Everyone here knows Disaster day of Crisis for the Nintendo Wii. It was one of the very first titles not only announced but even shown at E3 2006 when we got to see the first games footage for the just renamed Wii platform. Well here we are more than two years later, still waiting for it. Worse, we are wondering if it will ever make its way to the shelves. Yes because in these two years Disaster's status was never in doubt, we were sure it was coming and we knew there was already a confirmed Japanese date.
Then what?
Out of nowhere, a tragedy hits asia and apparently Nintendo thinks it's not appropriate to release a date about natural disasters when a real natural disaster has caused so much pain and suffering in a place near you. Ok, that's fine, I mean I can totally understand...here in the West we're still removing the Hitler face from Bionic Commando 60 years after the World War II so we should know a thing or two about being respectful of tragedies.
So ok, the game's released is pushed back due to the timing not being right, fair enough, we'll probably learn more about the game, and in particular about its western release, at the upcoming E3 which by the way it's going to be AWESOME!!
Yeeeah....right.
We all know what happened there. And of course no Disaster info whatsoever.
The game is unofficially in a limbo and people say it's been canned, Project H.A.M.M.E.R. style.
By the way, I think that game was canned because it was a pain to write, with the capitals and especially friggin' dots. Anyway, we're now sure that work on Disaster has stopped and it's uncertain if it's just a temporary pause or the kind of temporary break you have with your girlfriend when you realize you have some important issues to solve (which obviously means "it's over and she's been in another guy's bed for two months already). We all fear the latter.
Now our friends down under give us a little hope, with their (stupid) board of games classification being request a rating for Disaster by Nintendo themselves. Way to go, Aussies!
Then we had an official confirmation that the game is
"still in development". Oh joy!
Since then, rumours are floating around, and now there's one particularly strong suggesting that not only Disaster is coming soon, but it will hit Europe on 24th October of this year.
Source: our friends at
GoNintendo
I, for one, am really skeptical about this. After all that happened, it would be strange to see a game we know so few about coming this soon. I know Nintendo's strategy now is to hype games just a couple of months before their release but, c'mon what we have known about disaster is all in those 5-6 seconds of footage shown two years ago.
How do you feel about it, Dtoid? Do you think this would be a sign Nintendo is still thinking about the hardcore (unless Disaster has puppies minigamez in it), or you simply don't care anymore at this point?
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That's a great idea Nintendo, kill all the reasons I bought your console. Nintendo sickens me.
You know, times like these (i.e. all the time) I'm glad that I waited all night for the Wii, then decided not to buy one.
Wow, that was a surprisingly trollish comment of me to make.
I think it's still coming if they say it is. Nintendo's famous for taking forever with stuff like this, and when they do bring the stuff out, it's always amazing.
Although the Wii contradicts that.
@Thefil: I don't think it's a trollish comment. If you don't have enough games worth playing on Wii why buy it?
@Pedrovay2003:usually Nintendo stuff is AAA, that's why I love them. There are exceptions though. Anyway Disaster is one of the titles I'd really love to see, and I hope it's really coming.
@Ronburgandy2010: you bought the Wii for 5 seconds of Disaster footage =P ? Seriously, the Wii is getting great core titles in the next months (madworld, deadly creatures, the conduit, cursed mountain, house of the dead overkill...) so there is definitely stuff to play. I can understand if you were expecting something in particular that didn't arrive.
Nintendo put an incredible amount of AAA stuff in the first 18 months so I fail to see contraddictions here (I feel a bit like Phoenix Wright saying that LOL) :)
This is a really strange situation, isn't it?
I mean, yes, Nintendo tends to hold back footage and information until a project nears completion, but not to such an extreme degree. This level of silence on a project usually means that it's vaporware.
On the other hand, the fact that there have been multiple rumors of an upcoming release seems to indicate otherwise. The OFLC classification, in particular, seems to offer fairly solid evidence that the game is coming out soon, since they must've reviewed a finished or nearly finished version of the game in order to give an accurate and relevant classification.
So why all the secrecy then? And why take so much heat about having no serious titles for Christmas if D:DoC comes out in October.
Now, maybe the game is deeply flawed and then are trying to release it quietly. But why release the game at all if you're not going to make a serious attempt to sell it? Burying it but yet releasing it seems like an absolutely counterproductive business decision.
Honestly, I'm stumped.
Yes, Nugan, it's a very odd situation indeed. OFLC classification, official confirmation by Nintendo, rumoured European release date on one hand...complete lack of info on the other one. If they're going to release it in 2008 they'd better give us some info about the game because quite frankly we don't know pretty much anything about it.
I don't think the game is flawed...if it was it would've been canceled like project hammer.