The game actually seems pretty well-suited to motion controls. In the original arcade game, each of two joysticks controlled one side of the climber's body: lift his left arm and leg with the left joystick, and use the right joystick for the right arm and leg. The new Crazy Climber will use the Nunchuk and Wiimote in the same way.
Other than that and, obviously, the new graphics (which employ a more dynamic perspective) it looks like Crazy Climber. You climb buildings, avoiding falling plants, open windows, giant apes, and other hazards. What an unexpected and random game to remake.
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10-19-2007 @ 10:47AM
SNKNGSHPS said...
Shouldn't they make this for Wii Ware or something? I don't know that I'm going to pay 40 or 50 bucks to pretend to climb buildings.
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10-19-2007 @ 10:49AM
ELIJAH said...
"EVERYBODY GETS ONE".
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10-19-2007 @ 12:09PM
Neal Eaton said...
I liked this game 'back in the day' and I am interested in seeing an update. I am curious as to how this will be handled...Wii Ware anyone? I don't see this as a full fledged $40-$50 disc, though.
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10-19-2007 @ 12:10PM
Jeremy said...
WTF. You mean they are going to charge money for this crap. At the most this game should not cost more than $10. Who would buy it if they charged more.
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10-19-2007 @ 12:12PM
stinkbug said...
The original version was one of my favorite arcade games. It rocks.
I would like this game more if it had a Classic Mode that emulated the look of the arcade version.
Also, on the original, you had to push both joysticks left or right to move in that direction. Seems like with the Wii you'd just have to move the nunchunk controller, which isn't exactly the same feeling. I want this game to cause calluses, like it did years ago.
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10-22-2007 @ 1:40PM
pinmagic said...
This was an absolute classic in the arcades. Very addicting. It's been on other platforms -- most notably, several Japanese versions for the PS and PS2, and even the WonderSwan.
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12-10-2007 @ 7:54AM
jeff said...
Will they release this in the U.S.?
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12-30-2007 @ 7:10PM
Kevin Karstens said...
This was always one of my all time fave arcade classics, so original and odd…I even purchased a Wonderswan JUST to have a pocket version of the game!
But from what I’ve read, this Wii game will ONLY be made available for the Japan Edition of Wii…are there no plans to ever release a version that will play on a Wii here in the states??
K
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