As people might be aware, LEGO City Undercover released last month on the WiiU, after being announced at E3 2011 for the WiiU. The game sits at a score of 80 on metacritic.
In the beginning, me and many others saw it as just another Lego game and I'm sure many people on GAF still think so. However, if you have been following the official thread, you know that almost everyone who has been playing the game really loves it, especially for its funny writing and the fact that the city is filled to the brim with stuff to do. I almost never get from point A to B without being sidetracked for hours at times. Just exploring the city because something caught my eye while I was driving through the city is just so fun in this game.
In fact, some people in the OT have been saying that the game feels like a Nintendo game in many aspects.
Thanks to Aquamarine we know why people feel like this. Nintendo was heavily involved in the creation of the game, helping TT Fusion in many ways. I'll quote Aquamarines post here which shows Nintendos involvement from the credits of Lego City Undercover:
It is just my personal opinion, but I really think that Lego City Undercover is the best Lego game TT Games have done so far. It has it flaws, mainly the loading times which can be bad at times, the typical Lego handholding and some spots where the framerate doesn't stay at 30 fps, but overall it is and amazing experience. And I am convinced that Nintendos involvement played a huge part in the overall quality of the game.
Which is why I will be looking forward to Nintendo's future collaborations with third party developers on the WiiU. I know that right know the third party situation for the WiiU doesn't really look that hot, but as long as Nintendo can secure awesome exclusives like this one through collaborations with other developers, like they seem to be doing (SMTxFE being a good example), I am sure the future will have some great titles in store for the console.
In the beginning, me and many others saw it as just another Lego game and I'm sure many people on GAF still think so. However, if you have been following the official thread, you know that almost everyone who has been playing the game really loves it, especially for its funny writing and the fact that the city is filled to the brim with stuff to do. I almost never get from point A to B without being sidetracked for hours at times. Just exploring the city because something caught my eye while I was driving through the city is just so fun in this game.
In fact, some people in the OT have been saying that the game feels like a Nintendo game in many aspects.
Thanks to Aquamarine we know why people feel like this. Nintendo was heavily involved in the creation of the game, helping TT Fusion in many ways. I'll quote Aquamarines post here which shows Nintendos involvement from the credits of Lego City Undercover:
It is just my personal opinion, but I really think that Lego City Undercover is the best Lego game TT Games have done so far. It has it flaws, mainly the loading times which can be bad at times, the typical Lego handholding and some spots where the framerate doesn't stay at 30 fps, but overall it is and amazing experience. And I am convinced that Nintendos involvement played a huge part in the overall quality of the game.
Which is why I will be looking forward to Nintendo's future collaborations with third party developers on the WiiU. I know that right know the third party situation for the WiiU doesn't really look that hot, but as long as Nintendo can secure awesome exclusives like this one through collaborations with other developers, like they seem to be doing (SMTxFE being a good example), I am sure the future will have some great titles in store for the console.
