... and it looks like crap. Surprise! But really, what were you expecting? It is the Wii, after all.
But let's not bemoan what many of us have already come to expect, shall we? The good news is that Disaster: Day of Crisis is still on its way for the Wii from Monolith Soft, makers of the epic Xenosaga series on PS2 and the beautiful Baten Kaitos on the ol' GCN -- not really the sort of game you'd expect from a developer with a history built almost solely on RPGs.
And why should we care? For starters, my little heart jumps at the thought of any original content on the Wii, as should yours -- Disaster ain't a port, or a sequel, it's a Wii title built from the ground up. Second, if Monolith has taken any cues from Agetec's butt-ugly but sorely-underrated Disaster Report, epic world-killing disasters make for great gameplay, and set the stage for some unique applications of the Wiimote. Think action-platformer plus.
Hit that lonely one-pic gallery for a blissfully high-res shot of low-res gaming. Disaster: Day of Crisis is set to release around the end of March.
[Via Jeux-France]
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12:14 PM on 02.22.2007
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Standing ovation.
for what i can see it looks like at least a good ps2 game
Mind, I'm probably the biggest representative of Nintendo/Wii love on this goddamn site. But you can't deny that the Wii looks like pappy crap next to the PS3 and the Xbox360.
With the right application of the Wii remote, though, it clocks in at about 30x more fun than either of them.
A) Get the obvious out of the way (it's good for Wii, looks better than PS2, but not half as good as 360/ps3)
B) Start flame bait
C) Get into Summa's or Azrael's pants
D) All the above.
I pick x.
What are you doing Saturday?
If this game is even 10% of what Disaster Report was, I'll piss myself happy.
However, I question their choice in screenshots. This shot doesn't example capture the sense of a crisis...
When's the release window? If the game's date is still far off, I wouldn't put much weight in such an early screenshot as a determinant of the final product.
...also..me falling into a lava pit = crisis; from back in the NES mario days.
Well don't some sites Smash Bros. Brawl is coming out in March too? I'd say summer time for this game...
If it is the release date, then when it comes out may very well be described as a day of crisis for Monolith.
Visually it is a bit rough, but the modeling on the character looks pretty good, I'd say. Nobody mentioned that.
Judging the look on one screen, that may or may not be final, isn't really fair.
Oh well. If it's gone, I'll still have Day of Crisis.
I'll play it.
http://kotaku.com/gaming/top/here-it-is-nintendos-japan-schedule-for-2007-238388.php
I'll be here all week!