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Thomper · Feb 27, 2007

English developer Data Design Interactive has recieved the license to develop and publish Wii-games from Nintendo, and has decided to celebrate this by porting twelve of their PS2 and PC-efforts over to Wii. Six of these games will release in Q2, the other half in the second half of 2007.

The first six to appear are:

Billy the Wizard
Its no fairytale when theres an evil force around. Use your magical spells to attack evil dragons that have taken over the skies above The Wizards Castle. Or take part in the sorcerers ultimate challenge as you race alongside other wizards in the enchanting Broomstick Grand Prix.

Myth Makers Super Kart GP
Fantastic friendly fun and mad cartoon racing, rolled into lots of exciting challenges against characters, with unique abilities. Challenge your friends to leagues, cups or time trails or face a solo challenge to try to defeat the evil Mumbra.

Anubis II
The evil spirit has risen again and taken physical form. A Pharaohs Curse has been placed over the fastest, strongest and most poisonous of Egypts inhabitants. The Gods have called on the only warrior that could rid the sands of these evil monsters and return peace to Egypt The mighty Anubis.

Ninjabread Man
Candy Land is under attack! This once sweet and tasty land has been taken over by hordes of snapping Cup Cakes, Angry Bees and Jelly Monsters. Only one man can stop this evil army of monster cakes. Hes one tough cookie; a guy that wont crumble under the pressure...... Ninjabread Man is here!

Monster Trux Extreme
This is the super-charged turbo-driven world of Monster Trux Extreme - you and your friends will be racing huge V8 powered Monster Trucks around rugged terrain, including islands and volcanoes. Race well and earn prize money, which you can use to unlock extra Trucks, levels and bonus features.

Elviz: Rock N Roll Adventures
Bash and Trash crazed instruments with Elviz's legendary guitar, or strum those strings for a bolt of Sonic Power to blast away Deadly Drums, Run, Push, Swipe and Jump your way through the massive levels with moving objects, intelligent enemies and hidden rooms! Its time to ROCK N ROLL!

Stewart Green MD of Data Design Interactive, said:

We have been developers for the past 24 years and we have seen many new consoles but the Nintendo Wii controller is exciting. Rather than just offering faster graphics and more memory this is the first real innovation in hardware, and because of the ease of use and dynamic control we can see both new games and new players being brought into the games market. Our Mythmakers range of titles have sold over half a million units and with their family friendly and cartoon style they are ideally suited to this Nintendo market, but we are not playing safe. Of the 12 titles we have planned for release we also have the 18 rated EARACHE EXTREME METAL RACING. A Death metal music game, which will open up the Wii to a whole new market.

Edit: seems the guys who wrote the pressrelease have slight problems with counting, as there's actually even 13 Wii-games listed, as you might see.

Link648099 · Feb 27, 2007

:lol

But seriously, if developers want to spend resources on such things, given the possibility that maybe ONE of them will turn into something more than shovelware, Nintendo doesn't care.

Alec · Feb 27, 2007

Ninjabread Man will be so awesome, it needs TWO threads.

Defuser · Feb 27, 2007

I can only say this ....

:/

leesmapman · Feb 27, 2007

When I read Anibus II, I thought of ZOE.

Woo-Fu · Feb 27, 2007

Reggie, this wasn't the third party support we were talking about.

Jeff-DSA · Feb 27, 2007

If you don't buy Ninjabread Man, you hate gaming.

Haunted · Feb 27, 2007

Looks like the Wii really is the true successor of the PS2.

brain_stew · Feb 27, 2007

Damn they don't hang around. The graphics of most of these titles don't hold a candle to many 1st generation Dreamcast games.

Fallout-NL · Feb 27, 2007

Haunted_One said:
Looks like the Wii really is the true successor of the PS2.

Except the PS2 also had some good games to make up for the rest of its library.

cw_sasuke · Feb 27, 2007

Fallout-NL said:
Except the PS2 also had some good games to make up for the rest of its library.

3months after release ?

Cosmonaut X · Feb 27, 2007

Fallout-NL said:
Except the PS2 also had some good games to make up for the rest of its library.

...Wow. Is that perhaps the weakest troll of 2007?

Thomper · Feb 27, 2007

Billy the Wizard also wants your love, guys!

Some might remember him as Barry Hatter! http://www.1up.com/do/previewPage?cId=3145122&did=1

Koomaster · Feb 27, 2007

Matt was right, I had no idea these games were coming to Wii.

izakq · Feb 27, 2007

zsidane · Feb 27, 2007

Woo-Fu said:
Reggie, this wasn't the third party support we were talking about.

:lol:lol:lol

And yeah, looks like the Wii is the next PS2.

Eteric Rice · Feb 27, 2007

"I'll cut you, foo..."

ShockingAlberto · Feb 27, 2007

Fallout-NL said:
Except the PS2 also had some good games to make up for the rest of its library.

