Topic: Hudson Announces Onslaught a 4 person coop FPS for Wiiware

[Flames_of_chaos]

Game site

Get ready for Onslaught; the first First Person Shooter ever for the WiiWare™ platform! With tight controls, a horde of enemies to blast away, and some of the most intense action you’ll ever find, Onslaught sets a new standard for FPS on Wii™.
 
In the distant future, contact with a distant research colony is lost and your team is sent in to find out what happened. Upon arrival, you’re attacked by overwhelming numbers of mysterious creatures. It’s up to you and your squad to eliminate the threat and discover the truth that lies deep inside the colony.

Being the first FPS on WiiWare, Onslaught gives shooter fans the action you’ve been waiting for. Taking advantage of the precise motion controls of the Wii Remote™, you’ll be in full command of your soldier as you tread through treacherous terrain.  The action stays tight by aiming with the Wii Remote. You'll need steady hands if you're going to survive the horrors that await. When running low on ammo, give the Wii Remote a shake to get back in the game. When the odds get overwhelming, a supply of grenades will keep enemies at bay by throwing them using the Nunchuk™. Get set to play an FPS unlike any you’ve ever played before!

The enemies of Onslaught are no pushovers, which is why you may need to team up with a friend, or two, maybe even three! Get online and play in 4-person co-op to increase your chances of survival!

Looks better than Quantum of Solace

[King of Twitch]

When running low on ammo, give the Wii Remote a shake to get back in the game. When the odds get overwhelming, a supply of grenades will keep enemies at bay by throwing them using the Nunchuk™. Get set to play an FPS unlike any you’ve ever played before!

I can't wait to finally play a FPS with reloadable ammo and grenade-throwing!

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

Why aren't there any WiiWare Doom/Duke3D clones?

http://www.hudsonentertainment.com/gamedetail.php?game_id=191&console=1

^  Well HOLY ****, a challenger appears!

[NWR_pap64]

Yes, I remembered Pro asking why there weren't any FPS games on WiiWare, and lo and behold here's one...

[vudu]

Make it 1,000 points and playable in bite-sized chunks (read:  less than an hour) and I'm all over this.

[ShyGuy]

I wish to play coop FPS with you people.

[Spak-Spang]

I don't want a WiiWare FPS...I would rather have a full game.

The only way I will buy a WiiWare FPS is if it is a team based multi-player game only with like 5 maps to play.  Like a team fortress type game.

Otherwise it is going to take too much space on my Wii and I will just be missing all the nice features a full FPS retail release would have (look at Conduit)

[Adrock]

Now, this is awesome and I can't even play most FPS (headaches).

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

Yes, I remembered Pro asking why there weren't any FPS games on WiiWare, and lo and behold here's one...

Why isn't Kid Icarus Wii already announced?

OH NO WHAT HAVE I DON

[Kairon]

Is that an energy whip? A grenade throwing preview?

[DAaaMan64]

WOW. A WiiWare FPS with excellent Multi? Thats kinda  wet dream to me...  I want shooters sometimes, sorry Nintendo.

[KDR_11k]

I don't want a WiiWare FPS...I would rather have a full game.

Well, full FPSes are coming out anyway and a Wiiware title will not keep Hudson so busy that they can't afford to make more retail games...

Is that an energy whip? A grenade throwing preview?

Gotta be a whip, the big red curve wouldn't make sense as a trajectory, plus there seems to be something attached at the end and if you want my guess the thin red line after that is the "motion blur" line that swords in videogames tend to have. Also the inventory shiows something with a bent line so that's gotta be part of the game world, not just the HUD (though it also seems to have an ammo counter, seems weird for a whip... Maybe the thing on the end is a sticky bomb?).

[UltimatePartyBear]

Gotta be a whip, the big red curve wouldn't make sense as a trajectory, plus there seems to be something attached at the end and if you want my guess the thin red line after that is the "motion blur" line that swords in videogames tend to have. Also the inventory shiows something with a bent line so that's gotta be part of the game world, not just the HUD (though it also seems to have an ammo counter, seems weird for a whip... Maybe the thing on the end is a sticky bomb?).

Well, an energy whip would require energy, wouldn't it?  Limited use would make sense.

[Ian Sane]

Dig those DS quality graphics!

I think an FPS is a little too ambitious of a genre to make on Wiiware unless you went all old-school 2D graphics like Doom.  They might as well attempt it I guess.  It will be interesting to see a Japanese developer's take on the genre.

