Is the game no-one talks about one of the Wii's best? Nintendo barely even mentions Forever Blue, a deep-sea diving simulator for Wii, which would have you believe it's a right stinker. But it could be one of the Wii's best games of the year.
Get ready to take the plunge with underwater exploration game Endless Ocean following Nintendo's announcement that it's swimming to Europe on November 9.
I just don't think the Wii's graphics will be able to do justice to the concept.
1080P would be nice.
It'll be a nice and relaxing game I'm sure, along with the Wii Remote for control should prove nicely
So EU gets this game Nov 9th, but has an exact NA release date been set? All I see is Q1 2008 for NA.
Swim lazily over coral reefs, admiring the fish and listening to the soothing/annoying sounds of Hayley Westenra, the Kiwi Charlotte Church. If that's your idea of a good time, then welcome to your New Best Game Ever. If not, have a word with yourself and come back with an attitude readjustment, because you need to forget any preconceptions you may have had. Forever Blue is console psychotherapy, and it's totally brilliant.
It's also a proper game, believe it or not, with missions and objectives. That there's a complete lack of challenge in any of it only adds to its supremely relaxing nature, but you do get a feeling of accomplishment after acing another task or finding a particularly pretty sort of fish.
I think the game has a novel concept and looks like a lot of fun. But I am sure many of the Wii-haters who happen to frequent this site will bash it for not being "hardcore" enough. As if a game has to be "hardcore" to be fun.
It would be a nice way to unwind after a hectic gaming session of Attack & Defend in Rainbow Six: Vegas...
The only drawback I noticed were the mediocre visuals, but I have a feeling the type of person who would really get into this isn't necessarily a graphics whore.
I'm afraid my viewpoint has been jaded due to some of the eye popping visuals that are now out on the Xbox 360 and PS3. I'd love to see an iteration of this title for one of those powerhouses.
I WOULD LOVE THIS GAME FOR THE XBOX360 OR PS3 O WELL LOOKS LIKE IM GOING TO BY A WII FOR CHRISTMAS.
Will love this title. I'll bring it home as a surprise and I know it will be well-received. Anyone who enjoys Animal Crossing, Harvest Moon, Sims, and the like will probably thoroughly enjoy this title.
This game is slowly turning out to be the sleeper hit for 2007. Famitsu scored it high and now CVG has scored it high as well. I'm still not sure whether I'd like this type of game but if others are enjoying it, I may give it a shot.
Famitsu score wasn't great. Last I heard the Japanese Version or some version was half broke.
But anywhos, Hope the American Version gets tweaked and fixed so it'll be worth playing for more than 10 minutes [hahaha. I didn't say 5 ;P]
Famitsu collectively gave Forever Blue a 35/40 and ya, a major bug was discovered in the game after its release. It went through a recall and the bug has since been fixed.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...
"On August 10, 2007, Nintendo issued a recall of the game in Japan after a major bug was found in copies of the game released on August 2, 2007. Nintendo have re-released the game in Japan with the bug removed. The bug caused the screen to go blank and caused the console to freeze as soon as you put in one or more bowmouth guitarfish in the Aquarium, in which you can reexamine your categorized underwater creatures. The exploration mode is not affected by this bug."
Ah, then I must have remembered a different game that scored low.
Oh wait. Now I remember. that was Escape to Bug Island :D
@Darkiewonder - Escape to Bug Island!??? Never heard of it... but it sounds hilariously lame
Nintendo is making a recall for the buggy "Forever Blue" game, that started selling on Aug. 2
One of the very few games on the wii to get crazy reviews, and by crazy I mean really good, is buggy ?, The graphics are nice as well.
we know this already, i thought they recall it all ready and they are going to fixed the problem.
"It`s a sad,sad situation, and it`s getting more and more..." Elton John`s music sums it all up. :(
It's a real shame that such an interesting looking game gets this negative spotlight. Of course, it's also good to see that the problem's already been taken care of.
hmm yea could be good I like the open ended thing and plus it's just hanging out in the sea chilling to some music probably ambient mix or something. Might have to give it a go
What is this game about i have never even heard about it.
Apparently you'll be able to listen to your own MP3s while playing this game: http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...
I too don't know too much about this game. It seems that you dive for treasure, identify and interact with real species of aquatic life, and explore the ocean w/ others via online multiplayer but I don't know much else.
This may be one of those types of games that appeal much more to a Japanese audience in that it is a learning tool of sorts for learning about aquatic species and ocean habitats. I feel like learning and self-improvement games aren't as popular outside of Japan. Again, I don't know too much about this game so I will reserve judgment for now.
it's AKA Endless Ocean
http://www.gametrailers.com...
I wanna see the part where the diver gets bitten in half by the great white ;)
I think its more for people who also love the Sims.
its endless and in the end pointless XD.
I do like style and concept. with the nieuw audience it could sell for sure.