I don't care what anyone else says, but I was actually looking forward to Project H.A.M.M.E.R quite a bit. It looked like brainless, dumb, hamfisted violence and that's the kind of thing I sometimes want in a videogame. Sadly, however, it's not what Nintendo wants in its videogames anymore, and in the wake of such exciting titles as Let's Act Like Twats at the Carnival and Tenuous Mario Inclusion 176, it seems there just isn't room for one man and his hammer.
Famitsu has reported that there will be no mallet-based carnage for those of us who had the game on our radars, and have thrown it on the trashpile, which shouldn't be a surprise given the rumors and the delays. With games like Disaster: Day of Crisis and Sadness looking increasingly like vaporware with each passing, silent day, I wonder now if the Wii will ever seriously provide something completely fresh and original like Nintendo once promised. I gave up hope for the system as a serious games platform long ago, but it still gets me in my soul when I hear about the premature death of a potentially decent title
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11:55 AM on 09.12.2007
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It looked crappy but it was a step in a less kid orientated direction.. now Nintendo's stand is becoming increasingly clear.
*Fingers Crossed*
C'mon. You smash robots with a hammer. What else do you need?
When I played it, it played like a really good arcade beat 'em up, like TMNT 2 or Captain America and the Avengers. The graphics were still the most impressive yet on the Wii. All sorts of permanent yet subtle environmental damage effects.
Rev. Anthony . . . are you sure casual games aren't hurting the gaming scene for those of us who truly love it? The developers stated they were diverting resources to focus on something more casual. And then it was cancelled.
I was super looking forward to this simply becasue I love brawlers and the wii's waglling seems perfect. Oh well maybe the dragon one will be good.
^ MAny exclaimations to prove it.
Tristero just touched a special place in my heart.
Oh well, Capcom can carry the Wii, right Jim? I've played RE4 in all its iterations and I'm still not sick of it.
Ya I think Rev needs to eat some crow.
Nintendo I hate to do it, but it must be done
I AM TEH ROBBED!
...please H.A.M.M.E.R.... don't hurt em.
STOP!
That is all.
It's very convenient that people are very positive about a Wii game that doesn't even exist. It's like "Told you so, it's just typical, the best game in the world is cancelled by Nintendo because they obviously don't want us to play good games".
The game looked like shit, it featured a crap nondescript muscle head character who goes round smashing up one slow forgettable enemy at a time with waggle movements replacing button bashing, it got cancelled because it was obviously shit, the way alarmists are using it as an example of "Nintendo raping the hardcore gamer" is pathetic.
If people want to make a case for Nintendo somehow delibertely destroying the bloodline of "real" gamers, then there has to be some credible consistency to that point. The fact that Nintendo has already released, and has known traditional games on the horizon instantly proves the old "Wii, destroyer of gaming's soul" argument, completely void. Boring guys, very boring.
If you've been with the big n for this whole time you know the hardest core game your going to see is either a metroid or zelda. Mario and smash have even jumped ship to the more casual side which is just what they want to do. Point of the matter if you bought a wii for anything other then casual games then your life is going to be full of disappointment.
I was hoping for this game, but I hadn't heard anything on it in so long, I kinda forgot about it. Does sound fun, what with the smashing and the robots and the hammers and all. Correction. Did sound fun.
I wouldn't get all up in arms about Sadness and D:DoC, however. There were a ton of game that we didn't hear anything about for months on the DS that eventually came to life. Does anyone here remember that Final Fantasy III was announced with the unvieling of the original Nintendo DS? We didn't see a single piece of artwork for a year. Sadness is coming, I think we all just write it off as vaporware because Nibris jumped the gun and started making things public in its conceptual stages; usually, we don't even hear about games until they're well into development. Also, c'mon, Nintendo just bought Monolith Soft. I highly doubt they'd cancel that game. and we have seen bits and pieces on it!
You know, I'll make a bet. If either of these games get cancelled, I will eat my hat. Seriously, I'll grill it and eat it. I'll even make a blog about it.
Disaster better still be coming out, though.
My work here is done.
*jumps up into the sky and flies away*
I just hope they dont cancel Sadness
to bad. :/
Game is still development and has a big budget
The expected release date is Q4 2008 / 2009
Game will not use WiiConnect24 and there will be no sequel
Nibris hinted at the game being present at the E For All event held in
October. Hopefully, that new promised trailer will be shown.
Nibris will continue to support both Nintendo platforms.
Nibris apparently showed off its games at Leipzig, but in private behind closed doors. The developer also has partnered with FOG Studios which is some kind of successful management firm. FOG will represent Nibris at the Tokyo Game Show, but it's not known if anything game-related will be shown there.
I thi
Saying Nintendo "has some real games" is similar to Nintendo's claim that they're serious about online gaming. Sure, there are a few token examples, but nothing that indicates any serious kind of movement. We have, what -- Metroid, Smash Bros. and Galaxy, all of which are old Nintendo failsafes anyway. H.A.M.M.E.R was, at least, a brand new IP.
We'll see what happens with Disaster: Day of Crisis.
At least H.A.M.M.E.R. was a NEW FUCKING IP.
I freaking love Metroid, but it's getting kind of annoying how all the games I'm looking forward to deal with mascots that I'm already overly familiar with.
Even though I love you, Nintendo, this one deserves a fail.