Dan Aykroyd prefers Ghostbusters for Wii, says romance got axed for gameplay
by Ben Gilbert 
{ Apr 13th 2009 at 8:30PM } 
Apparently Aykroyd's current poundage isn't all that was shaved in translation from movie to game, as the romantic elements between Bill Murray and Sigourney Weaver have been omitted from the forthcoming title. Aykroyd says "the format of ghostbusting lends itself to a video game beautifully," while apparently the finesse required in convincing Sigourney Weaver to fornicate with Bill Murray doesn't so much. Not even a minigame, folks? We kid! It probably didn't help that Ms. Weaver declined to be part of the game, huh?
Gallery: Ghostbusters (Wii)
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mr nimblewick @ Apr 13th 2009 8:34PM
They look like the action figures I had as a kid!
Cody @ Apr 13th 2009 8:37PM
The Wii version is a good style for a Ghostbusters type game. Although my Apple IIc had the superior version to these. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iW2kFcePevs
RanHakubi @ Apr 13th 2009 8:38PM
*Obligatory Ghostbusters quote about Ray*
superklye @ Apr 13th 2009 8:56PM
*Obligatory reference to saying yes if asked "if you a god."*
Fernando Rocker @ Apr 13th 2009 8:42PM
Joystiq... please use another image. That pic is from last year.
Red Fly is developing the Wii version, and they are using an improved engine from the Mushroom Men game. The graphics looks so much better than that pic.
tmacairjordan87 @ Apr 13th 2009 8:58PM
But then I couldn't ask if that's the wii or psp version
Lee @ Apr 13th 2009 9:00PM
It's the version that contains punctuation.
MystileArmor @ Apr 13th 2009 9:05PM
Yeah use a different image..
Like that sexy Ghostbusters chick! Oh how I've missed her!
sony boy @ Apr 13th 2009 9:25PM
your such a whiny bitch.
tmacairjordan87 @ Apr 13th 2009 9:38PM
Is this sprinkles or just another stalker I have? The stupidity feels the same so I can't tell.
Anyway if it's a stalker, you know the drill people. Ignore him and he'll go away eventually.
Hyams @ Apr 13th 2009 9:51PM
It's not Sprinkles, so I guess you've got yourself a new stalker, Tmac. =)
Hyams @ Apr 13th 2009 9:52PM
lol - all three of her posts have been about you. This is funny.
Fernando Rocker @ Apr 13th 2009 10:00PM
http://i39.tinypic.com/xby6ia.jpg
tmacairjordan87 @ Apr 13th 2009 10:01PM
LOL I like that....err not the stalker thing, what fernando linked.
Hyams @ Apr 13th 2009 10:03PM
I remember Fernando had a stalker too.
Whatever happened to Tranando, I wonder?
Killjebus...PSN Killjebus @ Apr 13th 2009 11:00PM
Fernandos,
Even IF the screen is an old one...and the newer ones look better, they will STILL look like my dead Grandmas butt next to the PS3 or 360 version.
Fernandos,
I thought GRAPHICS don't matter to Nintendo plumberbois.
I guess the DO.
Markez @ Apr 13th 2009 11:49PM
hahahahha, Fernando that's great!
Markez @ Apr 13th 2009 11:49PM
I'm a douche
RAmen
HighFiveJesus @ Apr 14th 2009 12:02AM
ah why'd you have to go and say the people making this also made mushroom men??? now i'm a little disappointed already..
but i still have 100% childhood expectations for this to rock my world.
JXCgunrunna @ Apr 14th 2009 12:06AM
Any Nintendo fanboy, including myself even tho i play more xbox than anything, will tell you graphics matter. but if someone said i need to choose between the best graphics out there (Killzone 2), or a new and innovative game (Mario Galaxy), i choose something fresh and fun that makes me play 10 hours straight and think i have only been playing for 10 minutes. few games on the 360 give me that feeling where was many many games do on the wii and ds. even games iv played before. GTA for example feels fresh on the DS where was it was getting old by GTA4. mad world feels fresh.
game play > graphics 9 times out of 10
HighFiveJesus @ Apr 14th 2009 12:25AM
@ Lee up there near the top
i never get why people get their panties in a wad when there aren't enough punctuation going on in online thoughts. his message was made no less than if he would have included an extra comma and a period. Life isn't a graded paper.
sony boy @ Apr 13th 2009 8:51PM
what's it going to be? metroid prime in TPS??
