Post by: WindyMan on August 03, 2006, 09:34:52 AM
UBISOFT EXPANDS SUPPORT FOR NINTENDO’S Wii WITH SEVEN TITLES AVAILABLE AT LAUNCH
More Video Game Titles for the Revolutionary New Console on the Way in 2007
Paris, FRANCE – August 3rd, 2006 – Today Ubisoft, one of the world’s largest video game publishers, announced that it is preparing seven titles for the upcoming launch of Nintendo’s highly anticipated Wii™. In addition to previously announced titles Rayman Raving Rabbids™ and Red Steel™, both designed specifically for the Wii, Ubisoft will deliver Wii versions of driving game Monster 4X4 World Circuit, Sony Pictures Animation’s Open Season™, a game based on the popular Far Cry® franchise, Blazing Angels™ Squadrons of WW II and GT Pro Series, developed exclusively for the Wii by MTO. Ltd. With seven announced titles available at launch and with many more titles currently in development, Ubisoft expects to provide the richest third-party lineup for the Wii’s introduction and beyond with an exciting combination of new intellectual properties and established franchises.
“We’re thrilled that Ubisoft will be unveiling Wii versions of both exclusive new IP and established franchises," said Reggie Fils-Aime, president and chief operating officer for Nintendo of America. “Bursting with creativity, innovation and unadulterated fun, these Ubisoft games embody the qualities that will make Wii a huge hit with gamers new and established, young and old."
“Media and analysts agree that Ubisoft has the greatest potential for reward with the new console’s launch because we believed in its potential from the beginning," said Laurent Detoc, president of Ubisoft North America. “With an impressive lineup of launch games that offer something for everyone, we are in a unique position to benefit from the Wii’s success in appealing to both new and hardcore gamers."
Ubisoft’s Wii Launch Titles:
Blazing Angels®: Squadrons of WW II: As a squadron leader and ace fighter pilot, leverage the Wii controller to experience intense dog fighting in the famous air battles of WW II. Air combat simulation, rating pending.
Far Cry®: As Jack Carver, use the Wii Remote to drive, shoot, slash, jump and climb your way through a rebel-infested tropical hell. First-person action shooter, rating pending.
GT Pro Series: Immerse yourself in the fast-paced action of this exclusive Wii car-racing game and take full advantage of the Wii Remote. Racing game, rating pending.
Open Season™: Allows gamers to relive the humor and adventure of Sony Pictures Animation’s highly anticipated, first feature-length CG animated film. Kids adventure, rating pending.
Monster 4X4 World Circuit: Use the Wii Remote to perform spectacular stunts, jump and race the most powerful Monster Trucks, and go head-to-head in pulse-pounding off-road competitions all over the world. Truck racing, rating pending.
Rayman Raving Rabbids™: Experience the return of Rayman when his world is threatened by a devastating invasion of crazed, out-of-control bunnies. Whether it be crazy Kung-Fu action or competing in the cow toss, players will use the Wii Remote in the most imaginative and innovative ways possible to defeat these whacky rabbids. Action-adventure, rating pending.
Red Steel™: This Wii exclusive title takes place in modern-day Japan and challenges players to master both the ancient art of the katana and the sophisticated technology of modern firearms. First-person action, rating pending.
Post by: ShyGuy on August 03, 2006, 09:46:04 AM
Post by: Zach on August 03, 2006, 09:46:49 AM
Post by: Rize on August 03, 2006, 09:51:08 AM
Post by: TJ Spyke on August 03, 2006, 09:54:13 AM
In a way this is bad for me, I am only gonna have enougth money for the Wii and 1(maybe 2) games at launch. There are several of these games I want.
Post by: getter77 on August 03, 2006, 10:00:04 AM
I wonder what will happen tomorrow?
Post by: UltimatePartyBear on August 03, 2006, 10:06:16 AM
Post by: Caliban on August 03, 2006, 10:18:19 AM
Focus, focus.
Anyway, I'm surprised at this anouncement.
I tried the Blazing Angels PC demo and it was fun, so I hope they deliver that fun on Wii. Oh and I hope I can have online dogfights.
As for Far Cry I am currently playing it on PC and I it's ok but nothing special, not even at above average.
GT Pro Series?! Monster 4X4 WC?! LOL! At least Wii isn't lacking in racing games.
