Post by: Bloodworth on February 01, 2007, 08:19:06 PM
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/newsArt.cfm?artid=12837
Friend of NWR and all-around fun guy, Chris Kohler recently noticed that Telltale Games has posted a job listing for a Wii Systems Programmer.
While the developer has only been around since 2004, the company is headed up by guys that created some of the top adventure games for LucasArts back in the day. They've had recent success developing episodic games for PC with Bone and Sam & Max.
At this point, there's no telling whether either of these series is headed to Wii, but the responsibilities listed for the job do refer to adapting existing PC assets. Telltale Games was founded behind the vision of episodic content. So, there's a fair chance we'll see their work in the Wii Shop instead of on a disc.
Post by: couchmonkey on February 02, 2007, 05:04:25 AM
Post by: KDR_11k on February 02, 2007, 06:16:22 AM
Post by: Smoke39 on February 02, 2007, 06:30:36 AM
Post by: JonLeung on February 02, 2007, 06:45:10 AM
I've played through the first two episodes (I'm guessing the third will be available soon if not already - I've been kinda busy). I like them so far. They're kind of short-ish. But avoiding looking up a walkthrough on GameFAQs for adventure games (which was starting to become a habit >_>), the length becomes decent for the price, IMO. And it's Sam & Max, so it's cool. (Minor gripe: I don't like how they changed voice actors for Max between the two episodes, because one of my favourite lines in the first episode (Sam looks at some nachos named "Not'Chos", and Max says, "They're mine, not'chos!") wasn't delivered in quite the same way when it was rerecorded. >_< Oh well.)
I said it before, though...the relative lack of storage on the Wii makes it difficult. I suppose if WiiConnect24 could download games in standby mode and everyone could be expected to have several SD cards of decent size, then maybe they could bring Sam & Max right over pretty much as is. Of course, I personally would like something new, or different from the episodes I'm already playing on the PC.
Post by: The Tingler on February 02, 2007, 06:49:10 AM
Another good reason to do it early is that the price will almost certainly be going up after the season's complete, and you get the whole series on a DVD, in a box, for free (when it's available).
Telltale were looking to bring Sam & Max to the Wii ages ago, all they had to do was convince Nintendo that the market was there. They did (with a little help from their fans constantly emailing Nintendo), and Nintendo sent them the developer kits.
Cool!
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on February 02, 2007, 07:02:21 AM
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Originally posted by: The Tingler
Telltale were looking to bring Sam & Max to the Wii ages ago, all they had to do was convince Nintendo that the market was there. They did (with a little help from their fans constantly emailing Nintendo), and Nintendo sent them the developer kits.
linked incase someone wanted to read up on it.
Post by: KDR_11k on February 02, 2007, 07:16:33 AM
Post by: Smoke39 on February 02, 2007, 07:27:35 AM
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Originally posted by: JonLeung
The full season is already available for purchase (my brother got it for me for Christmas). Yes, it is cheaper than buying all individual episodes. Even if you buy the whole season, you still do have to wait a month between episodes and at the end of the season they send it all to you on disc (presumably boxed).
I know it's available now. I meant I would wait for all the episodes to actually be released so I could play them all at once in a decent sized chunk.
