Dead Space confirmed for Wii

VG247: EA just confirmed a Wii version of Dead Space in its Q3 investor call.

[Pennywise]

Even the wiitards should be able to enjoy this game!

[Gerry Mark II]

no its Nintendrones. (play on Nintendogs)

It must follow the mechnical robot theme.

-Xbots
-Sony Droids
-Nintendrones

[Pennywise]

ninendrones go with the theme, but wiitard has a good ring to it! lol

[TheDeadMetalhead]

It's Wiiploid, you fool. :/

[Rise Of The Bad Guy]

Don't be sad you're not getting RE5,Dead Space is a much superior game from what I've played,so you're in for a treat.

[GWAVE]

I hope it doesn't turn out crappy. Dead Space is a phenomenal game on PC, 360, and PC but I'd hate for Wii owners to get a sour taste in their mouths from a shoddy port.

[GVON]

I only got the Ps3 version last week,even if it's the same game level wise i'm sold just because of the controls,just play res 4 on wii,and you'll wish 360/Ps3 had wii-mote for 5 because it made it the ultimate lightgun game.

[YonasJonas]

I liked Dead Space, but it doesn't even beat RE4. Dead Space doesn't have the variety to beat a RE game. Play an entire RE game, and you'll soon understand.

[jtucker78]

Rise of the Bad Guy is right.

Don't be sad that RE5 isn't coming to the Wii. I've played the demo an it's definitely a last gen game with HD visuals.
Last gen animations, last gen hit zones on zombies, last gen reactions.
A shame really.

Dead Space absolutely destroys Resident Evil so you are definitely getting the better game and the best Survival Horror money can buy.
My personal favourite game of 08.

Rejoice Wii owners!!

[White-Sharingan]

WTF...

ill just wait for screens/videos

still....WTF

[badz149]

you should've already seen this coming from miles away! who wouldn't want to invest in a Wii? it has the largest userbase among all the current consoles and has the lowest dev cost! I wouldn't be suprise even if EA release a DS version! look at PoP! how cute he looks on the DS!

[Smacktard]

Great for Wii owners! The game never really interested me, though.

[terrandragon]

Wow, hardcore games are hitting the Wii market. Good job EA, put LotR: Conquest on it too, you'll need it with the flop it was.

[Cyb3r]

The graphics will be dumbed down for the wii though

[MerkinMax]

i thought it would receive a full blown upgrade...

[kesvalk]

i just love the use of the Skill "extreme sarcasm" XD

you made me laugh in the middle of my job, need to be careful...

[Mcrmarcher]

Wasn't expecting that, great game though.

[heyheyhey]

w....t......f??

the downgrade in graphical quality will suck the excellent immersion out of the game

[mastiffchild]

The way to get a game like Dead Space(which I think suffered more from a heavy list of big hitting games competing with it-and most of them sequels in great/famous franchises than any lack of quality-it's a stylishly presented bit of space tension with imaginative tools as weapons to cut off limbs mechanic that really worked well and had it been comng out two months earlier it would have doubled it's sales at least, imo)onto the Wii i clearly NOT to try to put the same screens through the less powerful hardware and instead play to Wii strengths and make the graphics really stylised(go more for the comic style Dead Space stills I've seen about and it could prove brilliant)and whatever you do get the motion controls right(like Resi4 but with M+ would be as good as you'd want I reckon).
Do it my way EA and all you'll lose from the original woulsd be the realistic gore and attending physics-in return you get a playable graphic novel full of great artstyle and lighting effects with a motion plus enhanced controls system that would make the Wii's Dead Space a different but pssibly not in a bad way survival horror. IMO the Wii version of RE4 is better than PS2/GC. In the absense of any new Resi love for the wii faithful from Capcom(at least RE5 on the Wii would have had a single player mode!And no the "looking after your AI partner all bloody game when it's meant to be a lonely survival horror game anyway" mode doesn' count as a sp campaign for me.
There's a big ready market of Resi fans with Wiis and done correcty Dead Space Wii should more than fit the bill. In my mind it doesn't need to be rocket science(see what I did there what with the lead character fixing, like , rockets and stuff-accidental mind)but will the smaller but surefure return of doing it cheaply prove too tempting in a EA go Ubi kind of way?

