Comments on: New Wii Development Tool Announced

By: Un juego de Wii hecho por un solo tío at AnaitGames, elegantes al 100%

Un juego de Wii hecho por un solo tío at AnaitGames, elegantes al 100% — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 10:19:57 +0000

[...] Super FruitFall es un juego de lanzamiento de Wii. Es un título de puzzles de System 3 parecido a Bejeweled que, además, incluye jueguecillos de habilidad mental a lo Brain Training. Pues bien, lo curioso es que el juego se lo ha currado un solo tío, un tal Tony Williams. Curioso dato. También se sabe que algunas herramientas de desarrollo para Wii cuestan alrededor de los 2500$, mientras que los devkits rondan los 1700$. Lejos de XNA de Microsoft, sin duda. Esperemos que se vuelvan un poco más flexibles y que algún día esté al alcance de todos (los que sepan). [...]

By: Anuban

Anuban — Sun, 10 Dec 2006 21:54:18 +0000

Not so jim … as seen by a more recent newspost this is real and people can really make cool little games for the Wii if they put their minds and soul into it. You just have to really love this stuff otherwise you won’t make it. Many times you’ll have to stay up 24 plus hours straight and to do something like that you really have to possess a burning passion for game development. It is hard to express in words … you just have to “FEEL” it.

By: jim

jim — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 20:45:41 +0000

wii!$2500 bull shit i say!!!!!!!!!#

By: STD

STD — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 15:00:26 +0000

It seems so Zac but 4real the Wii’s dev kit is going to be extremely cheap compared to PS3 like Josh said. Nintendo is actually reaching out to third party developers for the Wii unlike N64 and Cube.

They are trying to make ammends for the past and this is just another way in doing so.
Plus it gives them more games for the Wii because developers won’t have 2 work so hard and it will be a lot more profitable. It gives game makers like Clover Studios a chance to succeed unlike 360 or PS3 (although their games are good 2).

By: Josh

Josh — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 00:07:27 +0000

John your really need to compare Wii’s dev kit to PS3’s. Sony charges $20,000 per dev kit. Now put that in comparison to Wii’s $1,800 dev kit plus the $2,500 motion recorder = $4,300 which is $15,700 cheaper than the PS3.
This means that the company can spend a lot more on talented people than throwing swimming pools full of money into the Sony black hole.

By: Zac

Zac — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 23:48:59 +0000

“LOL, $2500, for a Nun-Chuck motion recorder… ah good old Nintendo… screwing developers to the last…”

Do we have another Shaka?

By: Kaiser Soze

Kaiser Soze — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 20:57:01 +0000

“LOL, $2500, for a Nun-Chuck motion recorder… ah good old Nintendo… screwing developers to the last…”

I am afraid you dont really know what you are talking about. For the first time in years, Nintendo dont screw the developers. The Wii dev kit is the cheapest dev kit amongst the three new consoles, 360, PS3 & Wii. Dont know the exact price of the other two, but the Wii dev kit only cost about $1700-$1800´, which is extremely cheap. And paying $2500 extra for an acessory like this, is money who is quickly earned in programming

By: John frew

John frew — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 20:13:24 +0000

LOL, $2500, for a Nun-Chuck motion recorder… ah good old Nintendo… screwing developers to the last…

By: Anuban

Anuban — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 18:04:16 +0000

It sounds like an excellent tool for developers.

By: Kaiser Soze

Kaiser Soze — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 17:51:28 +0000

That should make the development extremely cheap. Lets hope that will boost the list of game releases further