Multiplayer Wii shooter?

[A Playful Shark]

Would an online multiplayer Wii shooter be possible/fun?

I'm thinking of an aiming system along the lines used by Metroid Prime 3, but a multiplayer similar to CoD or Halo

As of right now, Nintendo's online multiplayer capability seems limited, which might create a block.

Would the Wii's weaker hardware even allow something like this?
(Or is something like this out that i'm not aware of?)

Discuss.

 

[Pimppeter2]

I think WaW has co=op on wii, but its bad...Really bad

 

[Mr. Fister]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Conduit

Basically, it supports up to 12 players in one match, and it supports WiiSpeak. Also, it's due out next month.

 

[A Playful Shark]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Conduit

Basically, it supports up to 12 players in one match, and it supports WiiSpeak. Also, it's due out next month.

Never heard of it, thanks.
I'll look into that once it comes out.

I think WaW has co=op on wii, but its bad...Really bad

Oh god... tell me it isn't split screen.

 

[oliveira8]

Theres going to be a co-op game for the Wii in the veins of Left 4 Dead.

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.115595

read it there.

 

[Pimppeter2]

I think WaW has co=op on wii, but its bad...Really bad

Oh god... tell me it isn't split screen.

No its more unique, and by unique I mean crappy. The game has player 1 plays as a character and player 2 is just shooting as an arrow.

Player 1 is the player, player 2 is the crosshair(yellow)

IT SUCKS

 

[0p3rati0n]

Go with World at War seriously. It's the best s*** you'll get out of Wii. It's not half bad either. If you debate me on that then your obviously a 360 addict that has his/her eyes taped to the t.v. screen. But any way World at War is really fun on Wii (if you like wii) It's like a last resort. Like me I tried to get it for my PC (which is s***) so it failed. So I got it for my Wii. Which I don't regret. I only regret the fact that I bought something in which Treyarch didn't put enough planing or effort in to it.

 

[Mentalgen]

I'm kinda wishing developers would play to the wii's strengths and stop trying to make gritty-realistic FPSs for the wii. It's just not graphically powerful enough to handle the normal-mapped, phong-shaded, bastard children of the Unreal 3 engine people have come to expect from the genre.

I'm thinking, tf2, battlefield heros, something where a relative lack of texture memory won't hurt the visuals. Also, big-cartoony characters show up better in the lower resolutions the wii is limited too.

I know the controls can be fun, the visuals just have to complement the system, not highlight it's flaws.

 

[A Playful Shark]

Theres going to be a co-op game for the Wii in the veins of Left 4 Dead.

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.115595

read it there.

Not owning a 360 i've never really played much online co-op. i keep forgetting it exists. Doh!

Go with World at War seriously. It's the best s*** you'll get out of Wii. It's not half bad either. If you debate me on that then your obviously a 360 addict that has his/her eyes taped to the t.v. screen. But any way World at War is really fun on Wii (if you like wii) It's like a last resort. Like me I tried to get it for my PC (which is s***) so it failed. So I got it for my Wii. Which I don't regret. I only regret the fact that I bought something in which Treyarch didn't put enough planing or effort in to it.

I'm no 360 addict, don't own one.
Honestly, i've been trying to get whatever out of my pc that i can (which isn't much, mine is crap too)
So i've been neglecting my poor wii...
I'll probably get it though

I think WaW has co=op on wii, but its bad...Really bad

Oh god... tell me it isn't split screen.

No its more unique, and by unique I mean crappy. The game has player 1 plays as a character and player 2 is just shooting as an arrow.

*snip*
Player 1 is the player, player 2 is the crosshair(yellow)

IT SUCKS

Seems like half FPS, Half rail shooter, all suck.

 

[dontworryaboutit]

No offense, but this sounds as appealing to me as sandpapering the asshole of a crocodile in a phone booth.

 

[ChromeAlchemist]

-snip-

Go with World at War seriously. It's the best s*** you'll get out of Wii. It's not half bad either. If you debate me on that then your obviously a 360 addict that has his/her eyes taped to the t.v. screen. But any way World at War is really fun on Wii (if you like wii) It's like a last resort. Like me I tried to get it for my PC (which is s***) so it failed. So I got it for my Wii. Which I don't regret. I only regret the fact that I bought something in which Treyarch didn't put enough planing or effort in to it.

It's good on the Wii, but it's hardly the best the console has to offer. I personally see either The Conduit or The Grinder to be shaping up to be a better online experience than WaW on the Wii, although it is a good experience. They are better looking though, that's for sure.

If you can't wait a month for The Conduit, try out Medal Of Honour Heroes 2. It will probably be really, really cheap right now, and it supports up to 32 players online.

I'm kinda wishing developers would play to the wii's strengths and stop trying to make gritty-realistic FPSs for the wii. It's just not graphically powerful enough to handle the normal-mapped, phong-shaded, bastard children of the Unreal 3 engine people have come to expect from the genre.

I'm thinking, tf2, battlefield heros, something where a relative lack of texture memory won't hurt the visuals. Also, big-cartoony characters show up better in the lower resolutions the wii is limited too.

I know the controls can be fun, the visuals just have to complement the system, not highlight it's flaws.

I think High Voltage Software are showing what the Wii is really capable of with their recent slew of games. The Wii itself is more powerful than most think, with it's hardware being capable of doing a lot of what the 360 and PS3 can do, but to a lesser extent (TEV pipelining being the force behind that).

