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  High Voltage's Corso: Wii Deserves Better Games Than It's Getting
by Chris Remo, Staff
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July 16, 2008
 
High Voltage's Corso: Wii Deserves Better Games Than It's Getting
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Talking to Gamasutra during E3, High Voltage creative director Matt Corso has been discussing the developer's just-announced Wii FPS The Conduit, suggesting that, for the core gamer, "The Wii is a really cool game system... it's worth better games than it's getting right now."

High Voltage (Harvey Birdman, Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude) has been working on the Wii-exclusive first person shooter for some time, with the alien-heavy title - featuring with both a single player campaign and online multiplayer components - tentatively scheduled for release in Q1 of 2009.

Speaking to Gamasutra about the circumstances that made High Voltage create the game as a Wii exclusive, Corso commented:

"It seems that no developer was really pushing the system, and we wanted to really take advantage of the hardware and show that the Wii is capable of doing much more than what people were actually doing on it.

Also, we felt there weren't enough hardcore first-person shooter-style games available on the system, and this system is so perfect for that style of game. We saw an opportunity to take advantage of it, and make something really special for the system.

The Wii is a really cool game system. It's worth better games than it's getting right now. There are some great games out there for the system, but it just seems like there's such an opportunity to do so much more with it. Considering it's such a popular system right now, it just doesn't make sense to not focus on making really quality games."


Corso also weighed in on graphical fidelity and quality of Wii titles, noting:

"The system can actually display some really quality visuals, and right now the bar has been so low that it was easy to exceed that bar at first - and now we feel we're just going way beyond that point.

But you know, it makes sense. The Wii is very strong, and it's going to have a lot of staying power, and it's going to be here for a long time to come. We as a studio see no reason why we shouldn't take advantage and try to develop the best experience possible for the Wii."


The full interview with High Voltage's Corso will appear on Gamasutra in the near future.
 
   
 
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Ephriam Knight
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It's about time. I look forward to supporting these kinds of developers. The more developers take the Wii seriously, the less the "core" gamers have to complain about.

This is a nice change from EA and Activision's approach.

Garth DeAngelis
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I completely agree. Here's to wishing them the best and hoping they pull it off.

Brian Marrant
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Games like this are why I purchased a Wii. It sits dormant more time than I'd like because of the current game selection.

Anonymous
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I agree wholeheartedly with Mr. Corso, and feel glad that he stepped up and said so. It's disappointing how, so far, few companies are willing to take a chance on the platform. Especially disappointing knowing how passionately a decent (if minority) portion of the development community would like to make games for it but the opportunities and the shapes of their companies don't allow it.

Javier Arevalo
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Go go Mr Corso, I hope you guys can pull it off!

Duncan McPherson
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Matt Corso is correct. It's my hope that this -- along with other -- upcoming titles for the Wii will open the floodgates. After all, it's not just grandmothers and grade schoolers who are playing Wii games! Best of luck to the HVS team!

Billy Bissette
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The Wii does deserve better titles.

But if The Conduit doesn't have four player split screen, which it doesn't sound like it will from the above, I'm not going to care about that game either. Online multiplayer is just catching up to what the PS2 and Xbox 1 offered years ago.


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