Oh Capcom...

gamingeek said:

What is up with this Indy interview?

GS: How will the game differ between platforms in terms of gameplay?

MV/JS: On the DS the player will use the stylus for navigation, puzzle solving, and combat. Additionally, the microphone is used in both single-player and multiplayer cipher labyrinth gameplay. The PSP utilizes Havok in physics-based environmental challenges where the gameplay can be different each time you play it depending on what you do. On the PS2 you'll be able to use the analog stick to bring whipped enemies in close for a little payback. And on the Wii the player will "be" Indiana Jones by utilizing the gesture system of the Wii Remote and Nunchuk. You'll be able to steer vehicles, fly planes, drive tanks, and escape sudden death in a raft. Players will also be able to play co-op with a friend in a separate storyline as well as unlocking two- to four-player versus mode. And last but definitely not least, you are able to unlock the classic Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis game and play it for the first time ever on the Wii platform!

Why make the PSP game based on physics when you have a system that can handle physics based object manipulation and has more power in the Wii. No its just gestures based waggle. The stupidity is mind boggling.

maybe that is there for the Wii (and ps2) version  as well he just had to find something to say about the psp to make it sound special ... seriously what could you say about the psp version of a game to make it sound special if you were pressed to do it?  what about what he said about the ps2 version ... oohhh look dual analog, pull guys close for payback!!! yay?

anyway who cares about this game?

bugsonglass said:

maybe that is there for the Wii (and ps2) version  as well he just had to find something to say about the psp to make it sound special ... seriously what could you say about the psp version of a game to make it sound special if you were pressed to do it?  what about what he said about the ps2 version ... oohhh look dual analog, pull guys close for payback!!! yay?

anyway who cares about this game?

I'm starting to care. The yahoo screens looked much better and having played Disaster DOC this looks sort of fun, but the big plus is having fate of atlantis on there.

http://uk.gamespot.com/wii/action/indianajonesandthestaffofkings/news.html?sid=6207400

They have a video here of Fate of Atlantis here on Wii.

This is from the interview too:

GS: Did the platform decisions affect development?

MV/JS: Because we wanted to utilize all of the available features that each of the platforms allows, we went about designing the game from the ground up on the DS, PSP, and Wii while using the same overarching story. This allowed us more freedom to really perfect the gameplay that would make the game stand out on each platform: stylus-based combat on the DS, amazing use of physics-based puzzles on the PSP, elaborate environmental HotSet usage on the PS2, and innovative gesture system for the whip on the Wii.

Reggie on selling 3rd party Wii games

Fils-Aime:  In the end, the developer needs to create the content, make it world-class. They need to market it and make it available, make it known to as many consumers as possible, to take advantage of the opportunity. And we hope that that continues not only on E- and E 10-rated content, but on T- and M-rated content.

This is so simple but so many developers dont do it.

bugsonglass said:

gamingeek said:

Reggie on selling 3rd party Wii games

Fils-Aime:  In the end, the developer needs to create the content, make it world-class. They need to market it and make it available, make it known to as many consumers as possible, to take advantage of the opportunity. And we hope that that continues not only on E- and E 10-rated content, but on T- and M-rated content.

This is so simple but so many developers dont do it.

true, but maybe nintendo could help with the 'make it known' bit.  some publishers don't have the means for extensive advertising and aren't big enough to have their own booths at events etc.  i'm not saying nintendo should pay for their advertising (though they could if they wanted to be nice) but they could at least name check a few key 3rd party developed games at important events instead of doing half hour presentations of wii music.  they could also give them more time and space on the Nintendo channel ... instead of showing me bloody adam & joe tell me about brain training or whatever.

they helped ubisoft at the beginning by pushing games like red steel and rayman and the rabbits because they thought it would help the wii to launch with a seemingly strong line up of titles.  look how well those games sold!  

Look at a game like professor layton, Nintendo published it for the west (Level 5 went it alone in japan and were rewarded) and pushed it to massive best seller status.  had somebody else published the game nintendo would have happily let it sink to obscurity.

so while what reggie is saying is true, i think nintendo could make a huge difference by helping some more 3rd party games with making them known to consumers

I've noticed here in the UK, Microsoft have to be paying for some advertising here, a good chunk too as multiformat games like RE5 and GTA IV make it look like its a 360 exclusive or something and it always advertises the console at the end of them.

I think that Nintendo could pay for more supportive marketing but I think that developers have to firstly make a triple A commercially viable game in the first place and market it well themselves. There is no point in making a great niche game and wondering why it doesn't sell or making a game that isn't AAA and then wondeirng why it doesn't sell.

Companies like Capcom can spend $20 million advertising Lost Planet and then spend $1 m advertising Okami in print only and wonder why it doesn't sell?

I'm sitting here halfway across the world and I've got RE5 adverts on my rental dvds. Where is that for other games? Companies have priorities but there is a level of support that is lacking for some titles over others and they can't expect people to go out and purchase games en masse if it doesn't even appear that the publisher can effectively communicate why we should buy their titles in the first place.

April 4th, 2009 -- Capcom of Japan is proud to announce Street Fighter Babies for the Nintendo Wii Console! This collection of mini-games includes many modern takes on cIassic gaming, including SF Brute Racing, Dhalsim Apple Picking, The Akuma Candy Toss, and Happy Hadouken Dodge Ball. Up to Four players can compete using the Wii Remote controllers. Waggle the remote to make Baby Blanka prance faster! Do an underhanded toss to appease the grumpy Akuma with his favorite Blood Candy! Aim that Hadouken carefully using the Wii Remote's pointer functions! Including a roster of over 24 characters, some old and some playable for the first time in a Street Fighter game, there's sure to be a character for you, your mom, even Grandpa! Featuring Downloadable content over the Nintendo Shop Channel and Online Leaderboards over Nintendo's Wi-Fi Service to compare your scores against players across the world, this truly is the game all Wii Street Fighter fans have been waiting for!

Ravenprose said:

Street Fighter Babies? WTH? I hope this is a late April Fool's joke, but I wouldn't put anything past Crapcom.

C'mon like it hasn't been done before!

phantom_leo said:

Ravenprose said:

Street Fighter Babies? WTH? I hope this is a late April Fool's joke, but I wouldn't put anything past Crapcom.

C'mon like it hasn't been done before!

For the record I hated Puzzle Fighter.  Still don't get why people gush all over this.  

Oh and what gave the joke away immediately is that this would have still been an original game for the Wii.  Capcom doesn't do that.  Just remakes, revamps, and ports.  

robio said:

Oh and what gave the joke away immediately is that this would have still been an original game for the Wii.  Capcom doesn't do that.  Just remakes, revamps, and ports.  

Ah, Zack and Wiki say, "Hello."

Ravenprose said:

robio said:

Oh and what gave the joke away immediately is that this would have still been an original game for the Wii.  Capcom doesn't do that.  Just remakes, revamps, and ports.  

Ah, Zack and Wiki say, "Hello."

True.  You've found the one exception.  And if I may go out on an unpopular the limb that game is one of the most overrated games of this generation on any console.  It was no different than half a dozen other single level adventure games from over a decade earlier, yet people wouldn't shut up about how unique it was.  

Ravenprose said:

 I just like being a smart ass.

 Finally you admit it.