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Dazzag
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Posted: 28th Jun 2007 15:18
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Hmmm. This looks interesting...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6248780.stm

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Van B
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Posted: 28th Jun 2007 15:38
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This should be very interesting, I imagine there's a shedload of indi's simply dying to develop for the Wii, wonder how much it'll cost...


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Kentaree
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Posted: 28th Jun 2007 15:40
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Yea, I've seen this, I hope when they said 2008 they mean some of the games under development, no the toolkit itself.

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Oolite
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Posted: 28th Jun 2007 15:45
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Wow, i'd love to get my hands on this, still waiting for someone to finish the wii DBPro plugin.


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SpyDaniel
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Posted: 28th Jun 2007 15:53
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It would be cool to use, but I have no knowledge of programing, so it would be useless to me.
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Van B
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Posted: 28th Jun 2007 15:54
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So go get some knowledge Higgins! - you came to the right place to learn quickly.


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Dazzag
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Posted: 28th Jun 2007 16:07
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Yeah, this and the rumoured Jedi Wii game could get me to buy one. Lots of fun Whack-A-Mole Xtreme has a certain ring does it not? Going on the rampage through a 3D world with a big bat smacking around moles is where it's at I'm telling you...

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SpyDaniel
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Posted: 28th Jun 2007 16:24
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I might download the trail to DBP one day, see if I can make any thing with it. Then I might make a wii game
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Oraculaca
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Posted: 28th Jun 2007 16:31
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I think a version of that 'whack the penguin with the club' flash game would be quite a laugh with the wii controllers mind you you would only be able to charge about 50p for it, as it kind of lacks depth.

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Dazzag
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Posted: 28th Jun 2007 16:35
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Oh yeah. You mean the Yeti games. Too right they would be awesome as Wii mini games. Heck if it got as much attention as the PC version got then 50p a game would get you a fair bit of pocket change...

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SpyDaniel
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Posted: 28th Jun 2007 16:59
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I wonder why table tennis hasnt been made yet? Or has it? That would be fun for the wii
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Kentaree
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Posted: 28th Jun 2007 17:11
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It has kinda, it's part of Wii Play

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Dazzag
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Posted: 28th Jun 2007 17:16
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But is it as good as that miniclip game? That was addictive as crack. I remember getting my new PC with bleeding edge specs at the time, and leaving the latest great games on the shelf as I played that table tennis game to death

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Zombie 20
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*Clears throat* Hack and slash...done.

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Dazzag
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Posted: 28th Jun 2007 17:31
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Keh?

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Dr Manette
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This sounds awesome, it hopefully opens up a big market for indie wii games. Nintendo better not drop the ball and over charge.


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Hobgoblin Lord
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Posted: 28th Jun 2007 19:06
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hopefully like xna, it will be free but you can then pay to join a "developers club"

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Oraculaca
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Posted: 28th Jun 2007 19:29
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thought of a great game idea.
Wii virtual Swing ball !!

you could even use the controller to hammer the spike into the ground

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Chris K
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Posted: 28th Jun 2007 20:07
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Quote: "you could even use the controller to hammer the spike into the ground"


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Posted: 28th Jun 2007 22:48
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How about Wii New York Cabbie, you could use the remote to express your feelings to the other drivers.

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Kentaree
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Posted: 29th Jun 2007 11:18
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@Hobgoblin: And a mini game could be where you play the customer and try and gesture taxis to stop, and make other gestures if they don't

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Posted: 29th Jun 2007 11:25
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Posted: 29th Jun 2007 13:14 Edited at: 29th Jun 2007 13:16
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Official press release:

http://www.nintendo.com/newsarticle?articleid=lJUgYjCGf4pVbYMAU2qmwF3wp7DiOK5k&page=

At last, proper Wii games instead of dodgy retro re-releases. Brilliant.

I just hope they provide documentation for it, give it away for free (and get the money back through sales) and support more than just C++...

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Posted: 29th Jun 2007 19:11
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You know it, i'm jumping up and down about this. Of course typing has become rather difficult whilst jumping but anyway..this has paved the way for us to finally breakthrough with some great new concepts. This jedi game does look interesting.

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David R
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Posted: 29th Jun 2007 21:37
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Quote: "Nintendo announced the introduction of WiiWare, a game-creation service that will allow developers large and small to create new downloadable video game content for sale by Nintendo through the Wii Shop Channel of the hot Wii home video game system. "


That's the worrying line to me - it makes it sound more like something run by the Wii itself or something very watered down in the way it's referred to as a "service" rather than a kit or some other word.


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Jeku
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Posted: 29th Jun 2007 22:59
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Of course it will most likely be run from the Wii itself--- much like XNA 360 dev requires a 360 on the network.

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