GameCube remakes on Wii!
While speaking to Nintendo Dream Magazine, Shigeru Miyamoto revealed some new details about games on the Wii. It seems that some GC games will be remade on Wii, and they will take full advantage of the Wii controller.
"The machine is based on GC," said Miyamoto. "We'll be upgrading the development tools, but GameCube code can be used for the most part as is. In that sense, I believe that it would be good to remake GameCube games for Wii, and that some titles would become better with the change to the Wii remote controller."
GC to Wii remakes will be sold at a very low price, much lower than retail price of GC games now. Miyamoto even hopes that third party developers will make new games for the Cube while using the Wii controller. "Even now," continued Miyamoto, " GameCube titles are sold at used shops, so we don't feel we could sell them for full price. However, development costs have been taken care of, so we could probably sell them at a more accessible price. If we make it so that such GC to Wii remakes can be produced quickly, it's possible that many titles will also be released from third parties."
The first game that was remade on Wii from GC was Zelda: Twilight Princess. The only thing changed about Zelda in the transition from GC to Wii were the controls. Developers of the game felt that the Wii version of Zelda should have more polished graphics than the original GC version, however Miyamoto, who knows that the Wii is certainly capable of kicking up the graphics, disagreed.
"At one point," he explained, "even members of our staff said 'the Wii is more powerful than the GC, so we'd like to polish the graphics.' However, Zelda players don't look forward to this polish, they look forward to an enjoyable game."
Miyamoto did state that not all titles will have the same graphics in their Wii versions, and that games that demand strong visuals will have to be made accordingly.
No new remake titles were announced at this time, but I think it is a given that we will see both Metroid Primes sometime soon. Metroid Prime Trilogy Box Set for Wii anyone?
"The machine is based on GC," said Miyamoto. "We'll be upgrading the development tools, but GameCube code can be used for the most part as is. In that sense, I believe that it would be good to remake GameCube games for Wii, and that some titles would become better with the change to the Wii remote controller."
GC to Wii remakes will be sold at a very low price, much lower than retail price of GC games now. Miyamoto even hopes that third party developers will make new games for the Cube while using the Wii controller. "Even now," continued Miyamoto, " GameCube titles are sold at used shops, so we don't feel we could sell them for full price. However, development costs have been taken care of, so we could probably sell them at a more accessible price. If we make it so that such GC to Wii remakes can be produced quickly, it's possible that many titles will also be released from third parties."
The first game that was remade on Wii from GC was Zelda: Twilight Princess. The only thing changed about Zelda in the transition from GC to Wii were the controls. Developers of the game felt that the Wii version of Zelda should have more polished graphics than the original GC version, however Miyamoto, who knows that the Wii is certainly capable of kicking up the graphics, disagreed.
"At one point," he explained, "even members of our staff said 'the Wii is more powerful than the GC, so we'd like to polish the graphics.' However, Zelda players don't look forward to this polish, they look forward to an enjoyable game."
Miyamoto did state that not all titles will have the same graphics in their Wii versions, and that games that demand strong visuals will have to be made accordingly.
No new remake titles were announced at this time, but I think it is a given that we will see both Metroid Primes sometime soon. Metroid Prime Trilogy Box Set for Wii anyone?
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