Considering it's a Nintendo game, there's been astoundingly little fanfare for Wii Chess. The game's Wikipedia page is absolutely barren, while a release date has only just appeared (January 18th), and then only for Europe. Despite the lack of information, Nintendo obviously reckons this could have broad appeal, as it's slapped the "Touch! Generations" logo on the corner of the box, which roughly translates as: "Your Gran and her friends will like this."Anyway, further details finally emerged on the title today, with CVG reporting that Wii Chess is to retail for a budget price of £20 / €30 (we'd presume the game's budget status will be preserved if and when it reaches other markets -- our educated guess would be $30 for the U.S.), and that it will support both local multiplayer and games played over Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection. We're also promised a number of graphical styles, which hopefully means Nintendo-themed boards and pieces, including Goomba pawns and knights that look like Yoshi.
And yes, that is the German boxart. We travelled the seven seas of the internet searching for an English version, but returned empty-handed. Still, at least you now know the German word for "chess." Never know when that might come in handy.
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12-12-2007 @ 11:26AM
mark richardson said...
i was looking on a uk based internet shop and i saw that it was stilll listed, cant believe we havent heard anythign about it mind you it coudl be the same as endless ocean (they dont expect it to do much so you dont heard anythign about it).
also on that site i saw that pilotwings Wii is still listed does anyone know anything at all about this as i havent heard anything apart fromt he roumours about wing island being pilotwings??
id love to get my hands on a new poilot wings game soo much!
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12-12-2007 @ 11:43AM
LilCo187 said...
I think they could just save the packaging and make this a WiiWare title. You heard it here first!!!!
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12-12-2007 @ 11:53AM
racecar said...
Brilliant.
-racecar
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12-12-2007 @ 12:35PM
gorecki said...
I would be surprised if there were Mario-style chess pieces, otherwise wouldn't the game be called 'Mario Chess'?
It would be cool if the pieces were animated and battled with each other like in Battle Chess from back in the day.
Oh and that artwork is hideous. Surely that isn't it? The chessboard looks cut and pasted and isn't even centred properly. The 'Schach' font looks wrong too, compared to the Sports, Play and Fit logos.
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12-12-2007 @ 1:41PM
Buntaro said...
In case anyone wants to know, the bottom text says:
"Face off against the computer and challenge players onl” (text is covered by the CVG watermark from here on)
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12-12-2007 @ 3:22PM
Sonic_13 said...
I've been wanting to know more about this (although not necessarily because I want it - just out of curiosity).
I'm surprised we haven't seen more of it, especially considering it appears that it will be a part of the Wii series of games (Fit, Play, Sports). Is there even a single screenshot in existence?
Also, I definitely agree that this could've been a WiiWare title. It's already being set at a lower price, so why not just ditch the packaging altogether and release it via WiiWare. Chess wouldn't be a bad game to just click and play every once in a while, without having to get up and switch discs.
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12-12-2007 @ 4:32PM
samfish said...
I like Chess, but I'm not picking this up if it costs more than $15 bucks.
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12-13-2007 @ 8:23AM
Joseph Lundstrom, Jr. said...
I've been wanting a monopoly, risk, life, chess, etc... board game compilation for the Wii but I'm not paying that much for just chess. But I think playing Monopoly and Risk wi-fi would be pretty sweet.
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