Wii lightsabre game

Ace Pace · Post by **Ace Pace** » 2007-09-18 04:03pm

The game in question is the Wii version of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, which was also announced today (previous versions of the game have been known about for some time, through official and unofficial channels). Krome Studios is handling the Wii, PS2, and PSP versions of the game while LucasArts is developing the Xbox 360/PlayStation 3 version internally. n-Space is also handling a Nintendo DS version of the game.

But the sword-swinging action will be exclusive to the Wii version, and even then, it will only be available in an exclusive “duel mode.” The description in the release says that this duel mode will be a multiplayer affair.

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Praxis · Post by **Praxis** » 2007-09-18 04:07pm

Heh, told you all so. Those darn LucasArts people taunting me with half-bits of information...

The duel mode sounds interesting, but the game is sadly bound to suck...LucasArts is putting ridiculous amounts of work into physics for The Force Unleashed, I daresay that is the draw of the game to me. The Wii version will be outsourced to a studio that will just make a generic Star Wars game. Maybe Duel Mode will be fun.

Darth Yoshi · Post by **Darth Yoshi** » 2007-09-18 04:13pm

Well, they did a fairly decent job with the Spyro reboot, so we'll see how it goes. It does suck that Lucasarts isn't handling the game themselves, though. What, the Wii isn't "next-gen" enough?

Lord Pounder · Post by **Lord Pounder** » 2007-09-18 04:31pm

Holy shit, tomorrow I buy a Wii.

Chardok · Post by **Chardok** » 2007-09-18 05:57pm

Goddammit. I want my fucking "Dead Rising" For the Wii...fucking lightsabers....

Unless....it's a lightsaber game in a mall....KILLING ZOMBIES! That would rock so effing hard.

Vendetta · Post by **Vendetta** » 2007-09-18 07:07pm

Darth Yoshi wrote:Well, they did a fairly decent job with the Spyro reboot, so we'll see how it goes.

Only by comparison with how utterly shit the series had been since Insomniac stopped making them. They're still blah, especially compared to some of the other games that have come out in the platform arena last gen, particularly Jak, Sly, and Ratchet games.

LMSx · Post by **LMSx** » 2007-09-18 08:39pm

This does not seem good at all that a different studio is making Wii/PS2/PSP versions.

Who wants to bet that all three versions have roughly the same graphics?

Chardok · Post by **Chardok** » 2007-09-18 09:43pm

LMSx wrote:This does not seem good at all that a different studio is making Wii/PS2/PSP versions.

Who wants to bet that all three versions have roughly the same graphics?

It's all about the lowest common denominator...we learned that from the last gen games...slap on some anti-aliasing and call it "superior"...damn the gameplay.

Still...I'm encouraged by one thing that the Wii has going for it Namely, what the developer did with The Godfather: Blackhand Edition which made the game infinitely more playable, deep and fun. (Yeah, I LIKE choking the life out of my enemies....)

PainRack · Post by **PainRack** » 2007-09-19 02:01am

Does this mean that we can now officially look like an ass on the Wii now?
Imagine....... An entire generation of gamers going Bzzmmm, vooom kzzt!

Archaic` · Post by **Archaic`** » 2007-09-19 02:12am

We all know what this really needs.....

Wiimote Lightsaber duels over WiFi.

Crown · Post by **Crown** » 2007-09-19 05:48am

Errr ... here's a question; who's developing the PC version of this game ...

Chardok · Post by **Chardok** » 2007-09-19 09:59am

Crown wrote:Errr ... here's a question; who's developing the PC version of this game ...

Wot Eez thees Pee See you speek ov?

Crown · Post by **Crown** » 2007-09-19 10:01am

Chardok wrote:
Crown wrote:Errr ... here's a question; who's developing the PC version of this game ...
Wot Eez thees Pee See you speek ov?

Well I guess that when it does finally cross over, it will suck hard, just like any other made for consol crossover game, simply because it was dumbed down.

Oh well.

Chardok · Post by **Chardok** » 2007-09-19 10:11am

Crown wrote:
Chardok wrote:
Crown wrote:Errr ... here's a question; who's developing the PC version of this game ...
Wot Eez thees Pee See you speek ov?

Well I guess that when it does finally cross over, it will suck hard, just like any other made for consol crossover game, simply because it was dumbed down.

Oh well.

I've accepted that some games simply should not be sent to PC. This *may* be one of them. Dead Rising (I'll never forgive MSFT for not sending that to PC!!!) should not be.

What does Dead Rising have to do with anything? Nothing. I just like zombie games, and think that Zombie and lightsabers are an obvious combination. HELLO?! GAME DEVS?! ARE YOU READING THIS?!

Piss on them if they don't take advantage of my brilliance.

Faqa · Post by **Faqa** » 2007-09-19 12:43pm

A... lightsaber game.... on the... Wii?!

FUCK being critical....

SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is AWESOME.

*begins lightsaber sounds*

Molyneux · Post by **Molyneux** » 2007-09-19 02:33pm

I really, really, really need a Wii.

And hacking up zombies with a lightsabre sounds awesome.

Temjin · Post by **Temjin** » 2007-09-19 04:23pm

Meh. A Star Wars game being developed by "Krome Studios"? Well, let's see what else Krome has developed:

* Championship Surfer, (DC, PS1, PC, 2000)
* Extremely Goofy Skateboarding, (PC, 2001)
* Barbie Beach Vacation, (PC, 2001)
* Sunny Garcia Surfing, (PS2, 2001)
* Ty the Tasmanian Tiger, (GCN, PS2, XBox, 2002, 2002)
* Barbie Sparkling Ice Show, (PC, 2002)
* The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron Boy Genius: Jet Fusion, (GCN, PS2, 2003)
* Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 2: Bush Rescue, (GCN, PS2, XBox, GBA, 2004)
* King Arthur, (GCN, PS2, XBox, 2004)
* Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 3: Night of the Quinkan, (GCN, PS2, XBox, GBA, 2005)
* The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning, (GCN, PS2, Xbox, GBA, 2006)

Oh yeah, this won't be a cheap cash in at all.

And why is there so much excitement over the lightsaber duels? We've already had a sword fighting game on the Wii. It was called Red Steel. The duels sucked ass. Why do you think this will be any better?

Why do you think this cash in will be good at all?

Archaic` · Post by **Archaic`** » 2007-09-19 08:58pm

Because Red Steel didn't map sword movements exactly, and only used canned movements, while this one is apparently going to do it properly?

Panzer Grenadier · Post by **Panzer Grenadier** » 2007-09-20 01:10am

I will happily await the release of the xbox 360 version which will feature excellent graphics, a far superior physics engine. Of course I will miss out on the "revolutionary" Wii controls which consist of flicking your wrist left or write to swing your light saber instead of pressing x. Amazing!

Praxis · Post by **Praxis** » 2007-09-20 01:10am

Archaic` wrote:while this one is apparently going to do it properly?

Says who?