While a lot of people are actively wondering where EA's sprawling Spore won't turn up, we can tell you where it is likely to appear: on the Wii! Color us unsurprised that Will Wright wants to turn Spore into a franchise powerhouse; we all know what happened with The Sims. With the evolutionary sim, however, Wright intends to focus on the differences of each platform, and he's pointing specifcally to the Wii. Or should that be with the Wii ... mote?
In comments this week, Wright let two very telling details drop. First, he lauded the Wii in its creative potential, mentioning specifically the controller (of course). He went on the decry the lack of a mouse for consoles, pointing out that this was something of a limiting factor when dealing with games for both the PC and consoles. The Wiimote, however, can point and click with the best of them. We're betting that we'll be getting ready to guide our own species next year on the Wii.
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8-04-2006 @ 9:20AM
Super Duper Mario said...
Wii getting 3rd party support just as the DS is seeing,
i see it now the underdog - Wii ownership of sony and M$,
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8-04-2006 @ 10:30AM
Adrocknaphobia said...
I tried to report this the other day....
http://www.nintendowiifanboy.com/2006/08/02/excite-truck-controls-revealed/
(see comment #3)
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8-04-2006 @ 10:40AM
err said...
i think the wii needs a keyboard attachment. that will pwn in RTS titles
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8-04-2006 @ 11:16AM
Marc said...
^ Did you follow my directions? That's the only way to contact them.
Anyway, I said this once and I'll say it again. This game is gonna be on every platform imaginable (GCN, Xbox, PS2, Wii, PS3, Xbox 360, DS, PSP, GBA, PC).
It's been confirmed for months that this game is on all platforms, and systems.
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8-04-2006 @ 12:38PM
Josh said...
If I really end up wanting it, I'll just get it for PC. ~_~
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8-04-2006 @ 3:50PM
Marc said...
Just to clear this up, I was talking to #2 (I still don't feel like spelling your name).
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8-04-2006 @ 4:57PM
Pat said...
Yeah, I've known this for months now...
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8-05-2006 @ 8:43PM
TME said...
If anything it will be better than a mouse. The Wiimote is more like a 3D mouse and I think it would be even better for modeling 3D creatures.
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8-06-2006 @ 5:31PM
V said...
Err, on post #3, a keyboard attachment for any console seems incredibly stupid to me. It would be really hard to use a keyboard and mouse without a desk, and most RTS's (not counting a few like Age of Empires 3) will work on the average PC, so there's really no need to spend all that money on a keyboard and game for your console when you could just get an RTS for PC.
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8-06-2006 @ 5:34PM
V said...
Also, to me this news is the greatest news ever! I'm really looking forward to the Wii and Spore, but I don't want to upgrade my computer if Spore is really demanding, so Spore on the Wii sounds awesome.
And to Marc and Pat, where did you hear that Spore is coming to consoles? I'd just like to confirm it to myself.
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8-07-2006 @ 1:23AM
Wii said...
Man Spore gonna rock!
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8-08-2006 @ 7:53PM
Tarvok said...
V, that theory works well for people who are made of money. For those of us that have to choose between a mediocre computer and a kickass console, more console functionality is an inherently good thing.
Not that I expect console keyboards to take off. I expect to see integrated voice command before I see console keyboards.
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8-27-2006 @ 6:04PM
nick said...
I Think this game will be pretty kool i watching some videos on ign about it createing your own race pretty cool to me i think ea has come pretty far hopefully this will be better than the sims which i think its kinda what the storyline is coming from. i think it would be great for the wii the controller and to me its just has that nintendo feeling it almost reminds me of pikmin which was a fun kiddy game good gameplay keeps you playing. looks like this game could be played forever every time you make a world its like a new game. idk it might sell it appeals to me. well i think this game will do great on the wii hopefully it will be on the wii cause so far thats what my eye is on.
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