Volition: Saints Row, Red Faction Wii games a 'possibility'
When playing Saints Row or Red Faction, did you ever wish you could smash up buildings or conduct drive-by shootings with a porn star while waggling a Wiimote? Even if you answered "no" to that question, developer Volition says it may one day be possible. During the Red Faction: Guerrilla launch event in New York City last night (held at the red planet-themed tourist trap/night club known as Mars 2112), we asked senior associate producer Jeff Carroll if the THQ-owned studio ever considered making Wii versions of their popular franchises. "Though [THQ] may do Wii versions of [our games] in the future, Volition won't be doing them -- at least for the next year or so," Carroll said.
"We actually talked about whether we were going to become a partial Wii developer," he explained. "Then we talked it over with THQ and they had enough studios that were going to be Wii-specific. But we really wanted to focus on the technological advances [in console development], especially for Red Faction Guerrilla."
When asked if these Wii titles were in the works, he replied that he didn't know but that they were "within the realm of possibility."
The real question is: Will Gary Busey be involved? For insanity's sake, we hope so.






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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
The Dark Wayne @ May 29th 2009 6:23PM
I am intrigued by the idea of swinging the sledgehammer with a wiimote
Nook @ May 29th 2009 6:23PM
man oh man is he ate the fuck up. no hope. NO HOPE!!!
let's bottom line this - if they want to do this - they had better get crackalackin and launch multiple titles within a fairly short span of time, like say 3-6 months apart, you have GOT to build the buzz for it.
title here and there - won't work on a N system now - you gotta flood it and keep em coming for some period of time with new announcements.
my three cents.
The Dark Wayne @ May 29th 2009 6:26PM
no idea what you just said, but when i try to figure it out, it sounds really stupid
DBuck_Eye @ May 29th 2009 6:42PM
THREE cents? I wouldn't pay one cent for your two cents.
Damian @ May 29th 2009 6:50PM
@ DBuck_Eye:
You deserve an upvote for that.
@ Nook:
What the hell are you trying to say?
Nook @ May 29th 2009 8:37PM
one, that Busey is ate the fuck up, his mind is T O A S T.
two, that if THQ were to seriously bring Saints Row and or Red Faction - in order to really make it a success you'd have to carpet bomb the releases. is the mature installed base there on wii? i think it is, but you gotta make some noise, cos everyone is busy playing Carnival Games or whatever. :P Don't bring just one game - bring more!
it's also a lower cost platform to develop for, and times have been tough all over. and there's lots of wii units out there.
if and when they ever decide to try going down the path.
Neuromancer @ May 29th 2009 9:48PM
Nook is speaking Saint's Rowish.
headkicker @ May 29th 2009 6:33PM
“I'm gonna rip out your endochrine system!” Anyone way if they make another Saints Row, they need to hire writers who aren't 12 year olds.
Neuromancer @ May 29th 2009 9:48PM
Yeah let's make it like GTAIV, where we all want to kill ourselves after playing it, it's so depressing.
adg1034 @ May 29th 2009 6:39PM
It's interesting to hear him say that- screens (or at least test renders) for both untitled Saint's Row and Red Faction Wii titles leaked a while back, purportedly after they were canceled. We'll see if THQ did an about-face.
DBuck_Eye @ May 29th 2009 6:41PM
What about that Red Faction Wii prototype from a few months ago? That looked pretty sweet. Just put that out and I'll be happy.
Mr Khan @ May 29th 2009 7:15PM
canceled, sadly enough. Not sure why.
BigD145 @ May 29th 2009 6:50PM
Saints Row on the Wii? Sure. Just make sure it doesn't have vomit inducing controls like the PC port of SR2.
Cesaria (seh-sare-ee-ah) @ May 29th 2009 6:57PM
That picture is fucking disturbing. Thanks for the nightmares, Joystiq.
Stoneious @ May 29th 2009 8:19PM
Freespace 3 please. :(
Cosmo @ May 29th 2009 10:33PM
Oh hell the fuck yeah!
FidoDido1980 @ May 29th 2009 9:28PM
Welcome aboard, Tracey!
Misfit Toy @ May 29th 2009 9:35PM
I love this picture. hahaha...its like he has a deathgrip and is trying to squeeze the life out of the Wiimote.
Following pic...him smashing it against his head like a pop can then flexing his muscles.
Princessb89 @ May 30th 2009 1:00AM
That Gary Busy pic made this story
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