Conspiracy to publish Wii budget titles in the U.S.

by John Bardinelli on Jun 28th 2007 2:00PM

Data Design Interactive and U.S. Developer Conspiracy have announced a distribution agreement that will bring nine new Wii-exclusive titles to the U.S. this year. Most of the games seem to be knock-offs of more popular titles such as Mario Kart or the Harry Potter series, but this Ninjabread Man game has our attention. No release date or prices have been set, but the games have been marketed at budget prices in the UK, so we can likely expect the same in the States.

Mini Desktop Racing - A "minature racer"
Monster Trux Offroad - a "rugged racer"
Ninjabread Man - 3D platformer
Action Girlz Racing - "fairy-tale racer"
Anubis II - 3D platformer
Billy Wizard - a "magic/action game" banking on the popularity of Harry Potter
Myth Makers - SuperKart GP - a racing game, of course
Rock N Roll Adventures - musical action/platformer
Earache - Extreme Metal Racing - yet another offroad racer

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Tags: budget, conspiracy, datadesign, port, ps2, wii

Reader Comments (52)

wow these look terrible

Shovelware?

Shovelware.

Hit-you-over-the-head-with-a-shovelware.

NINJABREAD MAN, FUCK YES! I dont care how shitty it is. I cannot resist a game called Ninjabread Man. I have been wanting this game since I first heard about it, I'm glad its leaving europe and coming here.

What the Wii lacks in quality software, it sure makes up in quantity. It's surprising how many companies jump on the Wii bandwagon only to release crap titles.

ymmv- same with the PS1 and PS2, I'd say. How many of the 1000+ on each were actually worth playing?

FUCK YEAH

The only thing that even SOUNDS interesting is Ninjabread Man, and I'm sure that, too, will suck.

Shovelware is what you get for spending $250 on 7 year old hardware with a WeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeMote.

It will only get better (for Weebashers) from here.

Can I say I told you so?

Bring on E3!!!

"How many of the 1000+ on each were actually worth playing?"

Probably about 10% were worth purchasing... 20% if you were really into them. I expect the Wii to have about the same ratio, which will be a dramatic improvement in the number of title worth purchasing over the GC.

Crap...

Crap...

Crap...

Crap...

Crap...

Crap...

Crap...

Crap...

Aaaaand...crap..!

There's shovelware and then there's EXCAVATORware....

Actually the games seem to have a little bit of charm.

When has the system with the most games (crap or not) ever lost the console war of it's generation?

Bad games aren’t great news but it must be remember that this is a sign of things to come. The wii will get a thousand games, it will make the most money overall, and it will also get the largest supply of “great” games. If only those who doubt the wii know a little bit about the history of the gaming industry. The developers will go where the money is: right now that is the wii and, less so, the 360. Sorry Sony but the amount of people with the PS3 is not enough to justify the high development costs.

I think Mexico is gonna have to open those landfills, push the ET cartridges aside, and get ready for a shipment!

i'd buy ninjabread man if it was like $5.

other than that.

to hell with all of them!

I thought this was incredibly old news, for one. I've known about this shovelware (which i call the Ninjabread man + knock offs dumpload) for some time

Two, yes, this is indicative of the kind of crap that plagued the PS1 and PS2, unseen amidst the cream of the crop

In all seriousness, I would buy Ninjabread Man for full price. Its just so awesomely ridiculous. The other ones I couldn't care less about.

I'm throwing my hat in for Ninjabread man too, I don't care if it sucks hard, it must be on my shelf just so one person may see it and say "WTF is Ninjabread Man?!?!?"

If you buy Ninjabreadman, then you're part of the problem, not the solution.

Yeah, I'll be picking up Ninjabread Man when the price is reasonable. It's the greatest game title since "No One Can Stop Mr. Domino!" for the Playstation.

Cookie murder simulator...

if buying ninjabread man is wrong then I dont wanna be right.

#25 JodyAnthony!

AMEN!
hahaha

Ninjabread Man will be purchased for the same reasons that I own Glover and Battletanx. HYPE!!!!

These type of crap games aren't going to be anything like the PS2 junk titles. Jonathan Tran is on the right track with the Atari comparison. The Wii is going to be flooded with huge amounts of garbage titles. Nintendo saved the industry with the NES and now they are going down the same Atari route with the Wii. Isn't it funny how history repeats itself?

I was thinking "Ninjabread Man! How awesome will that be?" Follow the links, check out screenshots, and wow, it looks like they took the best possible idea ever and reduced it to shit. Honestly? The character doesn't even seem to match the gameplay shown.