The Wii launch line-up is definately one of the toughest I've seen, so much to choose from and so little money for the majority of buyers.
Edit: Further proof for you PartyBear http://media.wii.ign.com/articles/723/723085/imgs_1.html .
Post by: Shin Gallon on August 03, 2006, 11:14:12 AM
Post by: Kairon on August 03, 2006, 11:48:58 AM
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Originally posted by: Shin Gallon
Damn...the Wii launch may just replace the Dreamcast as the best launch lineup ever.
Before this the Wii already had Zelda and Metroid and Rayman and Red Steel and EA's Madden! What are you talking about?!?!
~Carmine M. Red
Kairon@aol.com
Post by: WuTangTurtle on August 03, 2006, 11:51:33 AM
Man i can really picture Ubisoft's Next fiscal earnings "Ubisoft stock Raving Rabidly sky high!" yeah i kinda am getting into Rayman even though I've never played a previous title.....strange, i think its just cause the game seems so funny.
Post by: Karl Castaneda #2 on August 03, 2006, 12:05:06 PM
http://www.planetgamecube.com/rumorsArt.cfm?artid=11793
Post by: MaryJane on August 03, 2006, 12:10:10 PM
two racing games, two fps's, aerial combat, kids adventure, and adventure.
Good thing I only need to buy 4 of those... maybe 5, or 6, but at least not all 7, i'm not gonna get open season, unless i buy it for my little sister, but then i'd have to buy her, her own wii cuz i'm never getting off of mine, damn you nintendo.
Post by: vudu on August 03, 2006, 12:17:37 PM
Quote50/50 is not exactly "calling it".
Originally posted by: Karl
I'd put our chances of seeing this title come to fruition at 50/50
Post by: IceCold on August 03, 2006, 12:21:05 PM
QuoteI concur.
Originally posted by: Professional 666
Never happening. Ubisoft's support is all an.... ILLUSION.
Post by: Karl Castaneda #2 on August 03, 2006, 12:23:43 PM
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Originally posted by: vuduQuote50/50 is not exactly "calling it".
Originally posted by: Karl
I'd put our chances of seeing this title come to fruition at 50/50
Who actually fact checks in this forum? Sir, your competence will not be stood for. Prepare for war.
Post by: MaryJane on August 03, 2006, 12:33:24 PM
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Originally posted by: ViewtifulGamerQuote
Originally posted by: vuduQuote50/50 is not exactly "calling it".
Originally posted by: Karl
I'd put our chances of seeing this title come to fruition at 50/50
Who actually fact checks in this forum? Sir, your competence will not be stood for. Prepare for war.
lmao, funny stuff.
Post by: JonLeung on August 03, 2006, 12:45:30 PM
I heard a Prince Of Persia game is coming to the Wii and continuing Beyond Good & Evil hasn't been totally ruled out yet - those are the two UbiSoft franchises I'm looking forward to seeing more of. I wouldn't need them at launch, but I hope they'll come out eventually.
UbiSoft games this current-gen have tended to come out on all three consoles as well as the PC. Thanks to the controller, I'm thinking the Wii versions of games will be better, and that there will be actual Nintendo exclusives. If other third-party developers follow suit, there's nothing but victory for the "Big N".
EDIT: I forgot about Myst...how could I? o_0 I guess the series is over but I wouldn't mind that style of game on the Wii. It's rare enough as it is on PCs, and consoles haven't presented games like that very well with a usual lack of a mouse.
Post by: UltimatePartyBear on August 03, 2006, 12:50:49 PM
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Laurent Detoc: You will be able to shoot using the remote; you will also be able to throw grenades, punch, jump, run and balance to keep from plunging to your death. You will also be able to drive cars, trucks and boats. If you're looking for a game that allows you to experience the true beauty of the Wii and its revolutionary remote technology, this is it.
Sounds promising.
Post by: GoldenPhoenix on August 03, 2006, 03:21:10 PM
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on August 03, 2006, 03:27:23 PM
Can you not see the FAIL JELLY inside this donut!??
Post by: Athrun Zala on August 03, 2006, 05:28:19 PM
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IGN Wii: Are there online modes planned for any of these games using either Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection or WiiConnect24?
Laurent Detoc: We will be able to provide more information on this feature for each of the new games soon.
