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Are Third-Party Wii Games Finally Coming Into Their Own?

Posted by Soulskill on from the insert-generic-wii-pun-here dept.

Gravy Monkey writes "It's not too difficult to criticize the quality of many third-party Wii games — whether they're unique titles, bad licenses or lazy ports to the new system. However, will this change as more quality third-party games appear on the Wii? Recently, Wiiware title 'Lost Winds' picked up some great reviews, as did the Blastworks game. The recent review of a new game called Order Up on IGN caught my attention because they praised it as the way all casual games should be made. Is this the beginning of a new era for Wii games where quality casual games from third parties manage to grab the attention of both mainstream and hardcore gamers alike, instead of being a console where only first-party titles sell?"

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  1. maybe by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I'm coming into your mom's mouth.

  2. Why the Wii? Too much overhead, and no market. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Why would any sane third party developer want to develop quality casual games on the Wii?

    You get lots of overhead costs, rules to comply to, and Nintendo doesn't even give you any promotion. Developing for the PC is much more lucrative as you can get more quality for the same development budget.

    Besides, I don't believe there is a market for thrid party casual games on the Wii.

    As a Wii owner, I'd not planning to buy casual games for it. The games have DRM, are too expensive (especially here in Europe), and with no way to try those games out before buying, I have no plans to buy anything third party.

    Most of my casual friends that have a Wii, on the other hand, don't classify any of the games mentioned as "casual". They won't buy this kind of games.