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Kind of a rumor, but not really: Sam and Max coming to the Wii photo

Since late 2006, PC fans have been enjoying the triumphant return of world-famous anthropomorphic detective duo, Sam and Max. Its point-and-click style has been a hit with gamers since the 1993 release of Sam & Max Hit the Road, but the team has never made its way to consoles. 

With the Wii's mouse-like pointer controls, fans have thought it would be the perfect match, and rumors of a pairing have long haunted the hallowed halls of the Internet. The game's retail publisher, JoWood, seems to have confirmed Sam & Max on the Wii in a German press release for one of their Agatha Christie titles:

JoWooD plant weitere seiner erfolgreichen Lizenzen aus dem Adventure Games für Nintendo® Wii™ zu adaptieren. Eines der nächsten Projekte: Sam & Max. Als Adventure des Jahres, gewählt von den Lesern des deutschen Computerspielmagazins „PC Games“ (zu finden in der aktuellen Printausgabe 2/2008), gehen Sam & Max bald auch bei Nintendo® Wii™ auf Verbrecherjagd. 

In simple English: JoWood plans to adapt their successful licensed adventure titles for consoles, one of which is Sam and Max, which will soon be brought to the Wii. A betting man would put money on the Wii release being ports of Sam & Max Seasons, already available on the PC. But one can always hold out hope for an all-new adventure, right? 

[Via GoNintendo]


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FiveStar's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/13/2008 14:50
FiveStar
Great news, er... rumor. I'd be happy to play Sam and Max on the Wii, but the chances of it selling any better than Zack & Wiki are slim.
Gangles's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/13/2008 14:53
Gangles
Terrific if it's true!
Cheeburga's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/13/2008 15:14
Cheeburga
Good news for Wii owners.
Sam and Max kicks ass.
B5512's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/13/2008 15:34
B5512
wundervoll!
CaffeinePowered's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/13/2008 16:28
CaffeinePowered
Sweet, I still have been lazy and not gotten the episodes on PC, so it would be nice just to pick up a pack as a Wii edition
ToxinBlackheart's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/13/2008 17:39
ToxinBlackheart
Awesome. I've never gotten to playing the PC games, but I really don't have a gamer's computer.

This news pleases me.
MasterMS's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/13/2008 17:47
MasterMS
I would so buy this game
lowercaseluke's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/13/2008 20:15
lowercaseluke
IlikeTOcommentONeveryPAGEtoGETmyDTOIDrankUPevenTHOUGHiHAVEnothingTOIsayANDitISmeaningless.
dhelor's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/13/2008 20:20
dhelor
You know, I've been holding off on buying Season 1 of Sam and Max for some reason. But if it were released on the Wii? I'd buy it the day it gets released.
Professor Pew's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/13/2008 21:53
Professor Pew
Jowood destroys everything they touch, so DO NOT WANT! Even if it's Sam & Max :(
Im OK's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/14/2008 01:10
Im OK
If this is an all new, never-before-seen Sam & Max game for the Wii, then that's awesome and I'll be getting it. If this is just a port of one of Seasons 1 or something, then I give it a resounding MEH and won't be getting it.
Im OK's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/14/2008 01:12
Im OK
"If this is just a port of Season 1 or something," rather.

I hate starting to write one sentence, then deciding I want to write a different sentence, but then not going back and changing the first sentence while continuing to write the replacement sentence.
brad drac's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/14/2008 05:19
brad drac
Awesome news. Wii needs moar point & click.
Necros's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/14/2008 13:15
Necros
Great, I've been waiting for a non-PC version of Sam and Max Season One. Will buy!
Im OK's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/14/2008 14:15
Im OK
You know what, I'll take back my MEH on the prospect of this potentially being just a port of Season One for the Wii, because if I didn't already have Season One for the PC then this would be awesome to me.
Fading Star's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/15/2008 05:58
Fading Star
Excellent news.
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