« Mysterious Nintendo Moon Mystery Demystified | Main | The Lighter Side Of Piracy (Meowth's Heart Will Go On) »
May 28, 2008
Wario Returns For New Wii Game
Just when it seems like the week will go by without an exciting announcement comes word of a new Wario Land game for the Nintendo Wii. There'll be time for doom and gloom and pessimism later. Right now, let's celebrate!
July will bring forth much more goodness, and a little bit of badness as Wario makes his triumphant return (hopefully) to the platformer scene in Wario Land Shake for the Wii (why not Wario World Shake?) on July 24th.
OK, now let's get the pessimism out of the way. 1) This could be a typo and we're looking at a WarioWare game instead (those with Japanese skills say otherwise, but might as well mention it), and 2) This game could feature horrible Gross Wario instead of awesome Greedy Wario (but I've rambled on about that kind of thing before). Alright, pessimism is over; back to the celebration!
Oh, and I understand there were other announcements for something about Rhythm Tengoku, Fire Emblem, Fatal Frame, and Band Brothers in case you happen to be into those things.
Posted by MattG on May 28, 2008 at 02:22 PM in Nintendo | Permalink
Comments
Y'know, Treasure is great, but I hope that the "Wario Land" signfies that R&D1 or whatever the hell they've morphed into is making a 3D Wario action game, because the world has been lacking for 3D oddball Nintendo R&D1 platformers, especially with Factor 5 turning Kid Icarus into the angel of death or whatever.
Also, Totaka's song like whoa.
Posted by: Eric | May 28, 2008 3:14:07 PM
I've got a worse pessimistic possibility for you: It might not come out, outside of Japan.
It happened with Mario & Wario; it almost happened with Wario Land 4.
I don't know why, but I don't think that this one is going to be released outside of Japan. I think it's because it has sneaked up on us - it's a Wii game that's due out in less than two months in Japan, and no-one has heard anything about it before just now (and even now, no-one knows anything other than the title, platform and release date). That screams "experimental" to me, and Nintendo is extremely conservative when it comes to releasing their experiments internationally, even when they've been proven successful before (see also: Mother/Earthbound). The Legend Of Zelda was an anomaly.
Posted by: The Imp | May 29, 2008 11:36:44 PM
OOOOOOooooh man... from what I've seen, it had better be out in North America!! We're talking old school 2D Wario Land greatness on the Wii!! Shaking the crap out of things is just the kind of thing I'd expect to see in a Wario Wii title. Ohhhhhhhhh merciful god of everything greedy and gluttonous, let this come out in North America.
Posted by: Have A Rotten Day! | May 30, 2008 1:17:40 AM
I think its great that they are coming out, but I hope it is the oldschool greedy Wario. That would be a awesome Wario game to me, but I would agree with Eric it does sound experimental to me.
Posted by: Grant | Jul 7, 2008 12:09:51 PM
oops! I mean Imp.
Posted by: Grant | Jul 7, 2008 12:11:39 PM
Post a comment
TrackBack
TrackBack URL for this entry:
http://www.typepad.com/services/trackback/6a00d83452033569e200e552a1b2778834
Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Wario Returns For New Wii Game:
