Topic: Namco Bandai Bringing We Ski to America.

[Kairon]

Previously known as Family Ski, We Ski will support the Wii Balance Board and four-player split-screen skiing.
 http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/newsArt.cfm?artid=15509

 NAMCO BANDAI GAMES BRINGS THE SLOPES HOME    

Edge through the Alpine with Your Friends as Four Player Skiing Comes to Wi    

SANTA CLARA, Calif., (March 3, 2008) – Step onto your Wii Balance Board™ or grab your Wii Remote™ and Nunchuk™ and hit the fresh powder as NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc., today announced We Ski™, an exciting skiing game for Wii™. Now up to four skiers can experience the sweetest mountain runs in the comfort of their homes as We Ski’s highly responsive and intuitive controls take them down the slopes like never before. We Ski will slalom into stores in Spring 2008.    

“We are thrilled to be the first publisher to offer a realistic and enjoyable skiing experience that can also support the new Wii Balance Board,” said Todd Thorson, Director of Marketing and Public Relations for NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc. “NAMCO BANDAI is working to entertain both casual gamers and hardcore enthusiasts with a recreation of a beloved sport and pastime.”    

In We Ski, up to four skiers can test their skills on more than a dozen runs from the bunny slopes to the most challenging Black Diamonds. Not only can players carve through the trails using the motion-based controls but they can also mix in the Wii Balance Board for a whole new level of realism. Players can ski using their own Mii™ or create a new character with a host of customizable options including changeable face and body types. Boosting the customization feature, additional skis, poles, goggles, and costumes can be unlocked.    

We Ski features an entire mountain to explore, complete with a ski school, freestyle skiing, moguls and slaloms, photography, and a variety of other events. Players can even try their hand at night skiing while enjoying the spectrum of fireworks that color the sky. With We Ski no more long drives to the snow will be necessary to enjoy a day of shredding the mountains.    

For more information on We Ski, please visit: http://www.namcobandaigames.com/

[Nick DiMola]

Well it's cool that we are already seeing games for the Balance Board come out on the Wii. I hope that as a peripheral it doesn't stay limited to just a couple of niche titles. It seems like there are some really awesome game concepts out there that could take good use of balance board. I suppose only time shall tell.

[Kairon]

I think it's awesome that THQ has already picked up the ball and they're bringing out All Star Cheer Squad this fall. I previously thought that things like the Zapper and Balance Board would be most curiousities, but while they're still peripherals getting token support, I'm actually excited about the games that do take advantage of them!