Mature Games Making Their Way to Wii

October 6, 2008    Category: Wii Gaming    No Comments »

One of the reasons many ‘hardcore’ gamers usually stick to their PS3 and 360 consoles was the lack of what would be considered mature games released for the Wii in its first few years. The Nintendo console has been blessed with many great games, such as Super Mario Galaxy, Super Paper Mario, and the plethora of Wii based games such as Wii Fit and Wii Sports. However, these games can only do so much to satisfy a hardcore gamer who enjoys FPSes, RPGs, and strategy games. The cutesy graphics are great and the stories for these games are entertaining, but the Wii was missing something.

About a year ago, the Wii started receiving serious gamer titles. Tomb Raider found its way onto the Nintendo platform, with unique methods of controlling Lara which made the game work exploring. Resident Evil 4 was also released for the Wii, which takes the series to a whole new level of control and combat in a zombie shooter. So what’s coming up that should have mature gamers excited? Call of Duty: World at War is being released this November and will be the first time the Call of Duty series has been featured on the Wii console. Instead of facing the European side of World War II against Germany and Italy, World at War focuses on the Pacific side of the battle, specifically, Imperial Japan. The game plans to make use of the Wii Zapper in order to give the feeling of real life combat. Hopefully the entrance of Call of Duty onto the Wii console will show game developers who produce action and FPS games that the Wii console isn’t just about offering great family entertainment, it can be about exploring the dark side of humanity in games as well. Now we just need to get Condemned onto the Wii platform.