New Final Fantasy Game Coming To Wii and DS 61
Eurogamer reports on some good news for fans of the Final Fantasy series: a new game is in development for the Nintendo Wii and DS systems.
"It's said to be titled Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time. ... the game will apparently be playable on both machines at once, thanks to the spiffing new Pollux engine. So, while whoever is the best negotiator/fighter/Wii owner is playing on the big screen, another lucky adventurer can wade in on the DS, presumably following around and summoning Ifrit on their elder siblings. This harks back to the series' origins on DS, with the first CC game enjoying the relative splendour of Gamecube/GBA link-up play."
Re:Not that I want to offend anyone... (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:Not that I want to offend anyone... (Score:3, Interesting)
the only first party game for the Wii I've found that I actually genuinely like is Super Smash Bros Brawl, which has decent production values
Really? My impression from playing SSBB was "the Smash Bros. gameplay has now been through 3 iterations with almost no changes (or significant graphical uplifts) and is now feeling very, very dated."
(Mario Kart Wii - probably the worst "big title" game of 2008 so far on any platform, due to some really dodgy design decisions).
And such as? I don't think the game is perfect -- course designs tend to be a little too much "on rails", rather than freely explorable like the N64 edition, and the Wii Wheel is uncomfortable to use -- but I find it to be one of the best games in the Mario Kart series, and one of the best games released for the Wii thus far.
popular concept that "casual" games are effectively "rushed, low quality" games. The novelty of the controller has worn off now and the Wii won't be the hot, trendy main-stream ticket this coming Christmas that it was last year.
People were saying that a year ago, too, and the Wii was still the hot item of the season.
I will grant you that some circumstances have changed since this time last year -- more and more people who want Wiis have already found and bought them, and there is now an Xbox 360 model that costs even less than the Wii -- but I'm confident that the "novelty" of the system has not "worn off", and that it will likely still be the best-selling console this Christmas.