Oh, it's Tomb Raider then!
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Straight Right (Mass Effect 3 Wii U) porting AAA Square-Enix game to Wii U
- Thread starter Hero of Legend
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Tomb Raider confirmed for WiiU.
Haha the typical, "We'd want to make it unique, so no Wii U for you!" reply.
Dion Blaster
Member
Always the dumbest remark. I wish he could read this and know how fucking stupid he is for saying that.
That said, it's Tomb Raider so not all that disappointing.
Pretty much, they could leave the Gamepad screen black and I'd still want the game, getting the game is better than not getting the game at all me thinks.
Dynamite Ringo Matsuri
Member
In light of the miiverse hack, it should be All the Bravest for the lulz
Her reasoning was that porting Tomb Raider Wii U couldn't begin in June 2012 as the game is being developed for PS360 in another region at the same time. Either the port starts at the same time or after the other versions are completed.
Mihael Mello Keehl
Banned
Maybe its not coming anymore.. When was the last we heard of this month ago?
Interesting tweets posted on Emily's twitter:
https://twitter.com/Emi1yRogers/status/295904664266887168
https://twitter.com/Emi1yRogers/status/295905783177158657
https://twitter.com/Emi1yRogers/status/295905893319585792
https://twitter.com/eidosmontreal/status/271075850148016128 <--read full convo
https://twitter.com/Emi1yRogers/status/295904664266887168
https://twitter.com/Emi1yRogers/status/295905783177158657
https://twitter.com/Emi1yRogers/status/295905893319585792
https://twitter.com/eidosmontreal/status/271075850148016128 <--read full convo
Hero of Legend
Member
All but the bottom are old.
But the bottom is a huge hint, since Emily references it, and she KNOWS which game the port is.
https://twitter.com/Emi1yRogers/status/295906373781307394
So it seems to be 90% certain to be Deux Ex!
It's definitely not Thi4f.
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
Sorry but this screams sloppy seconds. I wish it was a newer game that WiiU owners can anticipate with the rest of us. At this point we've all experienced DX in some form if we wanted to and will be able to buy it for cheap even by the time the WiiU port hits.
grandjedi6
Master of the Google Search
That's weird. Very weird. If true, either Square-Eidos has fully abandoned the WiiU already or Thief 4 has become a next gen only title.
Vyse The Legend
Member
They can't really release a port of a two-year-old game with no new content, right?
Vyse The Legend
Member
Uh, at this point, it's obviously not for the current generation.
Hero of Legend
Member
Better than Tomb Raider, that has disaster written all over it, Deux Ex at least is critically acclaimed isn't it? Maybe we'll get Thief 4 at some point.
honestly, no.
I mean: I'm not a TR reboot fan, but it would be simply better for everyone to see softco spend money in something that makes (little?) sense, than wasting time and resources in a 2 YO port.
Captain Smoker
Member
You can complain about bad sales.
3rd Party Logic.
I mean, the Assassin's Creed III port costs less then a million and they already earn money with it (Wii U), but that isn't a two year old port.
I mean it makes sense about them not doing a Tomb Raider port.
They started in June on the port. Tomb Raider for 360/PS3 doesn't come out till March. That's like 10 months of porting a game. Plus Wii U version wouldn't come out in March, so it would be more like 12 to 15 months of porting. Especially since they have to wait for the final build of the game to finish porting it.
That's a lot of months of porting a game.
They started in June on the port. Tomb Raider for 360/PS3 doesn't come out till March. That's like 10 months of porting a game. Plus Wii U version wouldn't come out in March, so it would be more like 12 to 15 months of porting. Especially since they have to wait for the final build of the game to finish porting it.
That's a lot of months of porting a game.
Everything seems to point to them having moved it to next-gen, yeah.
grandjedi6
Master of the Google Search
Ah. I missed that story. Interesting. I have my doubts about it making holiday then.
It could have been Square's holiday tent pole!
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
Far from it. This is me being sympathetic towards WiiU owners. It's not exactly exciting to get a port of a slightly older game. It's a good game, no doubt, but if this was an upcoming game that released at the same time as other platforms I believe it would be more exciting for WiiU owners.
If it's indeed Deux Ex, I wonder what kind of word games and twisted vocabulary will they use to justify a 60€ pricetag on a 2 years old game that I could buy right now on Steam at 6€...
It could stick as a 15€ (at most) eShop release with all the DLC included, but all signs are pointed to a retail release with the subsequent "third party games don't sell on Nintendo Systems" trying to justify not developing ever again for it in front of shareholders.
It could stick as a 15€ (at most) eShop release with all the DLC included, but all signs are pointed to a retail release with the subsequent "third party games don't sell on Nintendo Systems" trying to justify not developing ever again for it in front of shareholders.
LiveFromKyoto
Member
I already have Deus Ex HR on my Retina Book, which can run it at max everything. It would be kind of a letdown if this were the only bone Square was throwing Nintendo. Also, kind of random at this stage of the game.
Maybe there's a new Deus Ex sequel we don't know about yet?
Maybe there's a new Deus Ex sequel we don't know about yet?
Square-Enix in two years: "We tried supporting WiiU but unfortunately, the audience rejected our product. We feel WiiU users only want software specifically designed for the console. Therefore, we're not developing Tomb Raider: Protecters of the Realm for WiiU."
But Wii U is Next Gen now!
Colonel Mustard
Banned
Porting a two year old game? This seems to be a great use of resources!
michaeltraps
Member
As "blah" as most people are toward Lightning Returns, it would still make the most sense to port that than anything else from SE at this point. Other than Tomb Raider, but that's already been denied.
Vyse The Legend
Member
I would love for this to include an enhanced port of the original Deux Ex.
Multiple people including Karagi have said it's a western game.