Star Wars: Clone Wars announced for Wii, DS
Thursday, June 19th, 2008 at 1:46pm by Press Release
San Francisco, Calif. – June 19, 2008 – LucasArts today announced Star Wars: The Clone Wars will blast its way onto the Wii™ and Nintendo DS™ in Holiday 2008. Bringing an entirely new look and feel to the galaxy far, far away, Star Wars: The Clone Wars combines the cinematic qualities of the Star Wars movies with state-of-the-art computer-generated imagery from artists at Lucasfilm Animation.
Star Wars™ The Clone Wars™: Lightsaber Duels™, in development by Krome Studios exclusively for the Wii, delivers fun-filled Lightsaber battles for the entire family while it immerses players in the characters, locations, and epic duels from the all-new Star Wars feature film. Built from the ground-up for the Wii, Lightsaber Duels features an intuitive motion-controlled combat system that puts the Lightsaber™ weapon in your hand for non-stop fun.
Star Wars™ The Clone Wars™: Jedi Alliance™, developed exclusively for the Nintendo DS by the LucasArts Singapore team in conjunction with Lucasfilm Animation, lets gamers experience the awesome power when two Jedi join forces to fight as one. With an innovative stylus-based input, controlling the Jedi’s movement and engaging in Lightsaber combat has never felt more immersive.
“Working on The Clone Wars chapter of the Star Wars Saga has been an exciting endeavor for everyone here at LucasArts,” said Feargus Carroll, project lead for LucasArts Singapore. “The intuitive and accessible gameplay on both the Wii and the Nintendo DS complement one of the most exciting Star Wars adventures yet.”
The world premiere trailer for the games will debut exclusively on Spike TV’s “GameTrailers TV with Geoff Keighley” on Friday, June 20.
June 19th, 2008 at 2:08 pm
Apparently they didn’t think it was suitable to even mention Genndy Tartakovsky in their press release. Way to go fellas.
June 19th, 2008 at 2:41 pm
sidenote: what is the difference between the new Clone Wars movie(s) and the animated series that was on Cartoon network a few years back? Is it all-new material, a retread of previous stuff, or a mix of both?
June 19th, 2008 at 3:26 pm
Okay hang on a sec.
There was already a star wars: the clone wars game for the GCN and it was super awesome.
And then what happened to TFU? is that still coming out or not?
June 19th, 2008 at 3:50 pm
Different game entirely benthedorklord… both are coming out eventually…
Am I the only one who thinks this and the other initial screenshot on IGN look freaking awesome?
June 19th, 2008 at 3:54 pm
yeah, this screenshot does look pretty good, IMO - just wonder if it will remain the same when it is launched.
June 19th, 2008 at 4:43 pm
Hurray! A 3rd party Wii game that’s not another F*CKING PS2 Port.
June 19th, 2008 at 6:19 pm
Genndy Tartakovsky has nothing to do with this new Clone Wars movie, or TV show. That’s why they didn’t mention him.
June 19th, 2008 at 6:51 pm
Just look at that screenshot. Yet another graphical change from the norm to suit the Wii’s “casual” market. Count me out of this one if the characters look like they were pulled straight from blockland.
June 19th, 2008 at 7:01 pm
The characters lok like that because they’re based off of the designs from the Clone Wars cartoon (and because the movie looks like that), which was done my Genndy Tartakovsky.
June 19th, 2008 at 11:28 pm
Yeah, Noremakk, go check out the images of the new Clone Wars CGI moviie and you’ll see why it looks like that. It’s not to cater to the “casual” audience; it’s to maintain continuity.
June 20th, 2008 at 1:29 am
Whoa. Hold on? That screenshot is from the Wii? You’re pulling my leg.
June 20th, 2008 at 1:42 am
gojiguy: The game is only for Wii and DS, so take your pick.
June 20th, 2008 at 3:12 am
What is WRONG with you gojiguy??
It’s 2008, not 1998. The Cube put out games like Resident Evil 4. Video cards have advance quite a bit since the XBox’s GeForce 3 was shiz-bang for consoles, but yet, so many doubt that a Wii — a console that is 6 years more advanced than a XBox — is capable of anything more than a PS2, a console that wast technically INFERIOR to a Cube.
OR, are you just surprised that a 3rd party developer appears to be putting in some effort on the Wii, instead of just vomiting onto it like UbiSoft?