NeoGAF

Jammy · 03:24 AM

Is this old?

http://wii.ign.com/articles/768/768580p1.html

Namco Bandai Games revealed to IGN Wii on Tuesday that is planning to bring Space Station Tycoon, the latest in its series of Tycoon simulation titles, to Nintendo's new console. The game is developed by Wahoo Studios, whose last project was the well-received Outpost Kaloki X for Xbox Live Arcade, and Space Station Tycoon shares much in common with its predecessor. Players use the Wii remote to manage galactic space stations, all the while increasing their income. The game comes to life with a unique storyline that revolves around witty banter and humorous plot progression. Space Station Tycoon is set for a summer 2007 release on Wii.

Jonnyram · (02-28-2007, 03:25 AM)

This looks remarkably like Outpost Kaloki... which one is the copy?

Pureauthor · (02-28-2007, 03:26 AM)

With friends like these...

Polari · (02-28-2007, 03:27 AM)

Originally Posted by Jonnyram

This looks remarkably like Outpost Kaloki... which one is the copy?

Erm, this is the semi-sequel.

Jonnyram · (02-28-2007, 03:29 AM)

Reading comprehension FTL, sorry :)

Jammy · (02-28-2007, 03:29 AM)

Some important points...

-They say this game will be much more feature-rich, etc. so this game was planned to be a retaile game from the beginning.
-The developers sound like they can't discuss ANYTHING yet, but they do reveal a co-op mode and say they're looking forward to Wii Connect 24 support.
-The game will be playable with just the Wii Remote.
-Should be released this summer.

Oh My Gawd · (02-28-2007, 03:30 AM)

Not worth price of admission.

puck1337 · (02-28-2007, 03:31 AM)

I'd buy that for $40 or less

Vic · (02-28-2007, 03:31 AM)

Wow, the IGN description and the screenshots have definitely attracted my interest for this game.

chibcicylist · (02-28-2007, 03:32 AM)

Hopefully, this is just another step for a real RTS game on the Wii aside from BWII.

Jammy · (02-28-2007, 03:33 AM)

Originally Posted by VicAlpha

Wow, the IGN description and the screenshots have definitely attracted my interest for this game.

edit: It was an XBLA games?

No. The developer previously did an XBLA game based on the same premise.

pilonv1 · (02-28-2007, 03:36 AM)

Hopefully it's not full priced, and it does well. Outpost was great.

Burnst · (02-28-2007, 03:37 AM)

You will say 'hmm'..

Filter · (02-28-2007, 03:37 AM)

I was hoping to find something more along the lines of the international space station, not ****ing tudor style houses in space.

splattergnome · (02-28-2007, 03:44 AM)

Reading through the interview, it seems like the developers have put a lot of love into the title and are excited about the game and platform. This game could be a good test of strategy games in general for the system. :)

Is this one of Matt's "crazy-awesome" games?

Polari · (02-28-2007, 03:50 AM)

Looks interesting. I hope we see more cursor-based games on Wii, I can't really think of any others at the moment. I think part of it is just that everyone's sort of surprised at how easy and accurate the pointer functionality actually is.

Polari · (02-28-2007, 03:52 AM)

Originally Posted by splattergnome

Reading through the interview, it seems like the developers have put a lot of love into the title and are excited about the game and platform. This game could be a good test of strategy games in general for the system. :)

Is this one of Matt's "crazy-awesome" games?

I doubt it. From that same blog post:

"We'll be announcing a new project or two during the week. Nothing earth-shattering-major, so don't hype yourselves up, but kind of neat all the same."

PROOP · (02-28-2007, 03:57 AM)

Maeby?

GDJustin · (02-28-2007, 03:57 AM)

For some reason when I saw the title I thought of this, and got excited / confused:

Alex · (02-28-2007, 04:02 AM)

The prequel, or whatnot, on XBLA was pretty tepid, IMO. I am a real sucker for Sim-type games but I guess it was a little too...forced? It's like you had no room to really build and act on your own, it all felt so pre-determined.

