty you that more chances for newer more interesting game concepts will be made on Wii than the other two combined.



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ClaudeLv250 on 03 October 2008

Pretty much. Wii is already absorbing all the 3rd party games announced recently.

And Soriku you needto stop saying that all of SE's teams are too busy. We already know Mana/Haeresis XIII/KH3 is coming to the Wii.



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ctk495 on 03 October 2008
Soriku said:
outlawauron said:
I think TGS will be a good indicator as that is mostly a third party show.

And Soriku, both of the L5 Wii games you mentioned are not even confirmed.

 

Inazuma Eleven Break first screens pretty much show it's a Wii game, and Ninokuni will likely get the same treatment where they have a DS version and a Wii console version. They're not confirmed...yet. At TGS we should at least get the Inazuma Eleven Break Wii announcement.

@yushire

Ubisoft doesn't need to change. They're Western developers. Western developers are kinda backing the PS3/360 more because they appeal a lot to the West anyway. SE and Konami are Japanese developers...anyone expecting them to not support the Wii with the heavy rise of Japan (and Western) sales is kidding themselves. Konami will at least give the Wii Suikoden for the reasons I stated, SE...who knows what they'll do. FFCC: TCB at least isn't dead and, like I've said countless times before, KH3 is likely to hit the Wii. Even the DS took over two years to get some decent support from SE. You're expecting games they can't make yet. All their teams are busy, can you please wait until those games are finished? The majoirty of their games release in 2009.

Please don't put kh3 as an example the thread will derail into where kingdom hearts will go.Mention other games like the next dragon quest I am sure it will  be announce on wii.

 



saicho on 03 October 2008
CAL4M1TY said:
But as it stands, the games the big guys are focusing on are going to the 360 and PS3 or rather, are not going to the Wii. WKC, FFXIII and VS, RE5, Street Fighter 4, Star Ocean, MGS4, Castlevania (DS gets the next installment in series, Wii gets a spinoff brawler), Soul Calibur, Tekken, Bionic Commando and the list goes on.

Of the big 4 in Japan (imo) which are S-E, Capcom, Namco-Bandai and Konami, only 1 of the 4 is pushing a big title on the Wii, and that's the next Tales game from Namco-Bandai. The rest are pushing spin-off's, ports or lesser known titles. That may be 3rd party support, but it's far from the "best third party support"

I agree with trestres that all the titles you mentioned were announced when all the developers were expecting PS3 to dominate this generation. (except Castlevania which is not on either PS3 or 360) The developers already spent the time and money on those games before PS3 was released and they can't just cancel them then move them on Wii. The next logic step would be to put them on both HD consoles which is exactly what SE did with FF13.

MH series is Capcom's newest and biggest gold mine right now (bigger than RE series) and Capcom decided to put it on Wii. To me, that's the sign that Capcom is starting move its development focus on Wii. You also forget about Sega as a vidoe game developer, who is bigger than Namco Bandai and Konami and one of the biggest third party supporter for Wii.

Now if only SE can get their act together and announce DQ10 for Wii, which makes sense now that I think about it... DQ games never relies so much on graphic power like FF series. so it makes sense to leave FF series on the HD consoles while bringing DQ series to the most popular home console (after releasing it on the most popular handheld console)

 

 

 



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Seraphic_Sixaxis on 03 October 2008
Soriku said:

@Claude

Mana I could see in development since we haven't heard form Mana in a while, who would make Haeresis?, and the KH team is already busy with Versus...

They might be coming to the Wii though :)

 

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yushire on 04 October 2008
Soriku said:

 


@yushire

If nobody cared for KH3, we wouldn't have the thread packed with PS3 vs. Wii, and people saying they would get it on the Wii all the time. You keep saying that bull and you're wrong.

 

Because you make topics out of them... Its just simple, we never care about Kingdom hearts its a niche title with decent fanbase like Metal Gear series since the beginning. Its not our lost if this IP comes to HD consoles we never care. Pokemon and Mario games blew this game out of the water and Ninty thinks this game isnt even existed. What Ninty could do was make a Pokemon and making Wii games like Wii sports 2 or another Zeldas and Mario and theyre all set.

about the topic, I think japanese third parties like CAPCOM makes money on HD consoles to fund their Wii games like MH3 not the other way around. I realizing this since 2007-2008 but I've seen the proof till now. I mean how many supposed to be top tier games like Resident Evil 5 have to be delayed?



end of core gaming days prediction:

 

E3 2006-The beginning of the end. Wii introduced

 

E3 2008- Armageddon. Wii motion plus introduced. Wii Music. Reggie says Animal crossing was a core game. Massive disappointment. many Wii core gamers selling their Wii.

 

E3 2010- Tape runs out

http://www.fivedoves.com/letters/march2009/ICG_Tape_runs_out.jpg

Jo21 on 04 October 2008

sword of mana its likely going wii.