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« on: January 20, 2008, 03:30:59 AM »
I actually have some new rumors to report from my source. I tried to find my post in the old rumors thread, because I'm pretty sure just about every game he told me about has been confirmed, though not all for the Wii....yet. I couldn't find it however. But just trust me, this kid has some info.
Anyway, there are three fairly major rumors this go around.
1) The old zapper games, Wild Gunmen, Hogans Alley, Gumshoe ect, aren't being released through the VC, but instead through WiiWare to be used with the new Nintendo Zapper or Wiimote with some updates to the games. Also, in the same sentence, he told me Zombies Ate My Neighbors is getting the Wii Ware treatment, complete with online co-op and some new goodies. Apparently they're using small teams of developers to update, add new levels or due some other maintenance on the games. He didn't make clear whether Lucas Arts is working on Zombies, or perhaps just farmed it out.
2) If the Sonic RPG sells well on the DS, Bioware is interested in making a full Nintendo character RPG and have already laid out initial outlines about the game with Nintendo. Seems like a foregone conclusion. How this intertwines with Square Enix makes me wonder about the validity of this one, however. Unless Square is involved as well. Then again, a Mario rpg is just the Mario universe, whereas this proposed game is every Nintendo character ever created.
3) Timesplitters 4 is still coming, though it may not be Wii exclusive anymore. Apparently Microsoft is in hot pursuit of the property and wants to publish it. However, it's unknown what Free Radical is planning. *I thought Free Radical had already signed on with a publisher, but I have no proof of it.* The problem for MS is the game has been built to make the most out of the Wii hardware to this point.
Now my personal rumor. EA has discussed making Madden more stylized for the Wii. Think the same realistic gameplay, but with cell shaded characters, forgoing realistic players for caricatures. No, not big headed little people, more like highly stylized, almost cartoon, recreations of all the players. Apparently, this would help out with more fluid motion/animation as well. In the end, they believe this would be the best of both worlds for the Wii-great stylized graphics rooted in realistic sports simulation. I'm thinking '09 for this idea, however as 08 is getting ramped up currently.
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