[kunit22c]

Hey if it looks as good as the Conduit or better i will be fine especially since it is going to have better controls.

[ChickeyCantor]

Eh yet i think a game like RE:5 would have been better on the Wii than on the PS3/360.

IF the controls work out well enough you can't complain.

[jtucker78]

The controls are cr4p on the RE5 demo so Wii would definitely have that going for it.

[Sangria]

ROFL, can't wait to see the screens. Dead Space had a crappy movie but a good level-design, melted with classic plot and Doom-like horror. If the controls are as well adapted as Resident Evil 4, it may be a very good choice for a Wii owner.

But i don't understand EA's choice, they consider Dead Space and Mirror's Edge as a flop, so why would they port it to Wii? Is that an Okami syndrome?

[Baka-akaB]

precisely because it was a flop , and could get a second , and possibily richer life on Wii .

[pwnsause]

WTF?

[SinnedNogara]

I hope they use Xbox like graphics. I just heard of H.A.W.X on the Wii, so this is getting lucky. I hope I Am Alive gets announced on the Wii. They better not screw this up.

[MassErect2]

If it controls as good as the RE4 game, I'm in!

[Immortal Kaim]

I will definitely be following this story. Though graphics certainly don't make a game (imo) it will be interesting to see how this turns out. The graphical ability of this game added to the overall immersion, I'm wondering how the Wii will deal with this hurdle...

Great news though.

[poopsack]

i wonder how it'll play.

[pwnsause]

well, i can see this game being really good if they make a seperate engine for it designed for the wii.

[Stu1981]

If EA can deliver a decent Dead Space for the Wii, then Capcom really need to step up to the plate and at least consider RE5: Wii Edition.

[kunit22c]

There is going to be RE5 for Wii... they said so but maybe in like 2 years, and by then RE6 will be announced so its nothing special anyway.

[PS360WII]

holy crap! Awesome :) I already have this game on 360 but I would pick it up again on the Wii easily.

[Durffen]

RE4 Engine basically confirmed.

Ragdoll physics and dismembered limbs as well, please.

Alright, so that's asking for much. But really, Dead Space was an incredible looking game, and had a great physics engine. I hope they put as much effort as possible into the Wii version.

[MasterBlaster]

LOL and you people believe it? I call BS.

[Stu1981]

EA confirming it themselves on one of their financial reports?

Yeah, sounds pretty solid to me.

Think before you post.

[MasterBlaster]

Yeah well sorry if I'm a little skeptical about something that makes no sense. I'll believe it when I see it.

[poeo]

yea man think/read before posting a dumb response like that.

i would like to give bubbles for the Bob Dylan avatar but... no, lol.

[MasterBlaster]

Wow... people are taking my bubbles over that comment. So lame.

[Foxgod]

The wii is overtaking..
Next up, ff13 and gta4 for the wii.

Wii fanboys are now officially in the making, a third party is now joining the exclusive war.
Tiny virmin wii fanboys are starting to grin now, yellow eyes in the darkness waiting to come out.

[poeo]

what's your beef? EVERY comment you make has the word "f*nboy" in it.

your comments belong in the open zone. they'd understand you better there, dont you think?

[Foxgod]

i am actually on topic, because its surprising that the wii is getting deadspace, my comment reflects that.

[Magic_The_Celt]

a Shame... one of dead space's best feature was its amazing graphics and lighting effects

ah well

[Maxned]

You know whats also a shame? You getting banned for being a fanboy. Oh, and the fact that your parents getting drunk and high and by mistake created you.

[Magic_The_Celt]

^ I got banned for being a fanboy? 0.o

well maybe a 360 and PS3 fanboy? because i own and love both but think the wii is garbage

you know what isnt a shame? you have one bubble so nobody pays much attention to your retarded dribble, and i have, how many? 8.. ah well that clears that up doesnt it lad.

[SinnedNogara]

You never know. This game could be great. I hope that they use XBOX graphics for the game, like the first COR game. You never know!! I will buy it since my friend is addicted to the Xbox 360 version.

As addicted as Michael Phelps!!

[Foxgod]

Lol, next up, Killzone 2 confirmed for the wii.
It would be dumbed down a bit, but the wii could handle it very well.

