Author Topic: Wii Third Party Domination (Read 53065 times)

GoldenPhoenix · « **Reply #75 on:** December 02, 2006, 07:48:15 PM »

I am really excited too in what Wii will have to offer, Nintendo always is able to get the best possible experiences out of new hardware innovations. Like I said historically Nintendo usually only has big innovations with new hardware and I think that was GC's achilles heal (and perhaps a more critical fan base?), but Wii should open up tons of possibilites.

couchmonkey · « **Reply #76 on:** January 31, 2007, 04:16:02 AM »

Makoto Iwai of Namco says that Namco has "great confidence" Nintendo will succeed at broadening the market with Wii, and Namco looks forward to bringing both sequels and new projects to the table.

IceCold · « **Reply #77 on:** January 31, 2007, 06:05:33 AM »

They say they have 30 games lined up - I expect we'll hear a lot from them around E3 or possibly GDC.

Smash_Brother · « **Reply #78 on:** January 31, 2007, 06:47:31 AM »

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Originally posted by: IceCold
They say they have 30 games lined up - I expect we'll hear a lot from them around E3 or possibly GDC.

They've said that, then gone out of their way to announce support for everything except the Wii and DS, including the "need to sell 1,000,000 copies to break even" PS3.

MaryJane · « **Reply #79 on:** February 02, 2007, 02:47:35 AM »

There have been a lot of announcement in the past few days from EA, SquareEnix, TellTale, and Rainbow Studios about their new intentions for the Wii.

Games, Games, Games, Games, and some more Games.

Good news for Wii owners drought looks unlikely. It would be foolish to say these are all going to be AAA games but at the same time, the support is what matters, if they test the waters with a few games and one sells, we'll see more and hopefully better of the same type, or a branching effect. Games are good. I like games. I want to be a game.

son of lucas · « **Reply #80 on:** February 02, 2007, 03:21:46 AM »

Considering Sony's struggles in Japan, I expect this is just the beginning. Nintendo's going to start seeing a much greater variety of games soon. Maybe we'll even see the return of Nintendo dominance in the RPG genre. At this point their only competitor is the DS.

Owning Japan opens a lot of doors for the Big N.

couchmonkey · « **Reply #81 on:** February 02, 2007, 09:10:50 AM »

EA announces it's intention to be the #1 third party publisher for Nintendo systems Looks like Ubisoft has some competition. Some analyst on Gamedaily also commented that he felt EA and all third parties should have had more games for Wii last year. Of course that's easy to say in retrospect - maybe he was one of the same ones predicting an easy win for PS3 this generation.

Ceric · « **Reply #82 on:** February 02, 2007, 09:13:41 AM »

Methinks that DS is a very logical choice for traditional RPGs and will dominate in that regards.

Ian Sane · « **Reply #83 on:** February 02, 2007, 09:21:23 AM »

"EA announces it's intention to be the #1 third party publisher for Nintendo systems"

Aren't they usually anyway?

couchmonkey · « **Reply #84 on:** February 02, 2007, 09:38:54 AM »

That's an interesting question, and I don't have any idea how to figure out the answer. Sports aren't particularly big on Nintendo, but EA might still take first by pure luck.

I sincerely doubt it's number one on DS at this point though.

While we're at it, might as well point out that Konami is rocking the house right now, but you all know that.

cubist · « **Reply #85 on:** February 05, 2007, 10:31:52 AM »

I was going to start a thread for this, but apparently we've got a nice one going here. I haven't read a lot of the thread, but I just wanted to comment on how I haven't seen this much Wii 3rd Party Support since the SNES days.

Everyday, I'm hearing about a new game. These are good times. Now, if we can speed up the Virtual Console releases, I'll be a happy camper.

jasonditz · « **Reply #86 on:** February 05, 2007, 12:07:45 PM »

I'd bet Capcom or Namco was for the Gamecube.

Mario · « **Reply #87 on:** February 05, 2007, 12:27:32 PM »

I'd bet Sega.

MaryJane · « **Reply #88 on:** February 05, 2007, 12:42:43 PM »

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Originally posted by: cubist
I was going to start a thread for this, but apparently we've got a nice one going here. I haven't read a lot of the thread, but I just wanted to comment on how I haven't seen this much Wii 3rd Party Support since the SNES days.

Everyday, I'm hearing about a new game. These are good times. Now, if we can speed up the Virtual Console releases, I'll be a happy camper.

I haven't seen this much Wii 3rd Party Support since... ever.