[KDR_11k]

It's not quite DS graphics either. The texture variety is low but for a downloadable game it's expected. The weapons are blocky (seems like a design choice) but still more detailled than the DS could handle. The environments do seem to have a normal amount of polygons, the textures seem to make it look pretty bland though. The way the weapon is held is a bit weird, I guess it's necessary to show the ammo counter.

[EasyCure]

I agree that this genre seems a little ambitious for a WiiWare game, but I'm still interested in it. If it turns out to be fun I'll buy it, thats for sure. When it comes to graphics though, obviously it can't deliver on par with what a retail game would be (one with a budget and a dedicated team that is) but you'd think the devs would be a little smarter with some of the design choices they make..

Say I was in their shoes, obviously I can't pull of the best looking game because of the size limitation of the service, but instead of trying to make the game look similar to what it would be if a full release but scaled back, I'd go for a different visual approach, something to let the graphical limitations slide. What if the story explained that you're not really playing as some sorta space marine but your character and his buddies are going to play some sort of VR Paintball. That would lend itself more to some fun design choices, and be an excuse for not-so-realistic visuals. If that were the case, I know personaly it'd be fun to see moments where the VR images glitch from time to time revealing wire-frames or even stop all together revealing the 'real life' setting you're in. Oh did i mention that your characters could all be mi's? the VR could wear off revealing that your big bad ass space marine is really your big headed mii in cheap 'armor'

[KDR_11k]

Dunno, Miis in an FPS probably wouldn't work well, too easy to headshot.

[UltimatePartyBear]

Dunno, Miis in an FPS probably wouldn't work well, too easy to headshot.

That wouldn't be a problem if headshots weren't different from any other hits.  Something like Mii paintball would work well that way.

[Ian Sane]

I don't know about Miis or paintball as a setting.  Wouldn't that just fit the stereotypical casual console image the Wii has to a tee?  I think it would give the impression that the Wii userbase isn't right for "real" first person shooters and they have to "casualize" it all with Miis and non-violent paintball.  I understand how it's a creative way to avoid WiiWare limitations to the graphics but I think it's just too much fuel for third party bias.  What if it became popular and then we got a flood of third party paintball games but NO first person shooters?

[NWR_pap64]

I don't know about Miis or paintball as a setting.  Wouldn't that just fit the stereotypical casual console image the Wii has to a tee?  I think it would give the impression that the Wii userbase isn't right for "real" first person shooters and they have to "casualize" it all with Miis and non-violent paintball.  I understand how it's a creative way to avoid WiiWare limitations to the graphics but I think it's just too much fuel for third party bias.  What if it became popular and then we got a flood of third party paintball games but NO first person shooters?

Funny enough, the game over-thinker once suggested that if Nintendo wants FPS games to be accepted in Japan they should make a game called "Mario Paintball" :p .

[Spak-Spang]

Mario Paintball...HA!!!  I called dibs Nintendo.

Actually, I would love a simple FPS that used Miis and played like a combination of Faceball 2000/Paintball/Team Fortress.

It could easily be made into a Wii Ware game.

[EasyCure]

I don't know about Miis or paintball as a setting.  Wouldn't that just fit the stereotypical casual console image the Wii has to a tee?  I think it would give the impression that the Wii userbase isn't right for "real" first person shooters and they have to "casualize" it all with Miis and non-violent paintball.  I understand how it's a creative way to avoid WiiWare limitations to the graphics but I think it's just too much fuel for third party bias.  What if it became popular and then we got a flood of third party paintball games but NO first person shooters?

So negative. /sigh

I want to respond with a big post here but right now i just cant. maybe when i'm more awake.. i'll edit this.

[KDR_11k]

I think if Nintendo wants Mii Paintball they'll have to do it themselves. Given that there's no competition I guess Hudson just wanted to do a straight up FPS rather than delve into quirky themes and whatnot. And hey, they can do it, they get to stand out by default. Other people could attempt to use abstract styles or whatnot but Hudson can save any ideas for later.

[Urkel]

I don't see Nintendo ever making a paintball game or allowing third parties to use Miis in a way that involves shooting them. For the same reason the Gameboy Camera features were removed from Perfect Dark, Nintendo doesn't want to deal with any controversy over games that allow you to shoot the likeness of real people. Even with something as non-violent as paintball.

[KDR_11k]

Well, they let you clobber the virtual likenesses of people with a sword in Wii Sports Resort...