Gritty games can come onto the Wii and work, but they just need someone who is capable to bring out the potential without shoehorning the unreal 2 engine into them or whatever they were using before.

Also check out the game Oliveira was talking about, it looks promising.

 

[Mentalgen]

Go with World at War seriously. It's the best s*** you'll get out of Wii. It's not half bad either. If you debate me on that then your obviously a 360 addict that has his/her eyes taped to the t.v. screen. But any way World at War is really fun on Wii (if you like wii) It's like a last resort. Like me I tried to get it for my PC (which is s***) so it failed. So I got it for my Wii. Which I don't regret. I only regret the fact that I bought something in which Treyarch didn't put enough planing or effort in to it.

Or you are just a Wii fanboy trying to defend the shitty graphics of your console.

hey, hey.

360/ps3 troll. The grownups are talking. Hush up.

 

[julesville]

I think an FPS on Wii might be pretty cool. Using the Wiimote to snipe at people might be pretty awesome, but I dunno. It doesn't even have to be like other FPS's, all blood and guts realism. It could be cartoonish and fun. Moviebob posed "Mario Paintball" in one of his Game Overthinker reviews. Or maybe like a Super Smash Brothers: Reloaded kinda deal. Who knows? The Wii really does have a lot potential if it could just get out of the way of itself.

 

[A Playful Shark]

Go with World at War seriously. It's the best s*** you'll get out of Wii. It's not half bad either. If you debate me on that then your obviously a 360 addict that has his/her eyes taped to the t.v. screen. But any way World at War is really fun on Wii (if you like wii) It's like a last resort. Like me I tried to get it for my PC (which is s***) so it failed. So I got it for my Wii. Which I don't regret. I only regret the fact that I bought something in which Treyarch didn't put enough planing or effort in to it.

Or you are just a Wii fanboy trying to defend the shitty graphics of your console.

There are NO goods games for the Wii, and graphics are everything.
Hi-five my like minded brother.

No offense, but this sounds as appealing to me as sandpapering the asshole of a crocodile in a phone booth.

I'm taking no offense, and honestly i'm not sure how well it will work either.

I'm kinda wishing developers would play to the wii's strengths and stop trying to make gritty-realistic FPSs for the wii. It's just not graphically powerful enough to handle the normal-mapped, phong-shaded, bastard children of the Unreal 3 engine people have come to expect from the genre.

I'm thinking, tf2, battlefield heros, something where a relative lack of texture memory won't hurt the visuals. Also, big-cartoony characters show up better in the lower resolutions the wii is limited too.

I know the controls can be fun, the visuals just have to complement the system, not highlight it's flaws.

(i'm going to use metroid again)
I agree, i feel like metroid looked very impressive, and was probably the most fun i've had from the console.
I'm excited for these new motion sensitive FPS's though!

 

[ChromeAlchemist]

I think an FPS on Wii might be pretty cool. Using the Wiimote to snipe at people might be pretty awesome, but I dunno. It doesn't even have to be like other FPS's, all blood and guts realism. It could be cartoonish and fun. Moviebob posed "Mario Paintball" in one of his Game Overthinker reviews. Or maybe like a Super Smash Brothers: Reloaded kinda deal. Who knows? The Wii really does have a lot potential if it could just get out of the way of itself.

A bastard offshoot of TF2 would be interesting.

 

[LANCE420]

Epic Fail

 

[julesville]

I think an FPS on Wii might be pretty cool. Using the Wiimote to snipe at people might be pretty awesome, but I dunno. It doesn't even have to be like other FPS's, all blood and guts realism. It could be cartoonish and fun. Moviebob posed "Mario Paintball" in one of his Game Overthinker reviews. Or maybe like a Super Smash Brothers: Reloaded kinda deal. Who knows? The Wii really does have a lot potential if it could just get out of the way of itself.

A bastard offshoot of TF2 would be interesting.

Where you would have to actually swing the Scout's bat to hit people. It might be AWESOME... or it might be stifling and tedious...

 

[darktheif28]

Would an online multiplayer Wii shooter be possible/fun?

I'm thinking of an aiming system along the lines used by Metroid Prime 3, but a multiplayer similar to CoD or Halo

As of right now, Nintendo's online multiplayer capability seems limited, which might create a block.

Would the Wii's weaker hardware even allow something like this?
(Or is something like this out that i'm not aware of?)

Discuss.

call of duty WaW has multilplayer just like the other consoles but with wii controllers and i think you can use the classic controller but it's really fun

 

[0p3rati0n]

Go with World at War seriously. It's the best s*** you'll get out of Wii. It's not half bad either. If you debate me on that then your obviously a 360 addict that has his/her eyes taped to the t.v. screen. But any way World at War is really fun on Wii (if you like wii) It's like a last resort. Like me I tried to get it for my PC (which is s***) so it failed. So I got it for my Wii. Which I don't regret. I only regret the fact that I bought something in which Treyarch didn't put enough planing or effort in to it.

Or you are just a Wii fanboy trying to defend the shitty graphics of your console.

Or your a 360 addict with their eyes glues too the T.V. trying to get the world to play a d*** Microsoft product! I'm a Wii fanboy and I'm proud to be! Now graphics don't make up games! Yes it looks pretty but it doesn't make it (only in the non-technical way) STOP THINKING GRAPHICS MAKE UP FOR S***TY STORIES! STOP THINKING 360 IS THE BEST BECAUSE IT'S NOT!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoU7U3DRtU8

watch it I dare you