Wii-exclusive SSX all 'Blur' for now

by James Ransom-Wiley { Dec 6th 2006 at 3:55PM }

EA was kind enough to provide the name of its upcoming SSX installment for Wii: SSX Blur. But despite a projected March release date, developer EA Montreal remains vague about the project that was revealed five months ago.

Producer Alex Hyder did imply extensive use of motion, saying, "We wanted to take the soul of the franchise ... and Wii-ify it," but stopped short of defining the specific mechanics. Let's just hope this series doesn't get butchered the way Activision did Tony Hawk for its Wii debut.

Tags: EA, EA Montreal, EaMontreal, Electronic Arts, ElectronicArts, SSX, SSX Blur, SsxBlur, Wii, Wiimote

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Paul P. @ Dec 6th 2006 4:19PM

They call it 'blur' because of the N64 graphics.

But seriously folks.

Now, what the fuck are you talking about, James? THDJ is a pretty damn good game. Great racer, extensive single player campaign, and oodles of fun. Have you even played the damn game? I think it's even gotten some pretty good reviews.

Mark @ Dec 6th 2006 4:27PM

the only time i should hear you say oodles if it is immediately followed by the word noodles.

adrien @ Dec 6th 2006 4:27PM

tony hawk is far from a "butchered" game. i happen to think its pretty fun if your not sitting around crying about how it's not like the other games in the series. it's a racing game for the most part. it's fast, controls well and is simple fun. give it a break. ssx should be awesome as long as "EA" doesn't kill it like EA always kills all good things.

raphael @ Dec 6th 2006 4:53PM

Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam is actually a really good game. There are problems, and it takes a while to get to the good part, but as a game that takes advantage of the remote it's fantastic.

In fact, THDJ feels a lot like SSX.

BklynKid @ Dec 6th 2006 5:04PM

Graphics probably suck so bad that they wouldnt dare show them off.

knobjockey @ Dec 6th 2006 5:12PM

This was one game i was expecting to see on the PS3 and 360 it would be amazing online. Once again EA fall short. Lets hope they plan to release a new game for the proper consoles

shivr @ Dec 6th 2006 5:41PM

the controls actually do have potential.. tilting the wiimote from side to side for precision turns, using larger gestures or turning the top of the remote for big turns, leaning the top part down to go faster and leaning back for more drag, flicking upwards for jumping, and using the pointer function and buttons in combination for tricks? All pretty cool, if pulled off correctly. Perhaps even one handed play?

geostar @ Dec 6th 2006 5:52PM

Who says the games not Online. It should be and probably will be. Nintendo is supposed to announce it's online gaming service in January.

I for one can't wait on this one. I think I played SSX3 more than any other game on my Gamecube.

haegen @ Dec 6th 2006 5:53PM

isn't THDJ essentially SSX on wheels? it only seemed disappointing because of the format change. but there is no need to 'butcher' SSX because it already operates in a way appropriate to the wii control.

Gavin @ Dec 6th 2006 6:00PM

I hope Wii fans love half-baked ports of already existing games, because they'll be getting plenty of crap like this.

Erik Novak @ Dec 6th 2006 6:44PM

Holy crap, EA just described the Wii's textures!

Nate_Birch @ Dec 6th 2006 6:59PM

"Graphics probably suck so bad that they wouldnt dare show them off."

Uh...there's a trailer for the game out and they look fine and could actually be pretty good with another few months of a polish.

minus_273 @ Dec 6th 2006 7:15PM

considering the wii tony hawk was the most fun tony hawk since pro skater 3, lets hope it does get "butchered"

Anticrawl @ Dec 6th 2006 7:15PM

Your a fucking idiot Bklynkid. Last weekend they had an extensive gameplay video on spike while Reggie and some other jack-ass were bowling. Also apparently they realeased the name then as well considering they called it by such a title and wind of it is just catching on now. Been there, wasn't impressed, moved on.

Really though, they could have done better than the 75x45 video (looks like it was actually recorded from a camcorder), then shown all stretched out on my high def tv in all it's hideous glory. I couldn't make out what the fuck was going on.

Anticrawl