Source
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on August 03, 2006, 07:36:13 PM
Post by: NuclearSpeed on August 03, 2006, 09:03:59 PM
Post by: GoldenPhoenix on August 03, 2006, 09:16:26 PM
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Originally posted by: BlackNMild2k1
Shouldn't the headline to this article read "Launch Window" instead of "Launch Day"? or did I miss something here?
I think IGN says something to the affect that it is for sure launch day and you aren't misreading it. So sounds like these games are coming out for launch day! I wonder how long they have been in development?
Post by: IceCold on August 03, 2006, 09:29:03 PM
Post by: Kairon on August 03, 2006, 09:30:01 PM
~Carmine M. Red
Kairon@aol.com
Post by: IceCold on August 03, 2006, 09:40:34 PM
Post by: Kairon on August 03, 2006, 10:04:11 PM
Blazing Angels (which I'm eyeing for possible purchase) is a game in the vein of, yes, Rogue Squadron, and may or not be a port of its XBox version.
Actually, a lot of these may be simple ports or "enhanced ports." Still the thought is nice, and while I already plan on buying Rayman and Red Steel, I may just pick up a third Ubisoft title...
~Carmine M. Red
Kairon@aol.com
Post by: IceCold on August 03, 2006, 10:15:07 PM
I know this is the worst case scenario, but it really could happen, and I don't want it to.
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on August 03, 2006, 10:29:26 PM
QuoteActually I'm the one who originally quoted IGN this morning >HERE< and they said Launch window, not launch day.
Originally posted by: VGrevolutionQuote
Originally posted by: BlackNMild2k1
Shouldn't the headline to this article read "Launch Window" instead of "Launch Day"? or did I miss something here?
I think IGN says something to the affect that it is for sure launch day and you aren't misreading it. So sounds like these games are coming out for launch day! I wonder how long they have been in development?
QuoteIt would be retarded for Ubisoft to release all those games on the launch day and have their own games competeing against each other for the same gaming dollars. It would be much more beneficial to spread out the titles over the first few months b4 Christmas and maximize the potential sales of each title by not making the go up against each other.
Originally posted by: BlackNMild2k1 on Aug 3rd @ 9:44amQuote
Originally posted by: IGN
Ubisoft's Seven Wii Launch Titles
It has another five - yes, five games planned for Wii, and they'll all arrive in time for the platform's launch window.
I guess the english PR does say available at launch, but that could still mean "launch window" and not "launch day". It just wouldn't make sense to release all of those games on Day 1.
Post by: Bloodworth on August 03, 2006, 10:40:43 PM
Post by: Hocotate on August 04, 2006, 01:52:38 AM
Most of the games on the list do not interest me, but these are the type of games that will turn some non N-fan's heads. The way things are going, it seems pretty much impossible for the Wii to come in 3rd this gen.
Post by: Cap on August 04, 2006, 03:38:45 AM
Post by: couchmonkey on August 04, 2006, 05:02:42 AM
Even so, I'm at least one person who probably won't buy any of these. Maybe if they get glowing reviews, but right now I've already got Zelda, Metroid, WarioWare, Red Steel, Rayman, Excite Truck, Sonic, and Super Monkey Ball on my tentative "must buy" list. Suddenly I've gone from my E3 "must have EVERY GAME!" mentality to, "There's just too many, I have to narrow it down".
Post by: Ceric on August 04, 2006, 05:11:04 AM
Post by: Jonnyboy117 on August 04, 2006, 06:46:24 AM
Where's Splinter Cell?
Post by: Ceric on August 04, 2006, 07:04:08 AM
Post by: UltimatePartyBear on August 04, 2006, 08:04:37 AM
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Originally posted by: Ceric
I think Ubisoft is going a little more longterm with this. This is a great way to get our support early. Plus knowing that in the third party arena at least they have little competition and the lack of even real hints that these games where coming out I doubt they send something unpolished. Personally they'll probably keep these on the shelf for a while.