Lol, anyway I do agree with you on the rest of the post.

jasonditz · « **Reply #89 on:** February 05, 2007, 01:05:56 PM »

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Originally posted by: Mario
I'd bet Sega.

Now that I think about it though, what about Hudson? Those Mario Party games sold a ton.

Mario · « **Reply #90 on:** February 05, 2007, 01:58:12 PM »

Well they developed the games but Nintendo published them. Sega would win because Sonic 2 Battle and Sonic Mega Collection are both million sellers in the US alone, but they flopped in Japan unlike Mario Party so it could even out. However, then you have the Super Monkey Balls which did over a million combined in just the US. Sonic Adventure DX almost sold a million I think, Billy Hatcher also sold solid, and Beach Spikers etc.

Sega benefitted hugely by getting in early with the Cube, something Ubi hopes to do with the Red Steel franchise and maybe Rayman.

Darc Requiem · « **Reply #91 on:** February 05, 2007, 02:34:29 PM »

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Originally posted by: Ian Sane
"EA announces it's intention to be the #1 third party publisher for Nintendo systems"

Aren't they usually anyway?

EA has completely dedicated one of its development houses to the Wii exclusively. They never did that for Gamecube.

jasonditz · « **Reply #92 on:** February 05, 2007, 04:02:06 PM »

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Originally posted by: Mario
Well they developed the games but Nintendo published them. Sega would win because Sonic 2 Battle and Sonic Mega Collection are both million sellers in the US alone, but they flopped in Japan unlike Mario Party so it could even out. However, then you have the Super Monkey Balls which did over a million combined in just the US. Sonic Adventure DX almost sold a million I think, Billy Hatcher also sold solid, and Beach Spikers etc.

Sega benefitted hugely by getting in early with the Cube, something Ubi hopes to do with the Red Steel franchise and maybe Rayman.

What about all those Resident Evils though... and the Viewtiful Joes... and Killer 7 and Product Number 03, which sold 7 copies and 3 copies, respectively

Kairon · « **Reply #93 on:** February 05, 2007, 07:22:31 PM »

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Originally posted by: Darc Requiem
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Originally posted by: Ian Sane
"EA announces it's intention to be the #1 third party publisher for Nintendo systems"

Aren't they usually anyway?

EA has completely dedicated one of its development houses to the Wii exclusively. They never did that for Gamecube.

That's EA Salt Lake City right? Don't forget that they still have EA Burnaby which handled all of EA's rush job Wii launch ports!

~Carmine "Cai" M. Red
Kairon@aol.com

Smash_Brother · « **Reply #94 on:** February 05, 2007, 08:01:16 PM »

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Originally posted by: KaironThat's EA Sault Lake City right? Don't forget that they still have EA Burnaby which handled all of EA's rush job Wii launch ports!

Madden Wii was pretty good, though.

couchmonkey · « **Reply #95 on:** February 08, 2007, 05:23:54 AM »

Activition to double it's Wii support.

IceCold · « **Reply #96 on:** February 08, 2007, 09:01:05 AM »

Christmas 2007 is going to leave us all broke..

Louieturkey · « **Reply #97 on:** February 09, 2007, 08:49:20 AM »

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Christmas 2007 is going to leave us all broke..

Or missing a whole lot of games.

NinGurl69 *huggles · « **Reply #98 on:** February 09, 2007, 08:59:32 AM »

I expect Windows Vista's equivalent of the Y2k bug to activate and trigger Skynet and destroy the world by then.

YOU WILL NOT PLAY BRAWL IN YOUR LIFETIME

IceCold · « **Reply #99 on:** February 26, 2007, 04:26:37 PM »

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Ubisoft intends to become the number 1 third-party publisher - by supporting Wii. It has tentatively announced seven more games for Jan-Mar 2007

Well, looks like Ubisoft picked a winning horse - this is great news..

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Thanks in part to the continued success of the Wii, sales for Ubisoft in the U.S. alone skyrocketed 78 percent during January. The Paris-based company continues to be the #1 independent publisher on the Wii. Ubisoft's future is looking quite bright...

French publisher Ubisoft, which has been the staunchest third party supporter of Nintendo's Wii from the get go, today issued a brief statement concerning the company's continued growth for the month of January. Driven largely by the Wii's momentum coming off holiday '06, Ubisoft experienced sales growth of 78 percent in the U.S., 55 percent in the United Kingdom, 30 percent in France and 41 percent in Germany.

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Author Topic: Wii Third Party Domination (Read 53065 times)