Hmm. Let's see. The PS2 came out in America in October 2000. So, let's look at the end of February to see how many PS2 games were good within a few months of release.

Hmm. I guess maybe you could count DOA2, if you were in to that sort of thing. There's an SSX title, but the Wii doesn't have anything like that, clearly. Oh, hey, Rayman. Previous gen up-ports ftw, eh?

Pureauthor · Feb 27, 2007

Forget Super Mario Galaxy. Ninjabread Man is where it's at.

And I'm only half-kidding.

HyperZone<3 · Feb 27, 2007

a couple of those are Monkey Ball clones, so there exisits the possibility that they might be somewhat fun to play.

ToxicAdam · Feb 27, 2007

No Gizmondo ports? I was hoping for Sticky Ballz Redux.

drohne · Feb 27, 2007

nintendo turned into popcap so gradually i didn't even notice

ToxicAdam · Feb 27, 2007

Popcap only charges 10-20 dollars for their games.

Cosmonaut X · Feb 27, 2007

drohne said:
nintendo turned into popcap so gradually i didn't even notice

Nope - I was obviously wrong, this is the worst troll of 2007

Haunted · Feb 27, 2007

Cosmonaut X said:
Nope - I was obviously wrong, this is the worst troll of 2007

Well, it's drohne, so what did you expect. :/ He's no drinky, that's for sure.

:Motorbass · Feb 27, 2007

Parl · Feb 27, 2007

A developer that will never make any non-games.. This is what it's all about.

Luckyman · Feb 27, 2007

:lol

Nintendo just does not care..

Bloodwake · Feb 27, 2007

Oh well.

With widened third party support, you get shit and you get some good third parties. That's just how the cookie crumbles.

Parl · Feb 27, 2007

Luckyman said:
:lol

Nintendo just does not care..

It's not their problem.

Ranger X · Feb 27, 2007

Cosmonaut X said:
Nope - I was obviously wrong, this is the worst troll of 2007

:lol :lol

Tron999 · Feb 27, 2007

What happened to the nintendo seal of assurance/quality?

Although, Ninjabread Man looks like its worth a rental from gamefly.

golduck342 · Feb 27, 2007

I can't wait for Ninjabread Man.

Eteric Rice · Feb 27, 2007

Bloodwake said:
Oh well.

With widened third party support, you get shit and you get some good third parties. That's just how the cookie crumbles.

:lol

It looks like another cookie-cutter platformer to me. :lol

Like the hat? · Feb 27, 2007

Holy Cowboy, Ninjabread Man will be a million seller.

Neomoto · Feb 27, 2007

Awesome.

Pureauthor · Feb 27, 2007

Eteric Rice said:
:lol

It looks like another cookie-cutter platformer to me. :lol

Oh, don't be so crusty. It might be good!

Conrad Link · Feb 27, 2007

Ninjabread Man could be bigger than Halo 3.

Red Blaster · Feb 27, 2007

ShockingAlberto said:
Hmm. Let's see. The PS2 came out in America in October 2000. So, let's look at the end of February to see how many PS2 games were good within a few months of release.

Hmm. I guess maybe you could count DOA2, if you were in to that sort of thing. There's an SSX title, but the Wii doesn't have anything like that, clearly. Oh, hey, Rayman. Previous gen up-ports ftw, eh?

PS2 had the advantage of being next gen when it came out.

60_gig_PS3 · Feb 27, 2007

so these games are already out for PS2. Why have I never seen them?

DarknessTear · Feb 27, 2007

60_gig_PS3 said:
so these games are already out for PS2. Why have I never seen them?

Because they only come out in places where people would actually buy them out of desperation!

Haunted · Feb 27, 2007

JodyAnthony said:
Holy Cowboy, Ninjabread Man will be a million seller.

No popular movie-license, no million seller.

IfAllElseFailsUseFire · Feb 27, 2007

Woo-Fu said:
Reggie, this wasn't the third party support we were talking about.

notmyproblem.jpg

kammy · Feb 27, 2007

It is, as the prophecy said.

Wii is the gaming ghettoe :*(

immy · Feb 27, 2007

Cosmonaut X said:
post of the thread

:lol

Haunted · Feb 27, 2007

DarknessTear said:
Because they only come out in places where people would actually buy them out of desperation!

Walmart?

Zerodoppler · Feb 27, 2007

Why did people want third party support for Nintendo platforms again?

plagiarize · Feb 27, 2007

ninja... bread...

genius.

Nathan Barley · Feb 27, 2007

Oh hooray.

Another truck racing game for Wii.

Wii needs more truck racing games.

3 in the launch window just doesn't cut it.

Honestly. What's up with these truck racing things. I've gone 27 years without ever seeing one before, and then 3 come along at once. Like buses.

Actually, trucks are quite alot like buses.

What a great analogy.

I'm great.

GreenNight · Feb 27, 2007

jerks, i had my thread first but this one is better ;/

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