Conspiracy theory time! Maybe Ubisoft really is thinking long term. They see an opportunity in the Wii if it becomes a big hit, and they're willing to make some sacrifices to make that happen -- sacrifices like letting their own games cannibalize each other's sales in order to give the Wii launch an unprecedented variety of games, and therefore phenomenal hardware sales. What's in it for them? Ultimately, higher future profits due to lower development costs on a system with a gigantic install base, but also a hefty image boost. They may want to be as strongly associated with games on Wii as Capcom and Konami were with games on the NES and SNES. They can establish their franchises as the premiere games of the system, so in the future when EA releases a game in the same genre as Ubisoft, the legions of Wii fans will have a preference for the Ubisoft game.
That's almost certainly giving them too much credit.
Post by: Mario on August 04, 2006, 09:29:18 AM
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on August 04, 2006, 12:54:24 PM
=D
Really all this "support" will fall to pieces once we find out the world-famous Ubi-Shanghai is behind all this ports and "optimizations".
Post by: Karl Castaneda #2 on August 04, 2006, 01:26:46 PM
Post by: Smash_Brother on August 05, 2006, 10:24:50 PM
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Originally posted by: Mario It is long term. They saw what Sega did with the GC and wanted in on that. Sega were there at launch and shortly after with Sonic Adv 2 which was a pretty big deal. After that they could release almost anything on GC and it'd sell half a million.
Very true, like the DoA series on Xbox.
Sega more or less made Sonic a Nintendo character at first. Shame they didn't stick with that plan...
Post by: GoldenPhoenix on August 05, 2006, 11:48:05 PM
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Originally posted by: Smash_BrotherQuote
Originally posted by: Mario It is long term. They saw what Sega did with the GC and wanted in on that. Sega were there at launch and shortly after with Sonic Adv 2 which was a pretty big deal. After that they could release almost anything on GC and it'd sell half a million.
Very true, like the DoA series on Xbox.
Sega more or less made Sonic a Nintendo character at first. Shame they didn't stick with that plan...
I may be wrong, but haven't Sega's games sold best on the Gamecube?
Post by: Smash_Brother on August 06, 2006, 08:47:14 AM
What's even more of a shame is the fact that games like Toejam and Earl 3 went to the Xbox to die while they would have definitely survived on the GC.
Post by: GoldenPhoenix on August 06, 2006, 10:33:56 AM
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Originally posted by: Smash_Brother
That's what I mean, but then Sonic went all console and has since started to suck in terms of game quality.
What's even more of a shame is the fact that games like Toejam and Earl 3 went to the Xbox to die while they would have definitely survived on the GC.
Ah ok, I forgot all about toejam and earl for Xbox! I'll have to pick that up sometime, I also believe Panzer Dragoon Orta sold like crap as well. YOu would have thought that Sega would have gotten the message that "Hey GC is a good place to put our games, not Xbox", no wonder their consoles failed after Genesis with stupid descisions like that.
Post by: Requiem on August 06, 2006, 02:12:11 PM
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Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on September 05, 2006, 04:29:52 PM
Post by: Caliban on September 05, 2006, 05:03:30 PM
P666, I don't know what you mean by your statement because lately you've been sarcastic, meh *sticks tongue out*.
Post by: bustin98 on September 05, 2006, 07:39:05 PM
They are happy with the graphics as the series is known as a graphic dependent one. The developer feels that second gen games will push the Wii further, but FC:V is pushing it quite a bit.
The controller is working perfectly. Testers report they are surprised by the things that can be done. One example is zooming, just push the controller forward.
The game has a tweaked storyline from another game, though maps are new. (I don't remember the game, possibly Instincts). But the crew wants to attract old and new fans of the series so it needs to be new content.
Solid 30 fps, 480p and widescreen support.
Split screen multi, looking into sending new content via WiiConnect24, online multiplayer in the future?
I think this will be the first Far Cry game I will buy.
Post by: IceCold on September 05, 2006, 07:45:46 PM
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Post by: IceCold on September 05, 2006, 08:43:53 PM
Post by: Svevan on September 05, 2006, 09:50:03 PM
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EDIT: Sorry..
I'd like to think that this was some rude comment about me and the Podcasts, but alas I am sure it was a technical error of some sort.
Post by: Pale on September 06, 2006, 03:24:27 AM
Post by: Caliban on September 06, 2006, 09:01:46 AM
Pale > No offense intended by my comments, just slaping your face to the obvious...damn there I am again, sorry.
ShyGuy > If I wanted to compare both podcasts I would have created a new thread just for such topic. Your avatar says it all.
