Dale North, Tim Sheehy and myself were lucky enough to attend a special Child of Eden event at Tokyo Game Show. Footage will be a few days before we can tell you about what we saw, but I'm sure Ubisoft wouldn't mind if I let this tiny snippet slip.
After playing the game, I asked product manager Lindsay Gray if there was any chance that it may come to the Wii or the Nintendo 3DS. After all, the game is already multi-platform (Xbox 360 and PlayStation), so why not add a couple more consoles to the party, right? Lindsay couldn't help but laugh at me. "Not a chance!" he bellowed, with a vigorous chuckle that nearly knocked me over.
With the way third-party Wii sales have been lately, I wasn't much surprised when he shot the console down, but the 3DS is a different story. I wondered if the problem stemmed from the 3DS's lack of HD support. Actually, my exact words were "So, you don't think your game will be fun unless it's played in HD?" His response was quite candid -- "This game is an audio/visual experience. HD is very important to that."
Bummer. Child of Eden would be awesome in glasses-free 3D.
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8:23 PM on 09.20.2010 | 
I will take that as a compliment.
@rexwolf2 A more subtle, less provocative "You're obviously a Wiifag" is a compliment to you?
@Matt Welch I'd probably buy it even IF visuals was the only thing going for this game.
I know that it wouldn't be very great on the Wii, but I was simply irked by his sudden, rude dismissal and pretentious manner.
If your reason for not doing something is graphical power, fine. If your reason for not doing something is because you want a screen resolution superior to 480p, then you clearly do not understand consumer behavior (and eyesight) from this console generation enough to be put in a position that determines which consoles will receive ports.
The Wii I understand, but the fucking 3DS too?
Oh well.
I hope I didn't make him sound like a jerk in the post, because he's actually quite nice and engaging.
"lol u liek nintendo so stfu hd4liefz"
That said I could never see this on the Wii. It's just absolutely stunning the way it is. I don't think he's being pretentious. I think he's telling the truth. This game relies heavily on visuals. It's part of what sells it. Love it or hate it it's a fact. It's very much a pretty, interactive, HD screensaver and I wouldn't have it any other way.
Also keep in mind that theres a good chance that Lindsay's opinion probably doesn't represent the developer as a whole, maybe another member would love to do such a thing.
I can understand why he laughed, it doesn't seem like he did it to be a douche but rather its like asking Nintendo to port Wii Sports to the 3DS. Sure, it can work, but it would destroy the game's focus (In Wii Sport's case, motion control. In Children of Eden's case, a graphical "experience") and would undermine the game as a whole.
TL;DR Don't hate because a developer isn't interested in moving their game to other platforms, this has been going on for years. Yeah it sucks, but don't take it as an insult.
You know, after I'm done showing everyone my PURE FLYING POKEMON.
You might have been able to sell me this on a 3DS, though. Maybe. Its published by Ubi Soft, though, that makes me a little iffy outside of No More Heroes
Well, I will still playing thi- Oh wait, I'm not gonna buy a motion controller, and I'm gonna buy the 3DS... Fuck this game...
Just clarifying, Mr. Gray wasn't bashing the Wi or the 3DS. He was just engaging in "real talk".
Let's just say that the game we talked about at PAX Prime has something to do with why I thought Wii/3DS for this game.
Is that vague enough?
WOW SRSLY? AMAZING
And I thought all games were supposed to be an audio visual experience!
SHOCKER!!!
Well, it certainly looks beautiful, but I think it's already been established that the Wii can put out some breathtaking graphics. HD is overrated in this respect.
But whatever, Ubisoft. You do what you like.
Still, he didn't have to laugh about it. It's pretentious douchebags like that that make me wonder what direction the industry is going in.
I can understand that as well.
But if you can't make a game while even knowing the limits of the hardware, and try to push it further, doesn't that seem a bit lazy? No wait, it is.
I see this game being in the bargain bin, just like Rez was...
And before some of you say, bet you never played Rez, I did, and loved it. And I still understand WHY it tanked.
The 3DS looks as close as you can get to HD, without it actually being HD and the 3D effects is something that you can't really get anywhere else on the go. So I think this guy should just get over himself. If this game sells like crap on the 360/PS3, then I bet this guy will be eating his words in a year, or two from now, when it gets ported to the 3DS!
There's sometimes a reason something is cult.
And any thoughts (from the readers, not the editors) on the 3DS are pretty much Moot as I bet most of you are just guessing what it's capable of.
I'm predicting the same as the DS, lower power and graphical ability than other handhelds, (obviously more than the DS) but a fancy gimmick (3D / Touchpad) and a fuck-tonne of casual games to get the massive sales to soccer moms and children, again.
Really, so you don't think Muramasa: The Demon Blade will become a cult classic someday? If anything I think its the opposite of what you're saying. I think a lot games on the Wii will become cult classic as we get into the next generation. Little King's Story will be a cult classic. Zac & Wiki, and the NMH games are already cult classics and games like MadWorld, HOTD: OverKill, Dead Space: Extraction and Silent Hill: Shattered Memories will all become cult classics eventually.
See time changes peoples perception about things. In 5 to 10 years from now, most people won't be thinking of the Wii as a console for kids, and old people. They'll be thinking fondly of it as being their first console, just like we did as kids with the NES, or SNES depending on your age. Zelda SS, Metroid, SMG, SSB: Brawl, and Mario Kart will all become they're classics just like they we're for us back then!
Although, if they did decide to let go of the HD thing, they'd still have a hard time releasing it on 3DS if the game is huge (even with watered-down textures).
I like my Wii but most of the games look like grainy poop on my TV.