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Wii-K in Review Jan 18th 08

P

Penguin

Member
http://wiimovies.ign.com/wii/audio/article/846/846606/wiikrev_011708z.mp3

Matt, Mark and Peer step into IGN's recording dungeon to chat about their undying love affair with Wii in this Friday's Wii-k in Review. Topics include a post-analysis of NPD data, Smash Bros.' delay, Wii's 2008 online games, Wii Fit's success in Japan and more. Matt and Mark also offer impression of Bully and Endless Ocean's online mode. Finally, the three place their different bets on the capabilities of Wii 2.
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Always a good listen.

~Edit~
http://wii.ign.com/articles/846/846606p1.html

So they get the hits deserve as well.

-Summaries-
Milabrega said:
Summary:

-Bozon and Matt do incredible voice impression of NeoGaf Wii-k-in-review summary people.
-Decent Chewy impression

NPD Talk:
-They do not know the Pink to Red Breakdown of DS sales. Bozon prefers the pink.
-PS3 sold very well, "Its all those games they had"..... Crickets
-CoD4 is blowing away Halo 3. And Wii Play is pretty close.
-Peer thinks a nintendo track version of guitar hero.
-First has to be guitar hero aerosmith then guitar hero winger?
-Wii games is ten games to every system sold
-Wii software outsold 360 software sales
-No More Heroes- Bozon 75,000. Matt- 60,000+

-Bid farewell to Retro's man

Worms:
-No Online Mode
-3 Months ago a vast online mode was planned
-They would like voice chat

NitroBike:
-6 Players Online
-Was 8 players, originally planned 10, but framerate issues forced the reduction
-Again they want voice chat.

Nintendo's Stance on Voice Chat:
-Nintendo wants parents to listen in on voice chat.
-May not be attached to a persons ear, may be something else.
Bully Wii:
-Same game as the Ps2
-If you liked it then, or were interested and didn't give it a shot do so now
-Rockstar Reps didn't know Brawl would be pushed right around their release

-Bozon takes a great shot at Matt/Perrin/Reggie about the big 3 all coming out by the end of '07

Wiifit:
-Matt; "Aboslutely going to give you a good Workout"
-They think its going to be huge here
-Don't import, a lot of japanese text to get around the game
-May not have a push up counter on the board, that pushup was a part of a compound exercise

Endless Ocean:
-Co-Op online.
-Like a free roaming Pokemon Snap
-You can join a friend's game in progress, they are notified and must surface before you both can dive in.
-You can't swim the vast ocean, you move your boat to a dive spot and go from there. Invisible wall lets keeps you bound in the dive area.
-Cool, Very relaxing, Chill game

Matt and Boz Wii Project:
-Blackout isn't a WiiWare game, its boxed retail.
-A major publisher rep, "dear god Matt, your a father now, we can't have the child's mother dieing in the first minute of the game"

-Peer "My friend told me about this new establisment that opened up in our town in Germany, its $50 Euro, all you can eat/drink and one free prostitute". Bozon and Matt are huge fans of this establishment.
-Bets on Next-Gen Wii Console:

-No company has been as agressive with a wii game since Red Steel.
-Ign to third party publishers "put some damn money and effort into wii games, they'll sell" Big emphasis on that the publishers need to market.

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles
-1:1 controls
-Top 5 Best looking game on the Wii
-May not make it in 2008

-Lots of suprises from Square we'll be suprised (No excitement or attempt to hype in the voice of Matt when he said this)
-What Third-Party games do we Know about? Response: Well theres quite a few.
-DQ:Swords on rails hack and slash not a full DQ game

-Nintendo will eventually announce something, guarentee that it will make you happy, its the light at the end of the tunnel.
-They also expect Pikmin and AC. AC much more than Pikmin.
-Mario Kart Q3 even Q4. Not going to be Q2, but hopefully it is that means they'll have something nice coming this christmas.
-Some developers are looking at JonnyLee ( the wii head and figure tracker guy ), he may not even know it.
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doomed1 said:
damn, i keep forgetting about this. my summary will be posted here