[BLUR111]

yeah if the Wii can handle COD it could handle killzone 2

[Gerry Mark II]

Confirmed: Left 4 Dead, Mass Effect 2, Dead Rising 1 and 2, and Braid all heading to the PS3.

[BLUR111]

Calm down there Gerry.

don't let the internet take over your little head

[Foxgod]

Ps3 fans are like girls :)
They are hurt so easily :D

[Gerry Mark II]

funny you should say that Foxgod, because you get hurt everytime you have the need to comment in every Killzone 2 article.

There is a reason why the power light on your Xbox is green.

[BLUR111]

well the Xbox 360 is ahead of the PS3, so it kills them that the Xbox 360 is ahead of the PS3 that's why most the fanboys here is droids.

[Foxgod]

Good point blur111, i bubbled you :)

[DeckUKold]

Who argues Xbox/Playstation in a Wii section lol.

[jay2]

Oh christ, get the PC virsion.

[DeckUKold]

Why not release it with the PS3/360 version it would've helped sales no one won't go for this now at least imo.

[ChickeyCantor]

If they did that, the quality would have been major sh/t.
Cause they need to make a quick and dirty port to keep up with the other developments.

As long they take their time with this one, nothing can really go bad.

[ballsofsteel]

i can't even imagine how crappy it will be

[GFahim]

thats coz u dont even have any imagination!

[TriforceLightning]

Is this for real? If it is the next game to be ported should be Mirrors Edge

[Foxgod]

and killzone2

[SinnedNogara]

Not Killzone 2, but Street Fighter IV (online play), Tom Clancy's EndWar (online play), Marvel vs. Capcom 3 (online play), Capcom vs. SNK 3 (online play), and several other games like that.

And BLACK (online play)

And Call of Duty 4 (online play)

And Prince of Persia

Since H.A.W.X is coming to the Wii anyway, hopefully with online play.

And Mirror's Edge (with online play)

[Chubear]

:/

[TriforceLightning]

If this is true (crosses everything) and EA pulls this off, more and more 3rd party developers will follow suit.If the game is better on the Wii and it sells well, expect the lack of hardcore games on the system argument to be null and void.Hope EA gives Nintendo some competition on their console.

[phantomexe]

Nice i beat the ps3 version of dead space.The game would rock with wii controls.I'd pick it up in a sec.Nice EA

[pcz]

i was interested in this game.. so glad its coming to wii.

[Gr81]

it begins huh? This holds more symbolic weight than anything else, I think. Sort of like DQX going to the Wii. Western 3rd parties were the ones left that were not jumping on the Wii bandwagon. EA being the largest western 3rd party may begin an avalanch of support.

It happened during the PS1 era, when everyone was jumping from the nintendo ship. Companies can only bleed so much money before they have to try a different route. As stubborn as many third parties have been and many continue to be, money talks. You all know what walks.

[Voiceofreason]

It just makes sense to be on Wii or DS. Nintendo systems represented 49% of all sales last year. 32% for Sony(PS2,PS3,PSP) and 19 for MS.

I dont know about you but I've been expecting this since after an IGN podcast a few weeks back. Cant wait to see if any of the other stuff turns out to be as good.

[ChickeyCantor]

But it was inevitable, The install base keeps growing. And i said it like a million times. IF there is an audience, there will be money.

Eventually if more games like these are made for the Wii, some "core" gamers hating the wii might actually be swayed due the fact that it will be having games that appeal to them.

[SR388]

Dead Space Wii eh? sounds good!

[greg_for_sony]

very awsome game but i can not see it being the same on the wii.

[Voiceofreason]

Don't expect it to end here. EA wants to put more support on the Wii.

[GFahim]

bringing burnout to wii will seal the deal!

[TheDeadMetalhead]

Yes. Just yes.

[CobraKai]

Sure to Wii owners graphics aren't everything, but a lot of what makes this game what it is is the atmosphere. I just don't think the Wii is capable of maintaining that atmosphere.

[jtucker78]

While I'm thrilled that Wii owners are getting this game as it is brilliant I am wondering how they are going to manage to get it running on Wii and keep the game scary.

Sound is the most important aspect and the area that got huge attention in reviews. Many of them mentioned how the audio stage was flawless in 5.1 It certainly makes the game as scary as it is.
As Clive Barker always says "sound is 60% of horror."

How is that going to sound in Dolby Pro Logic?
Are they going to convert the soundtrack to midis?

