Codemasters, currently working on a brand new Overlord title for the Wii, has criticized what it deems "lazy" ports on Nintendo's system. The critique comes courtesy of Codies' Dean Scott, who argued that the best Wii games must be built with the console in mind, and developers shouldn't just "retrofit a load of sh*t."
"At this moment in time, because the installed userbase on Wii is so high, it’s the Wii gold rush. So publishers are like ‘sh*t, what can we get out on Wii really quickly?’ What that means is people end up porting games from other platforms, and they don’t fit the console because [the Wii remote] has to be the absolute starting point. The controller is point one. You can’t retrofit a load of sh*t and expect it to work with this controller."
I always found it bitterly ironic that the Wii was made to bring something new and inventive to the industry, yet has become the home of the uncreative and the lazy. It speaks volumes about certain publishers in this industry that they've been able to pervert the Wii in that manner. Scott is certain that Overlord: Dark Legend will eschew the idle ways of its peers, however:
"When you think of the best Wii games – Wii Sports and all that – they’re absolutely built to do what the controller does. [ Codemasters was ] conscious that we had to build something that played to the strengths of that platform. It’s even more important on Wii (…) so we wanted to do as much of Overlord as we could and enhance it using [the Wii Remote]."
All I know is, I love Overlord. That's my critical assessment of the situation right there.
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6:19 PM on 09.10.2008 | 
Because they were just as guilty as any other 3rd party developer on the Wii for putting out shovelware shit. Having said that Overlord for the Wii does look really good, and yes the Wii could use more good looking 3rd party games just like it!
They're making a new title specifically for it, and not a port.
I could be wrong though as I know nothing about this game.
Bwark speaks the truth.
I'm in complete agreement with Codemasters. If more companies thought in that same way, the Wii would be a much better gaming console.
nah, I loved Overlord on 360 - It was like Fable meets Pikmin ;)
I can't see what the waggle is going to bring to it - the pad control scheme was good imo, but I agree with what Codemasters is saying.
Put your money and talent where your mouth is, then we can all praise you like we should.
2 - Watch as people Pirate those terrible games
3 - Sue the pirates for 10 times what you "should" have earnt for those shitty un-sold games.
4 - ????
5 - Fund brand new, intelligent IPs on the Wii.
6 - Out of money, begin 8 year cycle of crap. Go To 1
"So publishers are like ‘shit, what can we get out on Wii really quickly?’"
"You can’t retrofit a load of sh*t and expect it to work with this controller."
The same place where Sony's, and Microsoft's "Seal of Quality" is. It simply doesn't exist on any system so don't act like there's no shovelware shit on the 360/PS3 because there is. People just seem to ignore it more on those system's.
If they were selling as well as the Wii is right now then there would be a whole hell of a lot more shovelware shit on those system's. I guess that's the price you pay for #1 just look at the PS2 it had the same problem last gen. Didn't it?