Summary:

NPD
-DS sales rediculous
-Wii sold what it shipped what it sold.
-360 really good
-PS2 & PSP doing well
-PS3 had a good month too
-CoD4 doing awesome. Halo who?
-Halo 3 still year leader. Wii Play close
-really good for Galaxy
-Wii Play is really rediculous. I for one am happy with my "9 fun minigames"
-Mario & Sonic, definately a million seller
-Guitar Hero 3 another good month, can't say the sales.
-Peer: hoped for Nintendo tracks on the Wii
-Wii software sales > 360 software sales for December?!
-GCN hard to make a hit. Wii software getting some 3rd Party units
-don't think that NMH will do too well.
-Farwell to Retro Programmer

Online Modes
-Disappointed about the lack of Worms online
-Nitrobike down to 6 online
-Mario Kart Wii and Super Smash Bros. Brawl
-Brawl may not focus on online
-MK Wii will be awesome.
-BOLD PREDICTIONS: unconventional voice-chat solution coming. not a headset, but works like one. Surfer Girl right?

Bully Wii
-some love it, some hate it
-pretty basic Wii-make
-a few improvements, (graphics, content, etc., etc.)
-more or less the same game, but thats not a bad thing
-kinda screwed about sales though...

Wii Fit
-Big thing, probably will be big here too
-push-up exercise fun but hard. great workout.
-don't import. lots of moonspeak.

Endless Ocean
-online 2 player co-op.
-no voice chat (duh, but bummer)
-communication possible via D-pad menu
-commands and greetings
-long/complicated process of getting online
-your friend can jump in any time you're playing any part of the game
-great babysitter. entrancing. touch the fish. touch the fish...
-above water not so hot. underwater, awesome.
-completely peaceful

Blackout
-not a WiiWare game
-still being pitched to publishers
-Major Publisher: Matt's a looney who listens to Korn while playing Enless Ocean. Clearly has issues

First Four Figures
-Neat resin figures from first four figures
-Samus one is awesome
-skull Kid paint could be better

Peer's hometown
-new resturant in Peer's hometown: all you can eat & drink + prostitute: €50
-note to self, go to North Rein in the near future

Wii 2 bets
-Peer and Bozon: Nintendo will do bare minimum
-Peer: 720p, component out only (no HDMI), analog audio only (no Digital),
-Mark: Wii name stays (duh), upgradable to 1080i, HDMI cable available, not in box, expensive, under 5GB for memory, more likely 1GB, Still only analog audio. $250, games stil $50
-Matt: Nintendo will still keep it cheap, but new hardware archetecture, 720p, Proprietary digital out (HDMI, component, etc.),
-generally agree that Nintendo is going to keep things low (a generation behind)
-Motion control to be extended even further.
-release 2011, more likely 2012
-will probably hear some squeaks within the next few years
-current Wii will probably get a Wii bundle with a different colored system

Questions
-3rd parties would sell if they brought their top tier games on the Wii.
-Red Steel was a good example of a game that was well marketed
-more time and money needed in both marketing and development
-lack of spit and polish on all fronts
-Squeenix games: Crystal Bearers: looking good, 2008?, probably not online or even multiplayer
-wouldn't be surprised to see some new great stuff
-Ubisoft capable of putting out Nintendo quality, whether they will or not, well...
-Mark not as big on Endless Ocean as Matt. can see it being pretty cool. don't expect that much. ocean not really endless
-Factor 5 is cooking away on Wii. too early to talk about
-Matt likes Billy Corrigan
-Nintendo may resolve storage soon, but not with a HDD. more likely better SD card support.
-Quite a few 3rd party games we don't know about. It will remain that way for now.
-Nitrobike is a bit more technical, but floaty in the air. a learning curve, but it grows on you. not a looker
-Bionic Commander Reloaded probably not going to WiiWare
-3rd party devs don't make good game on Wii because they don't need to. why invest all that money?
-they could ask 3rd parties why they don't
-DQS not a full-fledged DQ game. more like DQ monsters. DQ lite
-Wii is not out of AAA games and will likely see stuff at GDC/E3, but Nintendo will announce something eventually.
-Mark thinks Brawl will be the best Smash Bros evar
-Wii Love Golf definately coming soon
-Wii Fit Q2, Mario Kart as far back as Q3/holiday
-Disaster Day of Crisis: looking cool, don't know when it's coming.
-don't think Bionic Commando will make it's way to Wii
-not terribly keen on the Wii Wheel. may not be that hardcore.
-Metroid Prime 3 got rejected for best artistic design
-Nintendo is holding back a some news on the Wii. wait for GDC/E3
-Retro, Capcom, Wii stuff. can't talk about it
-replacement disks coming febuary
-Matt and Mark would give out their brawl FC
-can't do much about Johnny Lee getting recognized. will do a article on him i the near future.