As for best title, sorry guys... my favorite is still on the Sega CD.

Revengers of Vengeance

Be sure to look at the screenshots of several of these games. Especially the 3d platformers, they are essentially the same game. Most of them look like they are geared towards the toddlers. Cheap games, but you get what you pay for.

The Mini Desktop racing game has a micro-machines kinda vibe. It may be fun if the controls & camera are done right.

Best title contest eh? What about this famicom game?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JESUS:_Dreadful_Bio-Monster

and lets not forget about this gem:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoot_the_Bullet#Shoot_the_Bullet

Action Girlz Racing scares me. ;_;

wait some use that as reason for bashing the wii ? guess they missed that _all_ of them are going to be released _on the PS2_ as well

@GodisaMyth

Hmm, the hate is strong with this one.

Anyway, yeah these game supreme crap, like most of the ps2 library last gen. Good job my list of wii games I have to buy is too big to fit any of these in. Even Ninjabreadman, dammit.

"Cookie murder simulator..."

Yes, I agree BAN IT NOW!!!
Otherwise there will be kids all over the planet murdering helpless gingerbread men.

We must raise our voices up now before its too late.

Ban it, burn it, off with their heads!!

Bring on E3

I have no problem with shovelware as long as there is at least a decent list of AAA titles to back it up. The Wii is doing well in the quantity dept but where are the good titles? Specifically where are the good 3rd party titles??? Some new IP would be nice while their at it ;)

Well since I am also part of the DLC problem (bought Horse armor and ALL the guitar hero packs) and part of the expensive controller add on problem (own 4 guitars,3 360 and one PS2, I painted one, have pre-ordered the Ace Combat flight stick, guitar hero 3 and wireless guitar, also paid off Rockband with all instruments) I don't mind being part of the crappy games with kick ass titles problems.

I yes by paid off rockband I mean at the current price, if it goes up I'll pay that too.

They'll be cheap and casual friendly. Perfect for when I have family at home, my little cousins always want to play games but Zelda and even Paper Mario are too complicated for them

What happened to the "Nintendo Seal of Quality?"

@Gavin

haha wait no you didn't get my point at all

This game will suck, not every Wii game..

It is too bad Ninjabread man might suck, since it could build a ton of hype on the title alone

mothing will ever, EVER suck as hard as ET for the Atari

@ Jonathan

Yeah. Because no game these days is ever developed in 5 weeks by one guy

Even with shovelware, that kind of dev time is unheard of

"wait some use that as reason for bashing the wii ? guess they missed that _all_ of them are going to be released _on the PS2_ as well"

@takao I don't understand either. All these game already came out for the PS2. Maybe no one clicked the links...

Myth Makers - Superkart GP

You mean mario kart crossed with Greek and other ancient civilizations mythologies?

FUCK YEAH!

(no sarcasm)

The Wii will be the Atari 2600 of this generation. They get millions of people interested and then they flood the market with crap and the industry goes down the toilet.

That reminds me, I gotta use the bathroom.

Super fuckin' shovelware.

I said it before, and I'll say it again, shitty 3rd party titles will be the death of the Wii.

Every developer sees that you can make a game without spending a lot of money and assumes that means this is the platform for cheap ripoff games.

It's the "Deer Hunter" platform.

Ninjabread man I wish you were develop by other company.I hope Take two buys that game rights someday.

Well now thats a lot of crap but none of them cant be worst than Big rigs.

@ GodisaMyth

The PS2 had an insane amount of Shovelware also, on top of the worst graphical hardware out there compared to xbox and gamecube. You seen how badly that system did right...am I right Ps2 was like the biggest failure EVA!

I had always kindda hoped that the $$ devs saved on graphics for the wii could be put towards more quality games... not crap like this. Oh well, at least we have wiiware to look forward to.

Who cares about the other titles? They'll go right in the bargain bin and no one but the kiddies will see them.

But Ninjabread Man? Ninjabread Man is the s***, y'all. He's a gingerbread man and he's a freakin' ninja, damnit. That's AWESOME. I want him in Smash Bros Brawl or it will suck.

The problem with shovelware is that, occasionally, one of those games is GOOD. I present, as an example, Top Shop. It's basically a monopoly clone, with an excessive amount of japanese wackiness. for the PS1. It's something like $6. All those games might suck, but one of them might be good? We won't really know until they come out. The concept of a Ninjabread Man, I would say, has the most potential.

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