With money hungry developers like Data Design Interactive releasing landfill worthy steaming piles of crap on the Wii on a monthly basis it's hard to find the third party diamonds buried under all the crap. That's why I'm writing this article to get people aware of the third party games that actually look pretty darn good. These are all upcoming games so don't bug about No More Heroes and Zack and Wiki not being on there because they already came out.
In Deadly Creatures, you play as a scorpion and spider who are out to do...something. Details on the story are a bit vague but it certainly will be different(unless the scorpion has amnesia and the spider is after the guy who killed his family/girlfriend/buddy.) The game has a unsettling atmosphere and some of the best graphics seen so far on the Wii. The gameplay details are a bit vague so far but it sounds like this is going to be something along the lines of No More Heroes with arachnids but for wannabe entomologists like me the chance to play as to badass arthropods sounds like nerd heaven.
[b]Fragile:Farewell...you know what I'm just going to call it Fragile
Publisher/Developer:Namco Bandai/Tri-Crescendo
Release:Probably around mid-09 in the US[/b]
Probably one of the more mysterious games on the list, Fragile is a Adventure/RPG hybrid that follows a young protagonist as he looks for what caused the people in his world to mysteriously disappear as well as possible survivors to quell his loneliness. Details are scarce but given the proven developer Tri-Crescendo behind it(who also created little known RPG gems like Baten Kaitos for the Gamecube and Eternal Sonata for the 360) this one should be one of the best RPG's on the Wii.
[b]Sky Crawlers
Publisher/Developer:Namco Bandai/the Ace Combat people(forget what there name is but will edit this when I find out.)
Release:TBA[/b]
Although it's name might not grab you the gorgeous graphics of this Wii game will. Sky Crawlers is a new Wii flying game by the creators of Ace Combat thats apparently based on some obscure anime series that I've never heard of until now, Sky Crawlers is a Wii exclusive flight game that allows you to control the game using the nunchuck for steering and the Wiimote for shooting(at least I think thats how you do it, I'll have to check.) Did I mention that this is one of the best looking Wii games period? I mean it's like a pixel away from looking like a 360 game. Even if it doesn't have good gameplay(which it should considering it's proven developer) it should at least show what can be done on the Wii from a technical level.
[/b]Tales of Symphonia:Dawn of the New World
Publisher/Developer:Namco Bandai
Release:September, I think
Warning:May contain spoilers for the first game[/b]
The sequel to one of the Gamecube's best RPG's, Dawn of the New World picks up a few years after the first game left off with the two worlds of Sylvarant and Tethe'alla united and everything going...not so well. The people from the different worlds are in a bloody conflict with each other and things are not looking so well for the new world but luckily new heroes Emil and Marta are here to save the day. The game should play pretty similar to the previous game with a few new additions such as Pokemon style monster catching and a streamlined world map. And yes, the old characters will make appearances to.
Note:I will update this with more games as well as screen shots later.
As a die hard arachnophobe, I'm hard pressed to get excited about a game where a spider is a protagonist. Fragile, on the other hand, sounds like it might be just the thing, especially if the upcoming Nintendo Power review of Baroque is any indication of actual quality.
Never mind that last comment, I found out what they gave Baroque a 3/10. I never was into hardcore dungeon crawlers anyway, I was only semi-interested in the game because it's story sounded kind of cool but after reading Dtoids review I found out that apparently that part of the game pretty much sucked too.
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As a die hard arachnophobe, I'm hard pressed to get excited about a game where a spider is a protagonist. Fragile, on the other hand, sounds like it might be just the thing, especially if the upcoming Nintendo Power review of Baroque is any indication of actual quality.
Tales of Symphonia get!!
Is Sky Crawlers set in WW I times with the likes of the Red Baron? If so that's awesome!
Well I'm waiting for Fragile and Fatal Frame 4. I know now that Sadness was just a lie.
I'm with MissHinasaki on this one. Those are the two games I'm looking the most forward to this year by far.
@Tenro, what did Nintendo Power give Baroque?
Never mind that last comment, I found out what they gave Baroque a 3/10. I never was into hardcore dungeon crawlers anyway, I was only semi-interested in the game because it's story sounded kind of cool but after reading Dtoids review I found out that apparently that part of the game pretty much sucked too.