Normally we'd take a rumor like this gently by the hand, walk it outside of the house, and then run back in while locking the door behind us. However, there is some historic rational for this piece of gossip. In their Rykten (i.e. Rumor) section, Swedish magazine Game Reactor said Sega is looking to remake Shenmue I and II on the Nintendo Wii with – surprise! – extra Wiimote-related minigames. (You can view the scan here.)
Sega has been reviving quite a few franchises on the Wii lately, including NiGHTS, Sega Bass Fishing, Samba de Amigo and House of the Dead. Still, there isn't much traction for this rumor, so for now it's just a lead pipe dream.
[Via NWF]
Reader Comments (55)
Posted: May 16th 2008 10:23PM (Unverified) said
Great Idea.
In this particular case it wouldn't be "added wiimote minigames" as the original game relied VERY heavily on quicktime events. This gave it a very movie-like quality, but button presses are a really unintuitive way to simulate actions.
Simply changing all the quicktime button presses would instantly make this game awesome... and in this case it'd be highly integrated into the game, not just "added waggle for waggle's sake".
PS/ They should also re-release Farenheight on the Wii.. another heavily QT-event driven game that'd be much more involving and intuitive with the wiimote than with pressing buttons/moving analogue sticks.
In this particular case it wouldn't be "added wiimote minigames" as the original game relied VERY heavily on quicktime events. This gave it a very movie-like quality, but button presses are a really unintuitive way to simulate actions.
Simply changing all the quicktime button presses would instantly make this game awesome... and in this case it'd be highly integrated into the game, not just "added waggle for waggle's sake".
PS/ They should also re-release Farenheight on the Wii.. another heavily QT-event driven game that'd be much more involving and intuitive with the wiimote than with pressing buttons/moving analogue sticks.
Posted: May 17th 2008 12:11AM Batzarro The worlds WOrst Detect said
III? 360? Try again, Sega. This blackmail is way uncool.
Posted: May 17th 2008 12:23PM Aeikozz said
um, yeah who the fuck is going to want to play through a story that you only get to go HALF way through. Seriously fuck 1 and 2 how about 3 and 4 please?
also i throught mr. suzki was all about thr pretty graphics highly doubt he'll move his baby to the wii when he could do some fuckin awesome stuff on the 360
yeah i'm going to go ahead and epic fail this rumor
also i throught mr. suzki was all about thr pretty graphics highly doubt he'll move his baby to the wii when he could do some fuckin awesome stuff on the 360
yeah i'm going to go ahead and epic fail this rumor
Posted: May 18th 2008 12:23PM (Unverified) said
Yea just shovel more crap onto Wii
Posted: May 21st 2008 11:58AM (Unverified) said
I have just been on the phone to the author of this article and he gave me a little more detail. He heard the rumour from a Dutch game editor when he was at an event in the United States and is unsure whether that person had heard it from a direct source. He himself rates the rumour as unreliable.
This is from my blog: http://nintendo-revolution.blogspot.com/2008/05/shenmue-to-hit-wii.html
This is from my blog: http://nintendo-revolution.blogspot.com/2008/05/shenmue-to-hit-wii.html
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