Tenchu 4 to Be Wii Exclusive?

Well, this came out of left field. News from the latest issue of Famitsu seems to indicate that Tenchu 4 will be coming to Wii on October 23rd…and only to Wii. And, even more interesting (at least for longtime Tenchu fans) is the news that apparently From Software, the developer of the last few games in the series, will not be developing Tenchu 4. Instead, original developers Acquire will be taking over the series once again.

Which would be great news for Tenchu fans, as From Software's entries in the series have been seen as fairly weak by many. Regardless, until there is a solid confirmation, this should be considered a rumor for now. But, now that both Monster Hunter and Fatal Frame have jumped to the Wii, nothing would surprise Siliconera.

[Durffen]

Please God let this be true!

This would make up for anything Ubisoft plans to bring to Wii!

[Rikitatsu]

The guys who made the Series into an AAA Series

K2 runied the name of tenchu with games like Tenchu Z and tenchu 3 or whatever

[dan-boy]

i've been waiting for a decnt tenchu game since the first one. the 360 tenchu was ok with on-line co-op. didn't microsoft publish that one? i cant remember.

[San anto]

they went down hill after the 3rd in the series.

[theKiller]

i think it was something heavens, it was so good in graphics but the gameplay it lacked what tenchu 2 had, i loved the series because of tenchu 2 on PS1!! i hope they make a nice game for ps3 or just dont do it on ps3 and do it where ever u want!

[Mainman]

If Tenchu is exclusive to the Wii, that would suck big time.

I rather play this game on the 360 or PS3. The Wii? Pffffff.

[KidMakeshift]

This is an absolutely terrible move for the Tenchu franchise. I was really hoping Capcom was going to re-imagine the series for next-gen.

Now it's just going to be a stripped down, uglier, crappy controlled Tenchu Z. It's bad enough that a multiplayer heavy game like Monster Hunter is going to be on the Wii. What's next? Onimusha?

[ice_prophecy]

I have to say I am disappointed, at the very least, with the prospects of Tenchu no longer coming to my ps3.

[Durffen]

I'm quite surprised that if this is true, that it isn't coming to PS3. It failed on the 360, and some of the recent Playstation games weren't the best. I guess now it's time to see what happens when it comes to a Nintendo console. (the DS doesn't count!)

[boJABER]

dont be sad, all of tenchu sequels sucked anyway. the first one was a hit on the psone

[NinjaRyu]

I hope this one will be good!

[KLEPTOMANIAC]

nintendo need some good 3rd party titles so i hope this goes well for them.

[Marty8370]

Another wasted franchise.

[Wii60PS3DSPSP]

Another whining Sony fanboy who is upset that a game not on his system.

[NinjaRyu]

you don't even know if the game gonna be good or bad yet.

[leeger]

so?

[Bathyj]

Tenchu is the only reason I've been thinking of plugging my Xbox back in. The last one wasn't to bad, but I'd love Aquire to bring it home to Playstation where it belongs.

[Obama]

The series has gone down hill ever since 3 is released. 1 and 2 are the best and the rest are crap.

[jedistev]

i rem... the old one lol!! it great!!...hope it's good one like first one..cant wait see screenshot and video

[MK_Red]

Hope it's better than previous entries in the series. After Wrath of Heaven, the series went downward with Z being the worst in the series.

I still would have preferred a PS3/360 version with awesome blood and gore effects. Hopefully the Wii version is not T rated and follows the footsteps of the uber awesome Mad World.

[dachiefsman]

agree MK red. I was a huge fan of this IP, but the last one was horrible and now this is on the WII I could give 2 craps less.

[BrotherNick]

I'm super curious, because I've never played the tenchu series at all. Some gore would be cool lol.

[Main_Street_Saint]

It's not just about the gore but also using your tools and wits and knowing when to strike and when to hold back and remain in the shadows. But yeah, a little gore goes a long way in this game.

Watch it get go to the PS3 and/or 360 6 months down the road from its release.

[BrotherNick]

I don't mind if the ps3 360 get this after...thanks for describing the gameplay to me, it sounds more like a thinker's type game, I may buy.

[PS360WII]

huh how do you like that. Looks like Wii is starting to get a nice list of games for the long time gamer. Still will hold my reserve for the latest ones have been not so hot but seeing that Acquire is taking the helm it could pan out rather well.

[LONEWOLF231]

AHHHHHH COME ON!!!!!!!!!

WTF!!!!

First FatalFrame and now Tenchu!!!!
Man, Techu is one of my favorites games and for them not to bring it to the PS3 will be a stupid decision in their part! Well congrats Wii owners..............

[Testo]

Like Lonewolf said, congrats Wii owners you nabbed another great series (or one that WAS great until Z)

But yet again I have to ask, how is the wiimote supposed to be accurate enough to guide me though an entire mission without letting a bad guy so much as whimper. It's unfortunately not that accurate.

I remember trying to unlock everything, and its was HARD with the analog sticks.

We will have to wait and see what happends I guess.

[Fernando Rocker]

The Wii has an analog stick. Is not that you are going to move the character with motion.

[cooke15]

sweet

[Testo]

Bushido Blade! What ever happened to my 2nd favorite fighting series?

I guess it wasn't as popular as I thought it was.

[jedistev]

you should be grateful that you have MSG4 on PS3...and Gear of War on 360..and another great game like DMC4 or COD4 and many more..why not let Wii have good games and dont be greedy :-)

happy to see Tenchu on Wii!!! and monster hunter 3 :-)))))

[Odiah]

Everytime wii gets a game or a rumour, PS3 and 360 owners start crying like babies about how much better it would be on their console. You have plennnnnty of good exclusives so grow the f**k up.

