Jenova Chen, Kellee Santiago and the rest of the thatgamecompany team discussed their latest motion-controlled PS3 title fl0w. The game certainly would have been an incredible addition to the Wii library, considering its use of motion controls, relatively subdued graphics, and non-gamer-friendly gameplay. Santiago revealed that fl0w was pitched to two companies: Nintendo and Sony.
Well, Sony won. Sony's aggressive approach to supporting new developers was what gave PS3 the edge. "They [Nintendo] weren't right for us at the time. Sony kind of came to us with the process of incubation ... They helped us get our studio started."
Sony has proven at GDC that they care about developers through the announcement of Edge and extending their Network offerings to independent developers. When will Nintendo jump on the bandwagon, and give Wii owners the ability to download new, original content on the Wii Shop Channel?
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3-09-2007 @ 5:30PM
Spaz said...
It's odd that Nintendo passed on Flow (no I won't spell it weird, sorry) since it seems so influenced by / in the same vein as Electroplankton. Maybe Nintendo has their own Wii version in the works? One can dream...
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3-09-2007 @ 6:01PM
Jackson Pritt said...
With all the negative press among gamers that this "game" has gotten, I'm glad it went to the PS3 and not the Wii. The Wii really doesn't need any more games-that-aren't-games to add to the Wii's increasing reputation as a video game system that isn't made for playing video games.
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3-09-2007 @ 6:13PM
Falk Ebert said...
This is soo sad...2
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3-09-2007 @ 6:46PM
ali said...
yea, it sorta sucks, but as an above poster said, we dont need another game-that-isnt-a-game.
but even the ability to play the browser version would be nice, but it doesnt work with opera, maybe the full version...
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3-09-2007 @ 7:52PM
Naruhodou said...
I won't miss this particular game, but I'm still hoping Nintendo takes note and opens up more to developers.
Really, anyone beats Ubisoft.
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3-09-2007 @ 9:09PM
Jasen said...
Well, it is still available online in Flash form. So one could claim it is on the Wii.
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