-demoed Wii to Rupert Murdoc. Wants to know how they make money off of the Wii
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Thanks to both.
 
M

Milabrega

Member
Summary:

-Bozon and Matt do incredible voice impression of NeoGaf Wii-k-in-review summary people.
-Decent Chewy impression

NPD Talk:
-They do not know the Pink to Red Breakdown of DS sales. Bozon prefers the pink.
-PS3 sold very well, "Its all those games they had"..... Crickets
-CoD4 is blowing away Halo 3. And Wii Play is pretty close.
-Peer thinks a nintendo track version of guitar hero.
-First has to be guitar hero aerosmith then guitar hero winger?
-Wii games is ten games to every system sold
-Wii software outsold 360 software sales
-No More Heroes- Bozon 75,000. Matt- 60,000+

-Bid farewell to Retro's man

Worms:
-No Online Mode
-3 Months ago a vast online mode was planned
-They would like voice chat

NitroBike:
-6 Players Online
-Was 8 players, originally planned 10, but framerate issues forced the reduction
-Again they want voice chat.

Nintendo's Stance on Voice Chat:
-Nintendo wants parents to listen in on voice chat.
-May not be attached to a persons ear, may be something else.

Bully Wii:
-Same game as the Ps2
-If you liked it then, or were interested and didn't give it a shot do so now
-Rockstar Reps didn't know Brawl would be pushed right around their release

-Bozon takes a great shot at Matt/Perrin/Reggie about the big 3 all coming out by the end of '07

Wiifit:
-Matt; "Aboslutely going to give you a good Workout"
-They think its going to be huge here
-Don't import, a lot of japanese text to get around the game
-May not have a push up counter on the board, that pushup was a part of a compound exercise

Endless Ocean:
-Co-Op online.
-Like a free roaming Pokemon Snap
-You can join a friend's game in progress, they are notified and must surface before you both can dive in.
-You can't swim the vast ocean, you move your boat to a dive spot and go from there. Invisible wall lets keeps you bound in the dive area.
-Cool, Very relaxing, Chill game

Matt and Boz Wii Project:
-Blackout isn't a WiiWare game, its boxed retail.
-A major publisher rep, "dear god Matt, your a father now, we can't have the child's mother dieing in the first minute of the game"

-Peer "My friend told me about this new establisment that opened up in our town in Germany, its $50 Euro, all you can eat/drink and one free prostitute". Bozon and Matt are huge fans of this establishment.
-Bets on Next-Gen Wii Console.

-No company has been as agressive with a wii game since Red Steel.
-Ign to third party publishers "put some damn money and effort into wii games, they'll sell" Big emphasis on that the publishers need to market.

