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The game that almost was: Project H.A.M.M.E.R.

Oh, Project H.A.M.M.E.R. You were a go, then you weren't, then you were, and now? Officially, the last we heard was that the hammer-wielding hero's adventure was on "indefinite hold," but the word in the backchannels is that the game is no more. It is dead. It is an ex-game. And frankly, we are sad ... especially now that, thanks to NeoGAF poster Shiggy, we're seeing a little more from the probably-defunct title.

In these screens (and the video after the break) from the devkit, the game looks to have had a very distinctive feel, similar in a sense to No More Heroes (or perhaps more like Killer 7) ... or any number of stylized comic books we've seen over the years. In a word, it could have been gorgeous, and as a bonus, we could have been beating things with a hammer.

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GDC 07: Wii dev training to take place at this week [update 1]

In case you live under a rock, GDC is kicking off this week (that stands for Game Developer's Conference) and it turns out Nintendo enthusiasts have something besides Miyamoto's keynote to look forward to. This week during the event, attendees will be able to get some schooling on how to create titles for Nintendo's new Wii console. To quote the AFP article: "Among its (GDC's) features will be lessons in designing games for Nintendo's popular new Wii video game console with motion-sensitive controllers."

The piece then takes a hard left turn into casual games territory, talking of the importance of that market. Still though, it should be interesting to see what kind of demonstrations those who attend the lessons on Wii development receive. How hard could it be to develop with a motion-sensitive control scheme?

Update: Changed headline to reflect organization of this year's GDC event on our end.

Bad news for indie devs, and maybe for us

Despite a promise to support independent developers and help them get games out for the Wii, some are reporting problems with getting their hands on devkits. The Independent Developer Program was supposed to be kicked off last month, with kits going out to indie studios, but now it seems the program has been delayed until at least the end of this month. Ian Bogost of Persuasive Games warns that this delays means we may not see any original games until at least 2008.

More Wii devkit photos

Over at IGN, they have several shots of the Wii devkit with all kinds of different peripherals jacked into it, as well as some nice high-res shots of the devkits at all different kinds of angles. Odd though, is the lack of direct shot of the console's back, which given the chance we'd put at the top of our list of things to take a picture of.

Regardless, IGN does manage to include a shot of the plug attached to the sensor bar. They also slap the Wavebird receiver into the GC ports on the top of the Wii to reassure all that they fit nice and snug, without cause for worry.

Wii devkit shared


A flickr user by the name of *PeSa* recently received a Wii devkit and decided that he'd like to throw it in all of our faces share with the internet. Over at his flickr account, you can see several different shots of the devkit, as well as the Wiimote.

We've included some of his pictures into the post, after the break.

[Thanks Artr!]

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Wii devkits photographed


The folks over at Engadget have a long history of kicking ass across these interwebs and whenever we meet their steely gaze in the office between meetings, we always duck into the men's room as quick as we can so as to avoid said kicking of posteriors. Our posterior is quite sensitive and cannot endure such abuse if we ever hope to realize our dream of modelling swimwear for K-mart (it could happen!).

Yet, regardless of our fear, we popped over there in the dead of night and "borrowed" some submitted shots of finalized Wii devkits for you, fine reader. With an entry and exit time that would make even the Hamburglar jealous, we managed to live and bring you back multiple shots of Wii devkits, which are securely nestled in our collective bosom after the break.

[Via Engadget]

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GC vs. Wii: Devkits compared [Update]

Aww, lookit the lil Dolphin logo.
What we have here is a GC devkit (bottom) next to a Wii devkit. Look similar, right? Well of course they would, considering the Wii is just an extension of the GC hardware, but notice how the Wii devkit has the same 2 slots for memory cards? Could the Wii allow for you to use GC memory cards? Of course, we've known for quite some time that would be the case for the GC games, but could we perhaps use them to store Wii save data?

Come on they have to! It's not like they're Microsoft or something...

[Update: Weak. We overlooked the fact that it was well-known information that GC memory cards will work on the Wii. We apologize for overlooking such an old fact and have updated the post.]

First Wii development kit photo


There you have it folks, the first picture of a Wii developer's kit. What's odd is how this is going against the current statements where developers are calling the Wii developer's kits extensions of GameCube hardware, even in looks. Could those developers have not received the finalized developer's kit and this is in fact the real deal?

[Via Digital Battle; Thanks Erick G!]

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