[NovusTerminus]

With Monster Hunter 3 and Tenchu 4. This might make the Wii a good purchase.

[Testo]

I have a few select series which I'm still hoping to see on the PS3.

They are as follows:

MGS
GT
Fatal Frame
Tenchu
GoW
GTA
SotC
Tekken
Final Fantasy

"Everytime wii gets a game or a rumour, PS3 and 360 owners start crying like babies about how much better it would be on their console. You have plennnnnty of good exclusives so grow the f**k up.

No need to get mouthy, I'm sure you can understand our frustration.
Nintendo still has lots of series to keep you warm.

Mario
Zelda
Metroid
Wii Sports
Wii Fit
and now
Fatal Frame + Tenchu

It's the last gen graphics and the controller which get to me.

The controller IS fun with certain games but I don't find it accurate enough. Hopefully later developments will make it work to MY liking.

I am excited about the potential of playing Forced Unleashed on the Wii, IF the controls are done correctly.

[BrotherNick]

Tell me what accuracy issues you're talking about, your argument sounds vague.

[Fernando Rocker]

I'm intrigued too... What accuracy problems are you afraid?

Really, I read a lot of comments on this site bashing the Wii controls without even having experience with the Wii.

Did you know that 90% of the games uses nunchuck + remote setup? Only simple games like minigames uses the remote only.

You said that the game was hard EVEN with analog sticks, assuming that you will control the character wih motion. Do you guys with no Wii experience believe that you control the characters with motion? Like Mario in Mario Galaxy, or Zelda, or Samus, or Okami, RE4 and any other game?

You guys also seem to forget that the remote has a little camera (that little black window above) to use the pointer, and that is very different from motion. The Infrared Pointer is pixel perfect, similar to an airmouse.

So, you have analog stick, 2 extra buttons on the nunchuck, A button, B button, + and - button, 1 and 2, and four directional with the d-pad, plus IR Pointer to aim, and motion controls.

[Voiceofreason]

If point and click is a problem for you better to sell your Wii and PC as well since they both work off the same principle of point and click. How can that even be inaccurate? Its not like you point at an object in a Wii game push fire and nothing happens.

[Voiceofreason]

I cant help but LMAO at the kids on here who know nothing but SOny and think that every game ever on a PS console some how belongs on a PS console forever.I laugh because its just not true. Hell most of the PS games they consider to be PS only actually started on Nintendo. Its just funny to see all those too young to know whats going on get upset over this. Its just the normal thing when the market shifts to a new leader.

[DeckUKold]

Then a friend gave me emulators and I fell in love with the first six.

[ChickeyCantor]

Voice of reason,
SSSSSH you might burst their bubble XD

[ChickeyCantor]

Something is missing in Tenchu and that are freaking CODECS!
=( and a big ass machine though!

But...we will see how this will go

[project76dodo]

failure failure failure

haha this is what wii offers? hahah

go get a ps3

[Testo]

"I cant help but LMAO at the kids on here who know nothing but SOny"

Sorry guys I'm not that young.

My first console was a Coleco Vision which I'm sure most of you know was before Nintendo's attmpt at a game console. I've even owned a few Coleco table top systems.

@Voiceofreason
"If point and click is a problem for you better to sell your Wii and PC as well since they both work off the same principle of point and click. How can that even be inaccurate? Its not like you point at an object in a Wii game push fire and nothing happens."

Wow I have lost a ton of respect for you. Now that I realize how either; A: childish you are OR B: Just moronic.

How is pointing and clicking the same on the Wii as a PC? Maybe your short sightedness makes you forget about the relative distance difference between a mouse and desk, VS a wiimote and the sensor bar.
I'm not even going to divulge into the 3D aspect of the Wiimote.

The next time your at your desk, please lift your mouse an inch away from the desk and let me know how accurate the infrared sensor becomes.

Sorry I had to let off some steam, now back to your valid question.

"Tell me what accuracy issues you're talking about, your argument sounds vague. "

When I point the remote at the TV (while navigating the "OS") I feel that the pointer is off. Either I'm pointing above or below where its showing on the screen. And when playing Zelda I find swinging the remote doesn't cause him to attack/swipe/lunge. Whenever I wanted him to do a certain attack I was not guaranteed he would do it because of the positioning of the remote.

[N4g_null]

There are similar problems with the analog set up also. You simply get use to the feel of it and figure out hey small movements work better. Since the Wii mote can track a few more IR lights I'm sure they will figure out away to make two more sensors you can place at the top or bottom of your system. That way it would be as arr curate as possible. Of course you would have to calibrate it also. Yet that could be the Wii's next big secret a firm ware update to turn on extra Wii mote tracking features and a Sensor bar update with a free game of course LOL. yet so far it works pretty good and I like it way better than analog and yes I've been playing FPS since wolfenstien and golden eye.

Also now that I think about it couldn't you use the tilt and the sensor bar together to just set up a 3d field of view at the screen? Maybe that would be too much but some one is going to figure this out. The only problem is finding your bounds in a quick and painless way. Yet being able to move around the room with it still working. I don't know but they do have the tools to do it.

Oh yeah you don't point the mouse at the screen either and depending on your resolution ratio it will also be off. The only deference is that your mouse pad is always the same size yet you may sit 10 feet away and 3 feet away from a Wii. The other guys have their work cut out when trying to copy this one.