I think of all the Nintendo systems the Wii U will be the most likely to see it. I'd put that at 99% likely. One main reason why I say that is because the Wii U has the same architecture as the 360, so porting it over should be a breeze. Now, they might not utilize the touch screen or other innovative features of the Wii U, but they don't really need to.

Actually, there's a decent chance it could come to ALL Nintendo systems. I mainly just want it to be on the Wii U and 3DS, though. As long as its just on those two systems I'll be satisfied. I personally don't care if it comes to the Wii or DS, but it would be nice if it does for those who only have those systems, although they won't get the same quality experience as they would on the Wii U or 3DS. But porting it to the Wii/DS probably makes sense for Treyarch and Activision because that will certainly be profitable in any case.

This reminds me how much I want a Battalion Wars game as a launch title.

It would be a nice surprise if Black Ops 2 on Wii U starts off the Nintendo E3 2012 press conference or the Wii U portion of the press conference.


I was ready to write off Black Ops 2 until it was revealed yesterday that its single player story will feature branching paths, Strike Force missions, and multiple endings. Also, the bot match mode titled Combat Training will be returning as well. I'm very pleased that Treyarch is adding more meat to the Call of Duty single player experience rather than leave it be a short-lived energy drink.

I started this article before the reveal last night with zero interest in the actual game.

After that trailer and the ensuing impressions, I'm actually looking forward to seeing more about a Call of Duty for the first time in forever.

My payout from NWR for CodBlops Duece on the Developer's System is 4 to 1! I'd be crazy NOT to take that bet!

Looks like the Wii version is almost 100%... http://community.callofduty.com/community/call_of_duty/english/black_ops_2/forums/wii

...Huh? Oh, it's Call of Duty. AGAIN.

I’m already annoyed with this game. I was watching a playlist on YouTube yesterday and I saw the 30-second advertisement, that you can’t skip past, at least ten times; some of them played twice consecutively because the end of video advertisement ran directly into the beginning of the next video advertisement. Is there any reasoning behind bombarding advertisements for a game that won’t be released for nearly 7 months? I understand the game will blindly sell 20 million+ copies; but does that actually warrant advertising a half- year before its release? “We’re Activision; we don’t care about innovation or new titles because you’ll indiscriminately purchase the same thing over and over again” (contrived corporate smile). Ironically, this is the same passive attitude that concerns me about the third (and most likely fourth) direct iteration of a “New” Super Mario Bros. title that’s based on games from 20+ years ago. Yeah, it’ll sell well, but if it doesn’t compel a purchase based on modernization, then it’s just hyping a rehash.

From a PR/Marketing standpoint: They're bombarding now so all the people who buy it are aware that it is announced and exists. It'll probably go back down for a while and surge at events like E3.

From a "don't be so short-sighted" standpoint: I think this game actually looks relatively fresh compared to past Call of Duty games. They are doing new things with this game.

Is it ground-breaking? Probably not, but at least it's going somewhere new-ish.

Treyarch has always done an excellent job in the single player experience of the COD games that they've made. The COD games from Infinity Ward have a more generic and forgettable single player experience. I wouldn't say they are bad though, just generic. But the Treyarch games have always blown my mind in terms of how much action and plot twists they pack into it. Playing their games has always been a very awesome experience.

The multiple story endings is something I didn't expect, but it has a lot potential to be awesome. As it is most people play the single player once and that's it and then just go to multiplayer or co-op, but with multiple endigns you have a real reason to go back and play again and again to try out all the different endings. Then again, you could also just cheat and watch all the endings on youtube, but if you're going to do that then you aren't really even a gamer. :)

I'm not as taken by the Black Ops story as you are, but enjoyed playing through it. I have never played through Big Red One or Call of Duty 3 and I have only played World At War through coop, but I have heard that those stories have their fans.

As for Infinity Ward, I still think Stalingrad in Call of Duty 1 and Pointe du Hoc in Call of Duty 2 are amazing sequences to play through. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare's story mode is great enough for me to play it through multiple times; just have to get over the infinite spawns. It is unfair to call the previously mentioned generic when they succeed in providing a mile-a-minute thrill ride as well as tense moments (e.g. the flashback missions of Modern Warfare). Such success is hardly ever emulated well by other shooters (at least the bunch I've played). While they had their moments, it is a shame that Modern Warfare 2's and Modern Warfare 3's story modes devolved in to just being a mile-a-minute thrill ride. It was nice to pick up guns with attachments though.

The one shooter campaign that trumps all is still the one in the expansion pack for the first Call of Duty, United Offensive. The developer for that was folded in to Treyarch. Hope Treyarch does their best in unseating United Offensive!