But, I only played the demo so...

jj984jj · (02-28-2007, 04:39 AM)

IGN Wii: What content changes/additions have been made to Space Station Tycoon versus Outpost Kaloki X?

Jeremy Throckmorton: Space Station Tycoon is not a port of Outpost Kaloki X in any way. It is a full-featured Wii title developed for Namco Bandai Games, so none of the content is from Outpost Kaloki X. I know that sounds like a disclaimer, but we really want to make that as clear as possible.

This looks interesting, I hope it turns out well for them. But most people will probably ignore the game because they made that XBLA game.

Saitou · (02-28-2007, 04:44 AM)

Originally Posted by Jammy

Some important points...

-They say this game will be much more feature-rich, etc. so this game was planned to be a retaile game from the beginning.
-The developers sound like they can't discuss ANYTHING yet, but they do reveal a co-op mode and say they're looking forward to Wii Connect 24 support.
-The game will be playable with just the Wii Remote.
-Should be released this summer.

Put my name down for the hype train, then. I'm sucker for Tycoon games, but co-op? Dayum

Bildi · (02-28-2007, 04:54 AM)

Originally Posted by GDJustin

For some reason when I saw the title I thought of this, and got excited / confused:

Your post makes me more excited that the OP. I didn't like Outpost at all.

JDSN · (02-28-2007, 05:06 AM)

Players are going to be able to build their own stations, instead of being restricted to one we assign them at the beginning of a level. Stations are built out of what we call islands, and there are all sorts of options for players on how to hook up and customize the islands. We have a ton of different environments in the game, and the environments can have very direct gameplay effects. For example, a nova sun can eat away at parts of your station that are exposed to it. Building a station inside a hollowed out asteroid severely limits the area you have to expand your station. Trying to manage a station on the uvula of a giant whale that swallowed you? That presents challenges of its own too. We're quite sure no one is ready for the type of scenarios Shawn will be facing. When you have characters like ours, you need to have a world that works for them.

:lol Sold.

JohnTinker · (02-28-2007, 05:20 AM)

Originally Posted by GDJustin

For some reason when I saw the title I thought of this, and got excited / confused:

Same here, same here :(

Tobor · (02-28-2007, 05:23 AM)

Originally Posted by GDJustin

For some reason when I saw the title I thought of this, and got excited / confused:

ditto. I loved this game.

sangreal · 05:31 AM

http://www.ninjabee.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=2777

:lol

Originally Posted by ninjabee

If we had named the game "Space Station Sim", or something similar, nobody would remember the name. We could make a game called "Space Racer" and you'd have no idea that it was the same license or dev team. But if we make a game called "Kaloki Racer", you'll immediately know it's from the same team and probably happens in the same universe as Outpost Kaloki.

Originally Posted by someguy

Speaking of which, just for fun what do you guys think of Space Station Tycoon

P.S - Outpost Kaloki X was an awesome game. Everyone should try the demo atleast. Best 360 XBLA launch game imo. Also, NinjaBee developed Outpost Kaloki X and Cloning Clyde, not Wahoo (they are the same people, but a different brand - NinjaBee is their indy games division):

Steve: Wahoo Studios is a traditional contract development studio that does work for publishers and other people with money and a project. The NinjaBee name was created around the time we decided to release Outpost Kaloki, as a unique brand with which to label our self-directed Indie efforts. Wahoo and NinjaBee are very much the same people - we don't make a distinction between who works on which projects, but we use the NinjaBee label only for projects we design and create ourselves.

http://www.rampantgames.com/blog/200...ith-steve.html

Drakken · (02-28-2007, 05:31 AM)

Originally Posted by GDJustin

For some reason when I saw the title I thought of this, and got excited / confused:

Me too. I loved that game. :-/

Speevy · (02-28-2007, 05:35 AM)

Sounds good. I'm set either way, but I'd prefer to buy the less expensive XBLA game if it's more or less the same thing.

Gahiggidy · (02-28-2007, 05:38 AM)

Originally Posted by GDJustin

For some reason when I saw the title I thought of this, and got excited / confused:

Why does this have better grafx than the "tycoon" game? At least comparable???

