IGN Voice Chat Summary

Posted May 5th by jahiggin

Protothea
- From Ubisoft (2005 remake), another shooter
- Launch title - 1000 points
- WiiWare could end up with a lot of shooters
- Needs to be faster, more enemies

Castle of Shikigami III

- Great according to Daemon
- Vertical shooter

Boom Blox

- Fun, also good for kids
- A bit overpriced
- Good party game
- Currently embargoed, review tomorrow

- Upcoming events at Sega, Ubisoft, Konami - news out of those events probable
- IGN will have 1 exclusive, Friday - Craig: “Pretty big,” unannounced - Wii & DS game, based off distinct property - video, screenshots

Bionic Games
- There’s a rumor that they’ll be making a game published by Capcom, Capcom won’t comment
- Game the company is making seems more ambitious than other games
- Sci-Fi action-adventure
- Original game

- Retro hiring for positions they lost
- Have a big title down the road most likely

Storage on Wii
- Iwata slightly acknowledged the problem on Wii with storage
- At least “half-recognizing” the problem
- Maybe hear more at E3

3 most anticipated games on Wii, 360, DS, PS3
Matt: Wii - Wii Fit, Pikmin 3, Kid Icarus, 360: Resident Evil 5, Dead Space, Prince of Persia, Too Human, Street Fighter, DS: Guitar Hero, Trauma Center, Moon, PS3: LittleBigPlanet, Killzone 2, Wipeout HD
Craig: Wii - Wii Fit, Animal Crossing, World of Goo, Multi: Ghostbusters, Ninja Gaiden 2, DS: Guitar Hero, Space Invaders Extreme, Bangai-O Bozon: Wii - Animales de Muerte, Kid Icarus, Animal Crossing, Tails of Symp., 360: Left for Dead, Street Fighter IV, Ninja Gaiden 2, RE5, DS: Super Dodgeball Brawlers, Guitar Hero, Trauma Center, PS3: Grid, LittleBigPlanet, Wipeout HD
Daemon: Wii - Wii Fit, Blast Works, Strongbad, Lost Winds, World of Goo, 360 - Bionic Commando (both versions), Fallout 3

- Still need to know about upcoming Wii software
- Craig, Matt think that E3 may end this year (companies dropping out, only 1 hall, etc.)

Iron Man (DS)
- Kinda cool, gameplay happens outside of screen
- Enemies attack off-screen, annoying
- Now super-awesome, but fun

- Lego Indiana, Line Rider, Friday announcement this week (DS/Wii coverage)

Reader mail
- WiiWare Tetris title is coming to WiiWare, online
- Etrian Odyssey 2 feels a lot like the first game, a few new things, holds it own
- FF:Tactics looked like an upgraded version of GBA - not a bad thing
- Tecmo Bowl Kickoff - apparently coming to Wii, haven’t officially announced it though
- Boom Blox is fun in single-player as well as multi-player - doesn’t have “blow-me-away” factor, but still a ton of fun
- Platinum Games (ex Clover Studios) hasn’t said what they’re up to
- Earthbound VC game will probably hit the Wii Shop Channel, but not right away - if it comes out, people need to buy it or more games like this won’t come out
- Factor 5 is not making Pilotwings for Wii - Factor 5 did say they’re be interested in making a flying game
- Donkey Kong Country has a better soundtrack than Megaman X
- Okami better than Mario Kart Wii, No More Heroes (Matt), Craig: No More Heroes is better
- Boom Blox is recommended to non-classic puzzle fans
- WiiWare limit: 43 megabyes, no way to get past that limit yet
- Iron Man Wii review coming out Tuesday
- Nintendo not producing more Wii units because they can’t product them fast enough
- Another game from a developer who couldn’t find a publisher (dark game) will hopefully be unveiled/talked about later this week
- IGN hasn’t seen the Bionic Studio game
- Konami’s projects on Wii will most likely be shown next week
- Blast Works (hopefully) will be great; Should be easy to use, not convoluted - can create all types of content - shooter aspects generic, but creation is great
- Second takes for reviews are added when the review feels like it (sometimes if people disagree, want to elaborate on some points)
- Launch feature on WiiWare is planned on IGN
- Not sure what Monster Games is doing
- Next Metroid game: Nintendo should take it back and do it themselves if not Retro again
- GTA4 - technically amazing, still has some issues like previous iterations
- We Love Golf on the shelves because of other games, Matt is still optimistic - not as excited about it (Matt)
- Scarface is a good GTA alternative on Wii