• Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.

Wii Party Makeshift |OT|

S

ShockingAlberto

Member
Stumpokapow said:
But it is aimed at us. Most of us have played at least one or two Mario Party games. Most of us didn't like Mario Party 8 and would love a party board game for the Wii. I do think it's a bit premature to complain about a game that hasn't really been revealed much yet, but unlike GAF's gnashing of teeth about Wii Fit or Ubisoft's My <x> Coach series, I think this is absolutely a game targeted at many people here.
Click to expand...
I don't know that it's so much aimed at us or is a shotgun blast that includes us.
 
M

m3k

Member
seady said:
Nintendo definitely made less Mario themed spinoff this generation.
They seem to reposition Mario back into a platformer and not an athletic, party animal or whatever.
Click to expand...

they have mii's to replace now... generic nintendo characters/avatars have been around a while now but its a good thing if mario use is scaled back to more core mario games

and since everyone has played wii sports the mii's and their character style is accepted
 
N

[Nintex]

Member
So is this briefing going on right now or is it already over?

Last time we got both The Last Story and Xenoblade.
 
C

Cosmonaut X

Member
[Nintex] said:
So is this briefing going on right now or is it already over?

Last time we got both The Last Story and Xenoblade.
Click to expand...

It's half 9 at night in Tokyo, so I think this is done and we're just getting snippets from it now. I'd hope there might be a bit more to come yet.
 
G

GrotesqueBeauty

Banned
Baconbitz said:
I dont see that happening. There is a 99.9 % chance of this being released in America.
Click to expand...
So what you're saying is that there's a chance it won't be released. That's a relief.

[Nintex] said:
So is this briefing going on right now or is it already over?

Last time we got both The Last Story and Xenoblade.
Click to expand...
I'm holding out for a Wii Music 2 announcement. Hell yeah!
 
B

Baconbitz

Banned
GrotesqueBeauty said:
So what you're saying is that there's a chance it won't be released. That's a relief.

I'm holding out for a Wii Music 2 announcement. Hell yeah!
Click to expand...
I mean that there is 99.9% chance of it coming out in the states.
 
N

[Nintex]

Member
Cosmonaut X said:
It's half 9 at night in Tokyo, so I think this is done and we're just getting snippets from it now. I'd hope there might be a bit more to come yet.
Click to expand...
Nice, those investors Q&A things are mostly very interesting and I guess that everyone will ask Iwata about the 3DS and why Hishi no Kirby is on the release lists again. It's their money he's pumping into some Kirby game for the last 6 years or so. :lol
 
D

Diablohead

Member
JKBii said:
This is bullshit. Mario Party > *
Click to expand...
vo7mmh.gif
 
M

Mt Heart Attack

Member
My Wii parties with friends are getting stale, so a new quality (?) party game is welcome.

Hopefully it supports Motion Plus.

And yeah, I immediately thought that this game could be positioned as a Wii Play 2 of sorts (including Wiimote+MotionPlus bundle).
 
S

Stumpokapow

listen to the mad man
[Nintex] said:
So is this briefing going on right now or is it already over?

Last time we got both The Last Story and Xenoblade.
Click to expand...

Cosmonaut X said:
It's half 9 at night in Tokyo, so I think this is done and we're just getting snippets from it now. I'd hope there might be a bit more to come yet.
Click to expand...

the entire transcript of the briefing is online in english and was well before either of you posted :p
 
J

jay

Member
Seriously, I play casual games but this is a little disappointing coming from Nintendo. Years into Wii's life I'd like to see new, exciting things being done with motion control, not something so lacking in inspiration. Maybe at E3 they'll show some innovative or even revolutionary software, but this seems like Nintendo "doing the easy." And they couldn't have chosen a more generic name. I hope Wii Shooter comes out next.

Maybe I'm overreacting and had this been called Mario Party 431 I wouldn't have cared about it.
 
A

AdventureRacing

Member
Would of prefered mario party but im not to worried. I have been looking forward to a GOOD party game.

My only concern is that this game will be ugly like some other wii_ games like wii fit.

Edit:
jay said:
Years into Wii's life I'd like to see new, exciting things being done with motion control, not something so lacking in inspiration.
Click to expand...

We haven't seen the game so we have no idea what sort of motion control ideas are being used.
 
S

Starchasing

Member
jay said:
Seriously, I play casual games but this is a little disappointing coming from Nintendo. Years into Wii's life I'd like to see new, exciting things being done with motion control, not something so lacking in inspiration. Maybe at E3 they'll show some innovative or even revolutionary software, but this seems like Nintendo "doing the easy." And they couldn't have chosen a more generic name. I hope Wii Shooter comes out next.

