Jet Black sees Wii, smells money
Tuesday, April 17th, 2007 at 2:08pm by Staff
There’s no word yet on exactly what type of games Jet Black, a cadre of former EA guys, will be creating for the Wii and DS, but they’re committing to something.
The independent studio will focus solely on Nintendo hardware, creating new and licensed products for the Wii and DS. “With the launch of our new studio we’ve brought together all the key elements to develop top games,” commented co-founder and CEO Roger Freddi. “Both the Nintendo DS and the Wii’s Wi-Fi capabilities provide an advanced medium for Jet Black to bring already popular franchises to an even broader worldwide audience,” he added.
Oh wait. Translation: We can exude half the effort necessary for normal development and port a few old, stale titles over to the DS and Wii, bolt on some gimmicky controls, and sell it for a markup.
See the little ninja image? That’s their logo. Pretend it’s stealing your money and replacing it with a turd.
April 17th, 2007 at 2:43 pm
well put, I had the same reaction when I read the article. They also talk about how they are partners with some studio working with disney and pixar.. This means we’ll be getting crappy movie-to-game franchises or POS ports of old movie-to-game franchises.
But I’m sure there are some dumbasses who are going:”whoppee! more games for the Wii!” No we don’t want shitty ports of shitty games (eg Prince of Persia) we want proper Wii-games, built from the ground up on the wii! STOP THE PS2 to PSP to Wii portfest!
April 17th, 2007 at 4:26 pm
Why do we already assume this studio’s going to do a bad job? I’d say there’s at least a chance that they’ll focus on original games. Using existing franchises and intellectual property doesn’t mean the games are going to be ports, and I don’t think any of the shoddy Wii ports are selling well enough for a studio to decide to make a living making shoddy ports.
April 17th, 2007 at 4:32 pm
Here’s an article that provides more details.
http://biz.gamedaily.com/industry/feature/?id=15821
They do indeed mention “original IP,” but it sounds like they’ll be starting with a lot of licensed products.
Interesting that they emphasize WiFi and that their partner company is all about mobile or Xbox Live Arcade games. Perhaps they’re planning to do something with online casual games on the Wii.
April 17th, 2007 at 4:48 pm
Go Askaninja.com