Spore Headed to Wii

[squall_vb]

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6181823.html?om_act=convert&om_clk=newstop&tag=newstop;title;1

I think Mr. Wright should check with Mr. Perry and see what he thinks of Spore. Because, as we all know, if he doesn't like a game, it's just plain not gonna sell. This is clearly evidenced by the dastardly sales of the Wii.

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Oh shit, sorry about that guys. I think I just had a fanboyish moment. I tend to black out and do crazy things sometimes. The last time that happened was in '06 when I voted for a democrat. I was washing my hands under scalding water for the rest of the week.

[Wildcat]

Big news indeed. The fact that Spore is appearing on the Wii was enough to catch my eye...the game itself has been a low blip on my gaming radar for some time now. Surely won't look as nice...

[James]

Ok, Wii Spore has my attention. If they can keep it as the full game, and not a stripped-down console-fied version, I'm all over it.

James

[Frogacuda]

Andrew's obsession with Dave Perry is starting to scare me.

Also, the Wii is not a next gen system.

And Spore's lead platform is going to be the PC. Stop fronting.

[jp]

But the Wii IS a next-gen system...



... last gen. :rimshot:

[Frogacuda]

Would you really call it a generation ahead of Gamecube.

Wii is in the same gen as 360 the way SuperGrafx is the same gen as Playstation.

[jp]

Would you really call it a generation ahead of Gamecube.

Wii is in the same gen as 360 the way SuperGrafx is the same gen as Playstation.

Aldynes was fucking awesome! :####:

[Frogacuda]

It was awesome. And also only slightly better looking than what was on TG-16.

[lordsnarf]

"The Wii feels like a major jump--not that the graphics are more powerful, but that it hits a completely different demographic," he continued. "In some sense I see the Wii as the most significant thing that's happened, at least on the console side, in quite a while."

*Sniff Sniff* Does anyone else smell money passing hands?

[Frogacuda]

Honestly, I do think that Spore is probably a good match for the Wii's target audience. Wright's games are among the few that appeal to the casual as well as the initiated.

[NeoZeedeater]

Would you really call it a generation ahead of Gamecube.

Wii is in the same gen as 360 the way SuperGrafx is the same gen as Playstation.
I don't think parallels that well. The SuperGrafx came out in 1989 in the early part of the 16-bit console era while the Wii did come out a generation after the GC timewise.

I think console generations have always been defined as much by when they are released on the market as technology.

DC-PS2-GC-Xbox = last gen.

360-Wii-PS3 = current gen.

? = next gen.

[Frogacuda]

The wii didn't come out a year after the GameCube, but it could have, That's my point. It's not a generation ahead in anything but time.

[James]

I think discussing the Wii's place in comparison to the current round of hardware is more than a bit pointless. It's here for at least the next several years, we know what it can do, and there's really not much more to say. Gamecube 1.5 plus motion controls = five whole words.

James

[Hunter]

Awesome, if it's the full game, I'm getting it. One more reason the Wii>>Frog :p