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Zeus
08-03-2006, 03:03 PM
You better believe it, Ubisoft do really love the Wii! Despite the well known Red Steel and Rayman Raving Rabbids scheduled as exclusive Wii launch titles, Ubisoft has also announced that their other five titles in development will make it in time for the Wii's launch. Whoever said the Wii will be short of launch titles?


Ubisoft today announced that it is in development with versions of Far Cry, Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII, Monster 4x4 World Circuit and Open Season for Wii. In addition, the studio is bringing an all-new racer called GT Pro Series to the system.
The publisher also said that it has "many more titles in development" for Wii.

In a separate release out of France, Ubisoft revealed that a Wii Prince of Persia title is in development and will be released -- at least in France -- next March. The company's US subsidiary had no further details to offer on this game, but an American release is a certain eventuality, even if it's not yet official.

"We're thrilled that Ubisoft will be unveiling Wii versions of both exclusive new IP and established franchises," said Reggie Fils-Aime, president and chief operating officer for Nintendo of America. "Bursting with creativity, innovation and unadulterated fun, these Ubisoft games embody the qualities that will make Wii a huge hit with gamers new and established, young and old."


News Source: <a href="http://wii.ign.com/articles/723/723080p1.html" target="_blank">IGN</a>

Thanks daps for the news tip!
daps83777
08-03-2006, 03:08 PM
this news gets me so excited, love nintendo finally getting the third party support. who knows how many more games we can expect as launch titles after this news.
Zeus
08-03-2006, 03:11 PM
Yep, it's very encouraging news. Wii has some nice titles on the way, something a little different. Perhaps a bit too early to pass judgement, but it looks very promising.
Havok154
08-03-2006, 03:57 PM
Far Cry and a real driving game, along with Red Steel and an unknown Resident Evil game...kids system my ass. :D
tashmeister
08-03-2006, 03:58 PM
Is there any confirmation on what version of farcry this is?
If its the full pc version, the specs earlyer this week, are either totally wrong, or the hardware can use it amazingly architect wise.
Or wich i would doubt to see, the game will run on minium settings lol.
bwanac
08-03-2006, 08:42 PM
Is there any confirmation on what version of farcry this is?
If its the full pc version, the specs earlyer this week, are either totally wrong, or the hardware can use it amazingly architect wise.
Or wich i would doubt to see, the game will run on minium settings lol.

it only needs to run at 480p max... so who knows. but its said to be a new story and action and stuff from an interview on ign. with elements taken from evolution for xbox i think. with luck i see this game looking similar to the 360 offering of far cry which did not push the system at all graphically.
LaNcom
08-03-2006, 08:49 PM
It's also worth noting that Wii also gets Prince of Persia in March 2007, not a port it seems, maybe an exclusive.

Is there any confirmation on what version of farcry this is?
If its the full pc version, the specs earlyer this week, are either totally wrong, or the hardware can use it amazingly architect wise.
Or wich i would doubt to see, the game will run on minium settings lol.
Far Cry Wii is supposed to be a new, Wii-exclusive edition, partially based on Far Cry Instincts Evolution (Xbox360), but with a new story, new maps, characters and items. I think Ubisoft will release a few screenshots soon, maybe at Games Convention.

The leaked specs are from the March devkits, but there's a revised June devkit according to some insiders and IGN (with different specs), and Nintendo is expected to ship yet another revision very soon, which might have a few further upgrades...
{{909}}
08-04-2006, 05:43 AM
it will be nice to see the farcry engine running on the wii, if its as fine tuned to the hardware as the xbox one is, then would could really see what the wii is capable of from day one.

If Ubisoft really do release 7 games on release day, i hope theyre all of decent quality, theyre risking alot of their franchises here, farcry, PoP and red steel need to be brilliant to live up to their redecessors/hype.

Its still looking to be a very stong release for the wii, 7 games from Ubi, Zelda, a handful of EA games no doubt, plus who knows what else.
re4de2ye0
08-04-2006, 12:39 PM
Definitely good to see some 3rd party support which was lacking on the Cube. Hopefully the Prince of Persia title will make use of the Wii-mote with sword play, that would be pretty sweet.