The lead developer behind "Mushroom Men" tells me about the opportunities and the setbacks of making Wii games for a hardcore crowd - and takes a shot at "Deadly Creatures."
Nintendo's Wii has a fantastic library of games. Unfortunately, it also introduced many gamers to the concept of shovelware: bad games created for a quick buck. However, there are many good games that look like they fit this description so let's start the countdown.
John Little reviews the PC puzzle platformer, Mushroom Men: Truffle Trouble - a follow up to 2008's Wii game Spore Wars.
BeefJack writes: "Mushroom Men: The Spore Wars is a miniature 3D action/adventure platformer. I say miniature as it is played out from a 3-inch high perspective with some really original characters and themes that make for good eye candy throughout the game. The whole world is intriguing as you set out on your adventure playing through gardens, grass, logs, trees and pipes, and over tabletops, sinks, toilets and other household objects. When playing you really do get the feeling you have been shrunk and sucked into the world from a Mushrooms perspective."
haha Mushroom Men is a hardcore game... rrrrright
He could sit his grandfather in the couch with the wiimote then tell him to smile while playing his game...film it and run the add on CNN and Fox news an there you go 1 mil sold on first week.
Think he is just realizing gamers may not care... I mean really if this was on an HD system would you get it? Hey this one may be fun though but thanks to current gamers taste that claim to be hardcore this one would need a free demo to get people interested. That last part was funny though... I'm not sure how they are the same though? I guess I'll have to play them......