Buffy4ever · (02-28-2007, 06:13 AM)

Originally Posted by Gahiggidy

Why does this have better grafx than the "tycoon" game? At least comparable???

I hope your are joking? That N64 game looks so bad. Space Station Tycoon looks fun.

Lo-Volt · (02-28-2007, 06:15 AM)

Originally Posted by Pureauthor

With friends like these...

Bandai is accomplished, indeed.

woxel1 · (02-28-2007, 06:28 AM)

Hey. Looks interesting.

Ranger X · (02-28-2007, 07:18 AM)

FINALLY someone waking up and pushing some Tycoon game on Wii. I will look closely on this one.

Moz La Punk · (02-28-2007, 08:36 AM)

Yeah, I hope more follows. Imagine rollercoaster tycoon :)

Tempy · (02-28-2007, 08:56 AM)

Outpost Kaloki X was a bit too rigid for my tastes. I prefer something which allows a bit more freedom and creativity. Perhaps they'll address these things with Space Station Tycoon?

My Sims looks promising, and I hope they'll make a SimCity for the Wii as well.

How about a Mario-branded Pizza Tycoon? :P

MrNyarlathotep · (02-28-2007, 09:41 AM)

Cool, I'm a big fan of Outpost Koloki X, even with its broken achievements that are impossible to obtain.

Originally Posted by Alex

The prequel, or whatnot, on XBLA was pretty tepid, IMO. I am a real sucker for Sim-type games but I guess it was a little too...forced? It's like you had no room to really build and act on your own, it all felt so pre-determined.

But, I only played the demo so...

Yeah, the demos misleading - first level is a cakewalk tutorial, then the difficulty is ramped up out of nowhere and you have lots of micromanagement 'juggling' and tweaking of sliders to optimise cost / efficiencies.

I can't think of a single reason why / how this game could be improved using a wiimote though...

platypotamus · (02-28-2007, 09:58 AM)

Originally Posted by JDSN

:lol Sold.

Giant space whale uvula for the win!

Lobster · (02-28-2007, 10:24 AM)

Originally Posted by Gahiggidy

Why does this have better grafx than the "tycoon" game? At least comparable???

Did you want to take the "Blind" part off my username or something?

Kafel · (02-28-2007, 10:25 AM)

It could be fun.

vareon · (02-28-2007, 11:14 AM)

I wasn't expecting anything...but I suppose this could be an enjoyable game.

Neomoto · (02-28-2007, 11:30 AM)

Well this certainly came out of nowhere. Seems like a pretty fun game, I'll keep my eyes on this one.

turkification · (02-28-2007, 12:15 PM)

Simcity 4 Wii version plz.

underfooter · (02-28-2007, 12:18 PM)

This is the type of thing I'd download on wii-ware for about 300 maybe 400 points.

ivysaur12 · (02-28-2007, 01:35 PM)

Yes yes yes! I loved Outpost Kaloki X! This is awesome!

I hope more of these types of games start to appear on the Wii. Small developers making use of the Wiimote with interesting concepts.

Mr. Pointy · (02-28-2007, 01:40 PM)

Could be awesome. I might check this out.

_Alkaline_ · (02-28-2007, 01:41 PM)

Nice, this is something which I want to see more of on Wii.

Haunted · (02-28-2007, 01:45 PM)

I like Tycoon games, but I'm not sure if I should have faith in that developer. How is that Outpost Kaloki game?

Cosmonaut X · (02-28-2007, 01:55 PM)

Originally Posted by underfooter

This is the type of thing I'd download on wii-ware for about 300 maybe 400 points.

So, less than the 500pts/$5 you'd pay for, say, Legend of Zelda or Excitebike? For a brand new, Wii-level, apparently fully-featured game?

kottila · (02-28-2007, 03:09 PM)

These are the kinds of games that the Wii was designed for. Better having weird indie titles which fits to the control than forced ports. Looking forward to hands on previews.