If you're curious as to what's happening with Lucasart's "next-gen" Indiana Jones console titles, here's your answer: it's now called Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings, and it's coming to Wii, PlayStation 2 PlayStation Portable, and Nintendo DS.
A trailer for the title appeared on YouTube yesterday, and while that's probably not the best way to announce a game, it's been making the round quite nicely. Staff of Kings is scheduled for a Spring 2009 on the three console's mentioned at the end of the trailer. If Indy and company are still coming to PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360 -- and word on the street is that won't be happening -- this is certainly not that game.
The trailer is definitely exciting, and the idea of using the Wii Remote as Indy's whip is probably pant-soiling for fans. Unfortunately, what we're seeing doesn't appear to be any gameplay, so I'll refrain from making any final judgments until Lucasarts shows off the real goods.
Indy fans, is Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings what you were waiting for?
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10:00 AM on 01.24.2009
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“Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings for Wii, PS3, DS announced by YouTube video”
At least, if you want to have this line make sense:
“[..] and it's coming to Wii, PlayStation 2, and Nintendo DS.”
Save us both some time, hire me as your editor.
It's go time!
As long as the "Staff of Kings" wasn't designed by an alien race, I think we'll be OK. Or maybe there were be werevolves in this game.
Although, the inclusion of things from older movies, esp Temple of Doom (Lao Che, rushing water), and "golden thing in shaft of light that makes walls fall down" sheds a little light on some possible lack of creativity.
The whole "it'd be great to be able to do this with the Wii Remote" thing has sort of worn off for me. I've had enough of the waggling to last me a long time. It's always the same motion, isn't it?
That said, if the game is solid then I'll certainly be in on it.
"Indy, I love you!" - Short Round
I hope so man, I hope so. I had big expectations for the movie based on the previous ones. But after the whole "refigerator" thing from the opening sequence I'm skeptical. I remember hearing rumors about Indy before it was released about the possibility of the "spear of destiny" being the object he was after, which would have been better IMO. But as it is, we're stuck with Lucas' aliens, I didn't even bother to buy the movie on dvd.
Yeah!
That had me very excited!
If the game looks and plays like that...
That Indy theme will always, forever, get me juiced!
=)
Looks great, though. Might pick it up for DS.
No, you don't say! A company is actually try to make money in these tough economic times? Who would of ever thought that would happen? Well you better get use to it, because its going to be this way looking forward now. The Wii's install base is over 46 million and when you combine it with the low development cost that goes along with developing for the system, its a win/win situation for most 3rd Party developers. Couple that with the fact that its so easy to then port the Wii game down to the PSP, or PS2 and it makes even more sense.
I think its time for the so called "hardcore" gamers to start jumping back on the Wii60, or PSWii bandwagon again. Because the Wii is starting to get a lot of good hardcore games, that you just can't get on the other system. I own a 360 now and I'm still planning on getting a Wii soon. Just for games like HOTD: OverKill, MadWorld and the Conduit. Plus now this new Indiana Jones game looks awesome as well, but I just hope it turns out as good as the trailer portrays it to be.
I just hope Lucas had nothing to do with it.
WiiWhip ftw.