Brutal Legends Rumors its Way onto the Wii
Friday, April 3rd, 2009 at 8:19pm by Will
When 1UP asked Tim Schafer if Brutal Legends would be released on the Wii, he was quoted as saying “We are making an Xbox 360 and a PS3 version of Brutal Legend”. Which is interesting because he never once said that the game was not being made for the Wii.
However, according to Variety’s gaming blog The Cut Scene, which is quoted below, they say EA is planning to release Brutal Legends on the Wii but don’t know who is going to developing it.
I don’t know when “Brutal Legend” for Wii will be released, but I’d be surprised if it’s this fall along with PS3 and 360, given that I understand development started fairly recently…
…Strategically, this is a no-brainer. EA has said its turnaround plan involves fewer, bigger franchises and a focus on the no. 1 console in the market: Wii. If “Brutal Legend” is one of those franchises, it makes total sense EA wants to get it on Nintendo’s platform. Especially since the game’s main character carries a big-ass axe that it could be fun to swing with the Wii-mote.
Although there is no solid evidence saying that Brutal Legends is headed for the Wii, it is still a very interesting rumor nonetheless. Is anyone looking forward to Brutal Legends and would you play it on the Wii if it was released?
April 3rd, 2009 at 9:56 pm
As a Wii only gamer, and a huge metalhead, I would be glad to see this on the Wii, but only if it is good.
I hope this game comes from a place of love and respect for metal. Classic 80s metal is popular right now in the gamersphere, which is hysterical when you consider the audience, both then and now. Metal is the antithesis of popular; it is the refuge of the outcast; the misfit. It speaks to the loner and tells him he is not alone.
And while classic 80s metal is finding sudden acceptance as the audience grows older and realizes the shit they listend to in the 80s really did suck, metal has moved on. Metal is an enormouos and diverse genre, and it has outgrown the cliches of the 80s, biker chicks and second-rate Conan imagery; the very aestetic Brutal Legend seems to embrace. To deny the CURRENT state of metal is to deny its growth and maturity.
I will always love the classics I grew up with, metal did not end in 1988. Bands like Mastadon, Opeth, Gojira, Between the Buried and Me, and countless others have matured the genre beyond the low fantasy aestetic Shafffer and company seem to revere. I worry that Brutal Legend will be more parody than tribute.
April 3rd, 2009 at 10:38 pm
“Is anyone looking forward to Brutal Legends and would you play it on the Wii if it was released?”
This is the eternal question with Tim Schafer games, right? Of course we’re excited, but will anyone play it? Outside of “core” gamers, probably not. On Wii? No. Since I have multiple options for playing this, in the end I usually settle on pc. But that’s me.
And the game is titled Brutal Legend, btw.
April 4th, 2009 at 12:14 am
Bad grammar alert in title! It should be “its”, not “it’s”. “It’s” always ALWAYS means “it is”, and “Brutal Legends Rumors it is Way onto the Wii” makes no sense.
April 5th, 2009 at 4:51 am
As long as it doesn’t look like arse, and the game itself is solid, hell yeah I’d play it.
April 6th, 2009 at 5:43 am
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April 6th, 2009 at 1:20 pm
I was interested in this game since it was mentioned in Game Informer a while back. But already owning a 360, I don’t see a need to wait for a Wii version, unless it offered something different besides controls.