Also how are you going to achieve the shadows dashing past doorways?
The lighting
The limb dismembering
The kinesis with all the moveable objects
And including all that make the low poly necromorphs convincing.

It will be a hard job. I hope they manage to pull off a decent port.

[ChickeyCantor]

" Also how are you going to achieve the shadows dashing past doorways?
The lighting
The limb dismembering
The kinesis with all the moveable objects "

It's not like if this isn't done before.

Shadows dashing past a doorway could still be done, look at Luigi's mansion on the GCN. It was full of shadows. Re1 the remake did it too.
If not they will find a solution, not everything you see in games need heavy processing power, most of it are done by optical solutions. So basically they could replace it by something really lightweight for the processors, yet give the impression there is a shadow.
The engines used on the PS3 or 360 aren't really optimized either. Cause they are basically designed for multiplatform in mind.
So if they design an efficient engine that takes good use of the hardware, they can achieve allot.

We will see how this will turn out to be, lets just wait.

[jtucker78]

Luigi's mansion didn't cast dynamic shadows the torch was just a cone that highlighted anything in it's path.
Check it out. The Luigi character model doesn't even cast shadows.

RE1 remake was easy to divert processing power to shadows because all the backgrounds were static.

Shadows were actually done on Zelda TP. Remember that bit where you go through the fog in the forest. The light swung side to side dynamically casting Links shadow side to side. But he was the only character model to display those kind of effects.

Not sure if you've played Dead Space but the lighting and shadowing is done on a pretty grand scale and is a significant part of the atmosphere (after the 5.1 sound stage).
To get a Wii version comparable will be no easy feat.
You have the light on the gun casting shadows. All the various light sources. The enemies (when they run past a doorway you don't see them but you see the shadow to make you tense.

Maybe the PS3 and 360 engines aren't as optimised as they could be, but the machines are so powerful (relatively to the Wii) that any difference the advantage of optimising for Wii gains will be negligible.

I'm sure they can create a work around for the lighting, physics and dismembering. I'll be interested to see how they manage it.

I think the IR on the Wiimote will fit well into the Dead Space control scheme well.

[Product]

Metroid Prime 3 had pretty good atmosphere in stages such as the Valhalla.That game cast shadows.....if the graphics can be on par with that with creepy music i dont think we need to worry about anything but zero G and the dismemberment parts.

[ChickeyCantor]

The shadows in Luigi mansion looked pretty dynamic every time a lightning struck.
And thats my point. While it doesn't need much processing power it still looked good. ( escpecially for a launch title).

I think people are underestimating the Wii, as if its a PS2(yeah and some of those games were looking awesome).
The fact that developers also get better in techniques and stuff, i wouldn't be surprised if EA actually pulls it off to have dynamic lightning.
I think the conduit does it too.

Cursed mountain is also using HDR lightning.

So my point about the engines not being optimized is that you can do loads more if you make good use of the hardware.

Developers can push more if they make it specific for the 360 or PS3, as they would push more if they did the same for the Wii.
Im not saying Wii is close to the 360/PS3, im saying that an optimized engine will add extra pixie dust.

[jtucker78]

Obviously the lightning strikes in Luigi's mansion are pre rendered and not dymamic because you get the same effect each time the room lights up - thanks to the light source not moving. It's a simple static texture change.
I believe that is what you are saying when you say: "Luigi mansion looked pretty dynamic every time a lightning struck" (...but it obviously isn't)
Dead Space Wii could always use some tricks like that I admit.
But the trouble is if you nail lighting then there will be another area that gets let down.

Metroid had updated graphics but was quite low in lighting effects, physics, current gen tech.

Conduit has two or three current gen lighting effects, and has several baddies on screen at once so it suffers in the character models and animation department. Even in the latest videos on IGN the baddies kind of fall over on the spot with canned animation like they did in Wolfenstein.
A screenshot of Black on the PS2 looks better than a conduit screenshot. But when the Conduit is in motion you can see the lighting effects blow Black out of the water.

Cursed mountain has HDR but it's not like it's a frenzied FPS and has much going off on screen.

Boom Blox had havok physics engine running in it, but the levels had to stay small and the all the character models were basic blocks.

While I agree that you can have any HD console effect on the Wii, to do so means that you have to substitute something else out.

