Ubisoft bringing Broken Sword to Wii, DS March 2009

All I can say is:

Lovely!

Screenshots available here:

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This is the best news I've heard in ages; I loved this game as a kid. Geooorge! Why aren't there more adventure games these days!?

Wait, so the Wii is getting a port of a 13 year old PC game?

I thought Freddie fish wold be the only one. *crosses fingers for king's quest*

I bought the game pictured for the GBA. I liked it but a bug prevented me from finishing it. It really pissed me off. Hopefully they'll actually test the game before releasing it this time

I'll probably buy it just to support adventure games getting ported to the DS with hopes that Sierra and Lucasarts notice.

I miss Sierra and the old Lucasarts.

I PLAYED THAT GAME!

to this day I still believe it is one of the most graphically beautiful games ever. Hand-painted backgrounds, smooth animation, just a complete work of art. Absolutely timeless. Its been a dozen years since this game came out, and in 12 more years I will almost certainly look back and say it is more beautiful than any of the big name shooters that came out this year.

Bring back point-and-click adventures!

Oddly enough, I started to play Grim Fandango tonight as I was in the mood for a point and click adventure game.

Maybe now the economy is in the toilet they'll save a bit of cash by porting some classic adventure games to the Wii and DS... LIKE THEY SHOULD HAVE DONE YEARS AGO!!!

I'm starting to feel like we're almost to the point that we can stop calling the genre "dead". It was certainly dormant for a while but lately I've had no shortage of adventure games to play. The success of games like Phoenix Wright and Hotel Dusk on the DS seemed to get the ball rolling again and then more recently you've got things Vampyre Story, all the games coming out of Telltale, that Grey Matter game joystiq just did a story on...

I've never really had problems finding good adventure games to play. It seems like every time I get an itch to play one I find out about some cool series I missed out on back in the day. On the podcast a while back Justin was talking about Evidence: The Last Ritual which inspired me to pick up that game along with Missing. A friend recently suggested I look into the Kyrandia game. Even HomestarRunner.com puts out the occasional gem like Thy Dungeonman or Peasent's Quest.

I never held out much hope in the past but this recent resurgence has got me thinking a new Monkey Island might not be out of the question. What's Ron Gilbert been up to these days apart from teaching Gabe and Tycho some things? I know he hasn't been involved in the last couple titles (and they were still great) but maybe since Lucas Arts doesn't seem all that interested in making many games anymore they could just hand him or Telltale or anybody the series.

Anyway... Love the Broken Sword games. I look forward to playing them again. I think enough time has passed that I've forgotten enough of the puzzles to keep it interesting but not TOO many that I have to look at a faq every 20 minutes.

Er...

Played it.

Enjoyed it.

More than happy to play other adventure games.

Less than happy to play a re-hash to line someone else's pockets.

Is it really that hard to make a new game?

While it is sad to see the Wii getting nothing but MORE ports.. I love Broken Sword, at least the first two, are the third and fourth worth playing as well?

It'd be great if someone would remake the Monkey Island games as well, at this point the first two are probably too dated to simply be ported (the first doesn't even have sound).

Crap. Looks like I'm going to have to get a DS soon(ish).

Great. I never actually played any of the Broken Sword games. This will be a good place to start.

I'm still waiting to hear a price for this. If it's more than 10$ this will be a spectacular bomb.

The DS version probably doesn't feature the awesome voice-acting. George's voice is half of what Broken Sword is so if that's the case then the Wii version would probably be the best option.

I actually still have the original PC game (released as "Circle of Blood") which I never finished. It was a tough, but good game. I'm have to seriously think about getting this for the DS.

Whats with the new screenshot?
Earlier it was series-hero George, in an alley, now its some fat dead guy.
HUH?!

I certainly hope they keep a lot of the same music from the original game. Good stuff.

Wow.......I am a big fan of Broken Sword ever since its first release. The game has a very interesting, suspenseful and a involving storyline. Even though it has a point-and-click gameplay it keeps me intrigued and occupied in its story.

Not to mention its awesome graphics and puzzles. It is one of the best puzzle game one has ever played. I am really happy that the Ubisoft has come forward to release Adventure games on DS and Wii.

Hope that we will see much more adventure games released on DS and Wii consoles.

I am eagerly waiting to play this game once it comes in market. :)