Maybe I'm overreacting and had this been called Mario Party 431 I wouldn't have cared about it.
Click to expand...

all we know is that is a party game... we dont know how is it handled

i expect a far better wiplay for more people... so i expect it to be very simple games yet very polished


on the other hand the game BINGO ins mentioned so mmm
 
J

jay

Member
AdventureRacing said:
We haven't seen the game so we have no idea what sort of motion control ideas are being used.
Click to expand...

Fair enough but I remain skeptical that the motion control in a game containing such innovative ideas as Bingo, Roulette and a love tester will be anything groundbreaking.
 
S

Sammy Samusu

Member
Mt Heart Attack said:
? Seems like America to me.

edit: there is even a soccer ball in Brazil:p
Click to expand...
Didn't noticed it was a globe, lol. Yes, pretty much Brazil, Amazon forest and soccer, missing hot girls, though.
 
C

Cosmonaut X

Member
The other interesting question is who will be developing this. Which team is free at the moment? I doubt this will be outsourced to Hudson (all Wii xxx games so far have been EAD-developed, haven't they?).
 
S

Starchasing

Member
TunaLover said:
Mario Party with Miis :D
Hopefully it take advantage of the M+ and vitality sensor.
Click to expand...

it has a love tester "game" so probably it will use the vitality ...also some one earlier posted a pic of a love tester gadget from nintendo sooo
 
T

thefro

Member
nincompoop said:
*Insert snarky Call of Duty comment here*
Click to expand...

Iwata actually mentioned Call of Duty a couple times in the investor's briefing as an example of a rare game on competitor's console that had a "long tail".
 
M

Mael

Member
jay said:
Fair enough but I remain skeptical that the motion control in a game containing such innovative ideas as Bingo, Roulette and a love tester will be anything groundbreaking.
Click to expand...

vitality sensor?
ok i got nothing...
 
Yoshi

Yoshi

Headmaster of Console Warrior Jugendstrafanstalt
I think it's good that they don't use Mario for this. While Mario might've helped the game, imo it's better for the brand's value if he's kept away from such games as much as possible.

And @Diablos54: Why does my browser show me two different gifs of that red-haired girl on the same page as your avatar?
 
W

wrowa

Member
I hope this isn't planned to be Nintendo's big holiday game this year. Sure, Nintendo hasn't developed a real party game in years, but the 3rd parties have flooded the market with cheap ones. I wouldn't take it for granted that Nintendo's casual audience will get excited over yet another minigame collection just because it has the word "Wii" in its title.

This kinda reminds me of Wii Music...
 
T

TunaLover

Member
Starchasing said:
it has a love tester "game" so probably it will use the vitality ...also some one earlier posted a pic of a love tester gadget from nintendo sooo
Click to expand...

My bad, I missed that post =P
 
S

Stumpokapow

listen to the mad man
Cosmonaut X said:
The other interesting question is who will be developing this. Which team is free at the moment? I doubt this will be outsourced to Hudson (all Wii xxx games so far have been EAD-developed, haven't they?).
Click to expand...

except *snorts* wii chess, yes

ead1 hasn't done anything since mario kart wii
ead2 hasn't done anything since wii sports resort (and they did ws / wp / wm / wsr, so they're the leading candidates)
ead3 is on zelda wii
ead4 just released nsmb wii so it'll be a while for them
ead5 did wii fit plus, no idea what they're working on now
ead tokyo is on galaxy 2

so it could really be 1, 2, or 5 depending on dev time
 
J

jibblypop

Banned
I like the Mario Party games so if it's as good as some of those were then I will grab this. If not, then I won't. No big deal really.
I don't see a problem in Nintendo making more of these as long as it's entertaining.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

Nippon Ichi Software PlayStation era games now available for PC – Bishoujo Hanafuda Kikou, Jigsaw Island, The Onitaiji!!, and SatelliTV
News Platform
1
520
near replied
Baldur’s Gate 3’s Patch 7 is live, huge patch notes!
2
66
5K
Cyberpunkd replied
Phil Spencer interview - Says that their intent is for all Xbox games, including Call of Duty, to be available on Xbox Game Pass Day One
2 3
102
9K
Kenneth Haight replied
The "I survived development hell" club (7 years+) of games (2024 edition)
36
2K
Holammer replied
Did anyone else think that the Nintendo Wii was going to be the best selling console ever back then?
39
4K
Eddie-Griffin replied
Top Bottom