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles
-1:1 controls
-Top 5 Best looking game on the Wii
-May not make it in 2008

-Lots of suprises from Square we'll be suprised (No excitement or attempt to hype in the voice of Matt when he said this)
-What Third-Party games do we Know about? Response: Well theres quite a few.
-DQ:Swords on rails hack and slash not a full DQ game

-Nintendo will eventually announce something, guarentee that it will make you happy, its the light at the end of the tunnel.
-They also expect Pikmin and AC. AC much more than Pikmin.
-Mario Kart Q3 even Q4. Not going to be Q2, but hopefully it is that means they'll have something nice coming this christmas.
-Some developers are looking at JonnyLee ( the wii head and figure tracker guy ), he may not even know it.
 
H

hellclerk

Everything is tsundere to me
damn, i keep forgetting about this. my summary will be posted here

Summary:

NPD
-DS sales rediculous
-Wii sold what it shipped what it sold.
-360 really good
-PS2 & PSP doing well
-PS3 had a good month too
-CoD4 doing awesome. Halo who?
-Halo 3 still year leader. Wii Play close
-really good for Galaxy
-Wii Play is really rediculous. I for one am happy with my "9 fun minigames"
-Mario & Sonic, definately a million seller
-Guitar Hero 3 another good month, can't say the sales.
-Peer: hoped for Nintendo tracks on the Wii
-Wii software sales > 360 software sales for December?!
-GCN hard to make a hit. Wii software getting some 3rd Party units
-don't think that NMH will do too well.
-Farwell to Retro Programmer

Online Modes
-Disappointed about the lack of Worms online
-Nitrobike down to 6 online
-Mario Kart Wii and Super Smash Bros. Brawl
-Brawl may not focus on online
-MK Wii will be awesome.
-BOLD PREDICTIONS: unconventional voice-chat solution coming. not a headset, but works like one. Surfer Girl right?

Bully Wii
-some love it, some hate it
-pretty basic Wii-make
-a few improvements, (graphics, content, etc., etc.)
-more or less the same game, but thats not a bad thing
-kinda screwed about sales though...

Wii Fit
-Big thing, probably will be big here too
-push-up exercise fun but hard. great workout.
-don't import. lots of moonspeak.

Endless Ocean
-online 2 player co-op.
-no voice chat (duh, but bummer)
-communication possible via D-pad menu
-commands and greetings
-long/complicated process of getting online
-your friend can jump in any time you're playing any part of the game
-great babysitter. entrancing. touch the fish. touch the fish...
-above water not so hot. underwater, awesome.
-completely peaceful

Blackout
-not a WiiWare game
-still being pitched to publishers
-Major Publisher: Matt's a looney who listens to Korn while playing Enless Ocean. Clearly has issues

First Four Figures
-Neat resin figures from first four figures
-Samus one is awesome
-skull Kid paint could be better

Peer's hometown
-new resturant in Peer's hometown: all you can eat & drink + prostitute: €50
-note to self, go to North Rein in the near future

Wii 2 bets
-Peer and Bozon: Nintendo will do bare minimum
-Peer: 720p, component out only (no HDMI), analog audio only (no Digital),
-Mark: Wii name stays (duh), upgradable to 1080i, HDMI cable available, not in box, expensive, under 5GB for memory, more likely 1GB, Still only analog audio. $250, games stil $50
-Matt: Nintendo will still keep it cheap, but new hardware archetecture, 720p, Proprietary digital out (HDMI, component, etc.),
-generally agree that Nintendo is going to keep things low (a generation behind)
-Motion control to be extended even further.
-release 2011, more likely 2012
-will probably hear some squeaks within the next few years
-current Wii will probably get a Wii bundle with a different colored system

