Dust off your Wii. AAA titles are on the way...finally?
by Steven Williamson
on 11 June 2008, 09:10
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Nintendo (TYO:7974),
Wii
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It's still been worth the cash just to play those two games in particular and admittedly I've had some great nights with friends and family playing Wii Sports when it initially launched, but when you've got an Xbox 360 in the house and AAA titles such as Call of Duty 4, Halo 3, Oblivion or Bioshock are in your eye-line, it takes a really great game for me to want to play Nintendo's console.
The good news is that the third party AAA titles may well be coming soon, so says Capcom's Community Specialist:
“Honestly, I think the lack of AAA titles also has a lot to do with a lot of the 3rd parties simply being caught with their pants down. Triple A take a lot of time to develop; Many years in fact. For them to have been announced/released by now, it would have meant that they were in development/planning before/shortly after the Wii was released. However, nobody, besides Nintendo, expected the Wii sales to be so strong, and anyone who did should be buying lottery tickets.
However, the good news is, now that the industry has seen the rise of the Wii, I’m sure many plans and budgets have been shifted and adjusted, and triple A titles should be in their pipeline (though not ready to be announced). This means soon, you should be flooded with the titles from the franchises you’re familiar with, and ones that aren’t just spinoffs.
Have a little patience and faith in the little white console that could. I know I am
Personally, I'm really looking forward to seeing what Infinity Ward do with Call of Duty 5: World at War on Wii. It's first effort with the console wasn't bad, arguably one of the best shooters on the console, but the unwieldy control system and graphics could have been better. Maybe we'll even see an online mode, who knows?
Have faith people, the games are coming!