TheMoon
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UPDATE: NOW WITH GAMEPLAY FOOTAGE ZOMG!!! (at bottom of OP)
From: http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/10/10/more-cancelled-star-wars-games-revealed
Summary from GoNintendo: http://www.gonintendo.com/s/239272-...rs-trilogy-for-wii-but-the-project-was-canned
Direct link to video (Nintendo Voice Chat podcast excerpt, not gameplay footage!): http://www.ign.com/videos/2014/10/10/more-cancelled-star-wars-games-revealed-nvc-podcast
Related NVC episode thread: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=133778606
Now excuse me while I go cry in a corner.
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UPDATE
FOOTAGE
http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/10/13/cancelled-star-wars-rogue-squadron-wii-game-footage-found
/faints
From: http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/10/10/more-cancelled-star-wars-games-revealed
Summary from GoNintendo: http://www.gonintendo.com/s/239272-...rs-trilogy-for-wii-but-the-project-was-canned
Direct link to video (Nintendo Voice Chat podcast excerpt, not gameplay footage!): http://www.ign.com/videos/2014/10/10/more-cancelled-star-wars-games-revealed-nvc-podcast
Related NVC episode thread: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=133778606
The trilogy would have included Star Wars: Rogue Squadron, Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader, and Star Wars Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike, all updated for Wii.
- originally in the works for the Xbox
- Factor 5 became interested in motion controls on Wii
- the team decided to resurrect the Xbox Star Wars Trilogy project for Wii
- the team salvaged the code and started bringing the game over
- the project was 50% done on Xbox
- all control schemes were supported, including GameCube controller and various peripherals
- you could even use the Wii wheel to control your X-Wing, using the balance board for pedals
- revamped content included speeder bike racing levels, third-person action sequences, and lightsaber battles
- lightsaber battles used 1:1 motion controls
- all-new graphics engine running at 60 frames per second
- the project was completed, but then cancelled
- cancellation is blamed on the financial crisis of 2008
- other publishers tried to help out
- unfortunately, financial hardship, legal snafus and budgetary restrictions killed the game
- Julian Eggebrecht, former president of Factor 5 loves the Wii U, but its unpredictable trajectory and licensing troubles in general make a new Star Wars Wii U game unlikely
Now excuse me while I go cry in a corner.
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UPDATE
FOOTAGE
http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/10/13/cancelled-star-wars-rogue-squadron-wii-game-footage-found
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