Questions
-3rd parties would sell if they brought their top tier games on the Wii.
-Red Steel was a good example of a game that was well marketed
-more time and money needed in both marketing and development
-lack of spit and polish on all fronts
-Squeenix games: Crystal Bearers: looking good, 2008?, probably not online or even multiplayer
-wouldn't be surprised to see some new great stuff
-Ubisoft capable of putting out Nintendo quality, whether they will or not, well...
-Mark not as big on Endless Ocean as Matt. can see it being pretty cool. don't expect that much. ocean not really endless
-Factor 5 is cooking away on Wii. too early to talk about
-Matt likes Billy Corrigan
-Nintendo may resolve storage soon, but not with a HDD. more likely better SD card support.
-Quite a few 3rd party games we don't know about. It will remain that way for now.
-Nitrobike is a bit more technical, but floaty in the air. a learning curve, but it grows on you. not a looker
-Bionic Commander Reloaded probably not going to WiiWare
-3rd party devs don't make good game on Wii because they don't need to. why invest all that money?
-they could ask 3rd parties why they don't
-DQS not a full-fledged DQ game. more like DQ monsters. DQ lite
-Wii is not out of AAA games and will likely see stuff at GDC/E3, but Nintendo will announce something eventually.
-Mark thinks Brawl will be the best Smash Bros evar
-Wii Love Golf definately coming soon
-Wii Fit Q2, Mario Kart as far back as Q3/holiday
-Disaster Day of Crisis: looking cool, don't know when it's coming.
-don't think Bionic Commando will make it's way to Wii
-not terribly keen on the Wii Wheel. may not be that hardcore.
-Metroid Prime 3 got rejected for best artistic design
-Nintendo is holding back a some news on the Wii. wait for GDC/E3
-Retro, Capcom, Wii stuff. can't talk about it
-replacement disks coming febuary
-Matt and Mark would give out their brawl FC
-can't do much about Johnny Lee getting recognized. will do a article on him i the near future.

-demoed Wii to Rupert Murdoc. Wants to know how they make money off of the Wii
 
S

schuelma

Wastes hours checking old Famitsu software data, but that's why we love him.
Matt said that the tie ratio was 10-1 this month. Did better than 360. Seems high to me...
 
L

Lobster

Banned
Matt just revealed there is no million seller on Ps3 yet. Im guessing thats in NA?

Yeah it looks like theyre not allowed to reveal other numbers.
 
L

legend166

Member
Milabrega said:
Summary:

-Point 1 Bozon and Matt do incredible voice impression of NeoGaf Wii-k-in-review summary people.
-Decent Chewy impression however
-They do not know the Pink to Red Breakdown of DS sales. Bozon prefers the pink.
-PS3 sold very well, "Its all those games they had"..... Crickets
-CoD4 is blowing away Halo 3. And Wii Play is pretty close.
-Angered at Wiiplays 4m units. Going to slapwii play owners in the face for palying the game, also told to go to hell
-Peer ate a burger, Bozon recommends the Burger. "It was a good call"
-Peer thinks a nintendo track version of guitar hero.
-First has to be guitar hero aerosmith is guiat hero winger?
-Wii games is ten games to every system sold
-Wii software outsold 360 software sales
-No More Heroes- Bozon 75,000. Matt- 60,000+
-Bid farewell to Retro's man
10min/58min
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I appreciate what you're doing and don't want to be mean, but I miss Alkaline ;(
 
M

Milabrega

Member
legend166 said:
I appreciate what you're doing and don't want to be mean, but I miss Alkaline ;(
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I miss Alkaline too =(. I never listen to the podcast usually just Alkaline's summary + any others posted, I have time this week so I figured why not another variation of the summary.
 
L

Linkup

Member
Milabrega said:
-Wii software outsold 360 software sales
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NPD data? That would mean wii is taking up most of the Top 30? Pretty sure ppl thought otherwise in the Dec. NPD thread. That's news to me.
 
M

Mejilan

Running off of Custom Firmware
Lobster said:
Prince of Persia on Wii did OK in terms of sales.
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Probably would have done better had it not been an utterly bullshit, full-priced version of a BETTER game that could be had for $20... and would still be playable on the Wii!
 
1

1-D_FTW

Member
-Peer: WiiHD, 720p, component out, analog/audio out.
-Bozon: Wii2, keeping Wii name, 720p/1080i, HDMI cable which won't be in box, under 5gig internal flash drive, SD compatable, gig or so of internal memory, analog audio. Price point $250, games still $50
-Matt: Price point $250. 720p or even 1080p, HDMI.

