Turns out that Nintendo managed to not only convince bloggers and other gaming journalists of the capabilities of its upcoming Wii and incredible handheld DS Lite, but also that of the big publishers. EA, during their latest milling over numbers representing losses and gains for their Q1 business, said via conference call that they plan to ramp up production for the Wii and DS following the amazing show Nintendo had at this past E3.EA, as you may well now, has several titles on the horizon for both platforms, with the company promising 2 titles for the Wii launch (Madden 07 and Need For Speed: Carbon), along with Madden and FIFA installments heading to the DS within the next few months. Also, for the DS, EA will be bringing an expansion focusing around pet care to its popular Sims franchise.
Whether you're a big fan of EA or not, the more third-party support for Nintendo the better. Some of EA's franchises could work wonders on Nintendo's consoles, and some brand spanking new content from EA on each of Nintendo's platforms wouldn't be such a bad thing.
[Via Joystiq]
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8-02-2006 @ 1:17PM
himwhoknows said...
im a massive EA hater, but i have to admit that nintendo need there very mainstream support, as they hold all the licences and sport game rights, but apart from that i dont give a toss about EA.
maybe wiimote/nunchuck will encorage developers to take a better more original angle on new games EVEN AT EA but im not holding my breath
i still have a very angry part of my soul that wont go away since the legandary EA exec crying on stage loving up sony and how the games industre is all sonys doing ill never get over that and if i ever met him i would repeatedly stab him with a rambo knife
WOT A TOTAL LOAD OF BOLLOX SONY ARE THE GAMES INDUSTRE WHO GAVE US GAMING AS WE KNOW IT WHO IS CHANGING GAMING FOREVER AND WHO HAS LED GAMING PROFITS YEAR IN YEAR OUT FOR 20 YEARS IS IT NINTENDO BY ANY CHANCE
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8-02-2006 @ 1:38PM
Marc said...
I don't know about "himwhoknows" but I like EA (albeit for NFS series. Nothing else).
I'm looking forward to NFS Carbon, but I'm disappointed that they dropped Drag racing for Drift racing. I'm just hoping that they're taking it out to make it better, and possibly the focus for the next game in the series after Carbon (just like how Drift racing is the focus for carbon).
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8-02-2006 @ 4:36PM
earl g said...
Any news on whether or not Madden 07 for Wii will be online capable?
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