Optimisation will add extra pixie dust, but there is just too much in Dead Space to get everything in.
There WILL be a trade off somewhere, whether it's in the lighting, dismembering, character models, animations.

I think they'll keep in the dismembering, and take out dynamic lighting and some of the more complex physics.
And if they make the baddies on the floor fade out after a couple of seconds when they die then things should keep running.

And to be honest I don't really care where the trade off in Dead Space occurs as long as they capture the essence of the game which is it's superb atmosphere then the game will be cool.

[CobraKai]

All this Luigi's Mansion talk got me thinking, how awesome would Luigi's Mansion be on the Wii? Of all the gamecube Wiimakes, this would truly kick arse.

[Product]

"Metroid had updated graphics but was quite low in lighting effects, physics, current gen tech."

Metroid had alot of particle effects and it incorporated alot of HDR lighting.

Anyways i played dead Space on pc which kills the hd consoles and im still excited about this for wii so that says something about how good the game is.

Talking about what the wii might lack takes nothing away from this game being a great title if done well.

[TriforceLightning]

I want to dedicate this game and the union that is Nintendo/EA in the memory of the Dreamcast.

[Product]

This game for me(played the pc version) had a very atmospheric mood to it........if the graphics are on par with Metroid Prime 3 this game might be great.Im really hoping the "mood" is there though since this game is alot like Bioshock in that it adds alot to the game itself....more then you would think.

Atmosphere/controls are the things im really hoping for with this title.

[Lonewolf1991]

I was planning to buy a Wii tomorrow =)

[stuntman_mike]

this could be that pre-qual they was talking about doing, if so i hope they do a good job putting it on Wii, good news for Wii owners.

[DarkBlood]

well i was going to get this for the ps3 when i finally got a job to start buying them games for my 2 handhelds and 2 consoles i own

but now that its coming to wii ima hold off and get the wii version instead as i prefer survivor horrorish type games on nintendo platform

and my reason is via resident evil games i played on the gamecube including the remakes plus i sold my re 4 gamecube version and got the wii edition version and it was fun

[Vizion26]

I haven't played Dead Space so do you think MotionPlus would be useful with this game on the Wii?

[wh0am1]

i'd like to see how they're gonna pull this off

[TheFreak]

Hmm this is very interesting, but is it true? Anyways I would love to see this game on the wii

[Mahr]

Well, on the one hand, it's always interesting to see variety added to the Wii library. On the other, while it is possible to do multi-plat games on the Wii well, it's also possible to really botch the job.

[condorstrike]

this game relied heavily on particle effects for the pc version and that is something the Wii can do really well, but when it comes to hdr and other lighting effects I become skeptical, but this is the perfect game for the Wii simply because, if done right the control scheme could be as good as Prime or better.

finished pc version ... one of the best games of 08, even thought not everyone loved it....
for those that never played it: it's a cross-breed between Doom and The thing. sorry if you're too young and don't know what the thing is: look it up... director John Carpenter i think. best sci-fi movie ever.

[rumplstilts]

God dammit! I am so spoiled throughout 09! Dead Space, The Conduit, Murasuma, Deadly Creatures, Monster Hunter 3, Fatl Frame 4, Madworld and Little Kings Story! I feel so dirty ;)

[condorstrike]

I feel the same way you do rumplstilts...LOL

I feel like Stewie Griffin in that episode by the mirror...;) not.LOL

[ChickeyCantor]

Good luck EA?....
I still hate them though...
Impress me >=(.

[miles-prower]

i'm in!!

[kesvalk]

hope EA get it right...

and hope more 3rd party support the wii
we need RPGs y'know?

[phantomexe]

Well i remember playing the Ps3 version and loved it even beat it,and i remember thinking damn this game would be so nice on the wii with RE4 controls.I'm sure there goneing be some hard things to port but...i do think it will be just as good as the other 2 if EA puts the time into it.I don't think it will be as hard as you think IMO

[TriforceLightning]

Yes, yes wii are.Does EA know something that their not telling.Perhaps.What will Iwata and co. reveal at GDC and E3?Who knows.One thing I know for sure is that the lack of hardcore argument has been addressed.Storage and graphics solutions are up next.

[Realgamer23]

First Dead Rising, now Dead Space when will this madness end.