Is it idle speculation, or are they hearing some rumblings that Nintendo will be first to market with a "next gen" system?
 
S

schuelma

Wastes hours checking old Famitsu software data, but that's why we love him.
1-D_FTW said:
-Peer: WiiHD, 720p, component out, analog/audio out.
-Bozon: Wii2, keeping Wii name, 720p/1080i, HDMI cable which won't be in box, under 5gig internal flash drive, SD compatable, gig or so of internal memory, analog audio. Price point $250, games still $50
-Matt: Price point $250. 720p or even 1080p, HDMI.

Is it idle speculation, or are they hearing some rumblings that Nintendo will be first to market with a "next gen" system?
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Just speculation
 
B

botticus

Member
Busaiku said:
What.
So that's 13.5 million for December, not too bad at all.
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And the top 3 (those that appeared in the top 10) only account for 3.1 million of that. Wow. Too bad we don't get Japan-level tracking here, there must be some interesting things going on below the top 10.
 
L

LCGeek

formerly sane
Where on earth did they get that attach rate from same for software numbers? Not a bad summary but akaline is usually preferred keep at it with work it could be well liked.
 
G

Grecco

Member
Milabrega said:
Yes. From their wording you can rule out zelda,mario,prime. Touching up the summary now, going to try to remove some of the crap, reword some of the stuff and bold more important info.
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Bozon mentions its their "personal light at the end of the tunnel" They have long asked Miyamoto about Kid Icarus and in todays 08 preview they say an old franchise will be brought back at E3. Probably reading too much into it but it sounds like Kid Icarus is coming.


Wish someone from the ignboards would ask about Kid Icarus for next weeks Wii-k in Review. Too bad i aint a member.


They also seem to know what Retro is doing now?
 
M

Milabrega

Member
Grecco said:
Wish someone from the ignboards would ask about Kid Icarus for next weeks Wii-k in Review.
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They know what the game is, but they won't outright say it. Infact in the reader questions section a lot of the ign members ask the same questions we would ask.. but Matt and Boz's response are "We can't answer that". You know, NDA's and all that. Don't look much into the light at the end of the tunnel comment. Earlier when they were answering a reader question about are there anymore AAA after brawl they said sure there are some, Wiifit, Mario Kart AC, but the end of the tunnel is pretty dark right now and sure the system can use a few more AAA titles.
 
M

Mashing

Member
That comment about Crystal Bearer's may be troubling for some (no online or multiplayer), but not for me. That means that it will have a robust single player. I'll generally take a well designed single player game over a so so single/multiplayer game. I'm assuming, of course, that CB turns out well. And 1:1 controls? What kind of combat system does it have? First person?
 
L

Lobster

Banned
Mashing said:
That comment about Crystal Bearer's may be troubling for some (no online or multiplayer), but not for me. That means that it will have a robust single player. I'll generally take a well designed single player game over a so so single/multiplayer game. I'm assuming, of course, that CB turns out well. And 1:1 controls? What kind of combat system does it have? First person?
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It had third person last time we saw a video.
 
M

Mashing

Member
I don't remember that video having game play in it. But it's been so damned long I'm probably not remembering it correctly.
 
K

KINGMOKU

Member
Unison said:
They just said that for December NPD Wii software outsold 360 software! :-o
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Where are all those people saying that the software sales on the Wii are terrible? Better then the 360, and the 360 has what, 2million more consoles in the States?

Those are NOT all first-party sales either people.


I really hope this shuts some people the hell up about Wii software sales.
 
S

schuelma

Wastes hours checking old Famitsu software data, but that's why we love him.
moku said:
Where are all those people saying that the software sales on the Wii are terrible? Better then the 360, and the 360 has what, 2million more consoles in the States?

Those are NOT all first-party sales either people.


I really hope this shuts some people the hell up about Wii software sales.
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Again, I caution people to not take this word as gospel. Somehow I feel like if this were true, Matt Cassassasssassamina wouldn't be the only one saying it.
 
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