You know, if it wasn't for the fact that I don't want to tempt fate, I'd say that developers are finally getting the idea in regards to this whole point and click thing. Following talk of a Wii adaptation of Sam & Max, and last week's news of Myst's conversion to the DS, it seems another developer has realized the obvious potential of having the two best-selling consoles in the world perfectly equipped for the genre, as Deep Silver has announced upcoming Wii and DS conversions of last year's Secret Files: Tunguska.
What's more, the developer of the fairly favourably recieved adventure seems intent on adding its voice to the rally of fans screaming out for the genre on the two systems:
We chose to do it for a couple of reasons. Firstly to explore the control methods of the Wii and DS, which we find very interesting, and secondly because we feel the platforms deserve this kind of game.
I played Hotel Dusk: Room 215 on a train to London recently and it worked perfectly. I really like the idea of playing an adventure game on the way to work. It's much more difficult to interrupt what you're doing if a ticket inspector comes around and you're playing something like a racing game - it's really annoying.
So there you have it. An adventure developer officially advocating what we've been asking for since the release of the DS. Now hopefully this will be the start of more western developers realizing what an obvious gift to the genre the two systems are, and beginning to make up for some serious lost time. The DS version of Tunguska will be out in the fourth quarter of this year with the Wii version pencilled in for early 2008, so lets see the bandwagon started up mid-next year shall we?
Lucasarts, I am of course looking at you. Surely it wouldn't cost much to put a few old games on the VC or a DS cartridge? And I'm sure the profits would be more than enough to pay for, oh I don't know ... a lightsaber game or something ...
[Via Eurogamer]
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8:36 PM on 06.13.2007
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I did a little mini blog on it! Look at blog here!
What you do in Counter-Strike.
Look up the PC games: The Dig, Day of the Tentacle, Full Throttle (ftw!), Myst, and perhaps Maniac Mansion is good choice.
good one rogue trooper :D
i know what p & c's are, i just lose interest. i have the attention span of a small child still.
Still considering where these titles stand (past vs. present) it's nice to see the love being spread around for all to enjoy. I mean correct if I'm wrong but last I checked (a few years ago) this sub-genre was reduced to horny Japanese-only, DOA Volleyball styled games.
But again not a part of gaming I've cared much about. And God knows I'd love to be corrected.
Let's see some God damned Monkey friggin' Island.
Show me some of that sweet, sweet Day of the Tentacle
Bring on the effin King's Quest
Leisure Suit La-Wii?.....anyone?
Bring it, yo. I want it all.
Hotel Dusk was really good, Phoenix Wright is at least 50% P&C and I'm enjoying the 2nd one right now. I've been an advocate for this since I got my DS lite last year and even more so when the Wii came out. Adventure games need a come back. New ones or at least sequels would be preferred to outright copies of the originals, but I'll take what I can get. Especially if they have updated artwork like with the new HD street fighter.
That would be sweet.
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