With Mario, Zelda, and Samus already making their appearances on the Wii, what could Nintendo possibly have in store for us in 2008? The answer: Mario, Zelda, and Samus.
Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Mario Kart hit the Wii next year, finally bringing some much-needed online play to the system. And with the white box still selling out, plenty of third party publishers are flooding the market with other offerings. Read on for a look at these and more.
Alone in the Dark developer Pieces Interactive has been hit with layoffs a month after its release, as per the latest information.
That genuinely, genuinely sucks. The reboot has clear flaws, but it really felt like a solid first step for this team to receive *greater* investment.
That's standard. Teams are together for a Project, after its done some..and sometimes most devs are fired until the next Project is in the works and people are needed again. Only the core members stay in the time between the hot phase of the game development.
What’s annoying is people don’t understand how contractors work, either. All of this is uninformed knee-jerk reactions without any understanding of how employment works in this industry. There are key developers and staff that stay with a studio/publisher, but often times it’s a hire per project and then seeking new employment for a project. That’s how it’s always been…
That's a fair point too. I would say that in light of its tepid critical/commercial response and ongoing mass layoffs across the industry I think it's understandable for fans to worry about the longer-term implications. We'll see how it plays out in the future.
VGChartz's Lee Mehr: "In one sense, it feels strange to even think Pieces Interactive had big shoes to fill with this series' legacy. Given what's come before, did it really? And yet, even when considering the last two flops over a two-decade span, there's still something about Alone in the Dark emblazoned on a title screen that carries a sense of revered history. In that respect, perhaps this reboot's best accomplishment is in honoring that spirit through its inventive world. It's also fair to emphasize knocks against its survival-horror design, some puzzle-solving, and so on; it certainly won't be considered a trendsetter like the 1992 classic. Still, the amount of goodwill wedded to its brighter qualities makes for something that dawdles the line between unfortunately-flawed and impressively-enticing."
The new Alone in the Dark remake doesn't do anything especially noteworthy, but that doesn't mean it's bad. It's just... cromulent.
that doesn't have Mario and Zelda in the title. Need to get that Pikmin, Kirby, Animal Crossing out. Animal Crossing and Pikmin screams for online and I scream for it too!
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Otherwise, nice game list there!
Is Spore still set for an '08 release?
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ROFL a disagree?!
Sadly, those are the only franchises that are worthwhile.
meh list. I have a Wii, this was a pretty good year, but there's only a small handfull (3) titles that I want for it next year. I'll be buying a lot more games for my PS3 i'm getting for Christmas.
DS is getting plenty of titles though IMO.
SSBB will own my life for years, so it alone makes Nintendo a winner next year.
But No More Heroes, Mario Kart Wii, Dragon Quest Swords, among others I am greatly looking forward to.
Also Nintendo is known for keeping titles close to their chest until they are near ready with them. So I guaruntee that next year we get a new Pikmin and Star Fox (We better!) and they have already said that Animal Crossing will probably be a 2008 holiday title.
Then in the slow periods of the Wii, I have several games for the PS3 to look forward to. It's going to be a great year.