Mr Khan @ Apr 13th 2009 9:07PM
Smart man, Dan Aykroyd.
Neebs @ Apr 13th 2009 9:07PM
funny man
Hyams @ Apr 13th 2009 9:07PM
Who's the blonde guy?
Poisoned Al @ Apr 13th 2009 9:30PM
That's "you" the expendable red-shirt.
Hyams @ Apr 13th 2009 9:49PM
I'd rather play as one of the real Ghostbusters. =/
SoshiKitai @ Apr 13th 2009 10:12PM
But if you're expendable and never really mentioned, that means you must've done some really huge jack@ss thing to make people forget that you were ever part of the team!
...and really, would you rather be the heroic one helping the others bring down some ghosts - or the jerk who started it all and made you have to go through some grand adventure that'll get the team famous?
010111 @ Apr 13th 2009 9:21PM
as far as weight reduction from 'current real life' -> Ghostbusters Wii ... Egon in the game is approximately 1/12th the size of actual Harold Ramis these days.
Poisoned Al @ Apr 13th 2009 9:34PM
I like where they've taken the Wii version. Previous screen shots had the bad case of the uglies, but the cartoon styling hides the technical limitations. Well it worked for Team Fortress 2. The rest of the Orange Box is showing it's age, but TF2 still looks awesome.
Hyams @ Apr 13th 2009 9:55PM
I agree. I think more Wii games (and heck, games in general) should take this more stylised graphics route.
ScottG13 @ Apr 13th 2009 9:50PM
I'm glad they went with a different art style for the Wii version. Hopefully they made the content different, as well.
Mr Khan @ Apr 13th 2009 9:59PM
Supposedly it is. More focused on local multiplayer and co-op
Triptych @ Apr 13th 2009 11:22PM
Cold coffee. COLD COFFEE! >_
OTAM @ Apr 14th 2009 1:32AM
Why does there always have to be an alternate "Wii version" of every game? I'm not saying there shouldn't be a version of the game on the Wii,but why can't they just downscale the game and put it on the Wii? This game,Dead Space,etc. Why can't they just scale down the graphics and such and make a Wii version. The thing is more powerful than the original Xbox and look at games like Chaos Theory,the Wii is capable.
Stop making these Wii Lite games and just give us the final product with scaled graphics,not an entirely different thing.
Nick8708 @ Apr 14th 2009 1:53AM
There are several reasons. First, if by downscaling graphics you mean lowering the resolution, it's not that simple. I don't know the actual technical limitations of the graphics processor in the Wii, but it may require simplified models, textures, and shader code. Perhaps not, but graphics is a really complicated field.
Another reason is the control scheme. Many games don't translate well from a standard controller to a motion based one. The real problem with games going from the 360/PS3 to the Wii is that they don't generally design the game around the controls, but rather design the controls around the game. This can work, but in almost every case if a game is built from the ground up with the Wii controls in mind it will play better.
Also, the system is targeted at a larger, more casual audience. This doesn't mean the game is casual, but that they have more freedom in how they can approach the gameplay without having to worry about alienating the primary demographic of the console.
Really, the Wii version of this game sounds like it might be more fun that the 360 and PS3 versions. If there was still a Wii in my household I'd definitely have a hard time choosing which version of the game to get.
JordanRos @ Apr 14th 2009 9:09AM
Why are there pink dildo's on their proton guns?
TheAngryGamer @ Apr 14th 2009 10:06AM
Even though your comment is funny, the random unnecessary apostrophe kinda turned me off. So, no +1 for you, no -1 either. You break even.
Sam @ Apr 15th 2009 9:23PM
I think it's "dildoes"
Alzheimers @ Apr 14th 2009 1:07PM
Who cares about this Weaver person? Alyssa Milano is in these games.
Alyssa Milano!
They should just change the name to "Alyssa Milano and the Ghostbusters."
I would totally buy that.