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Hudson's Upcoming WiiWare Games Revealed

Posted Wed, 04 Feb 2009 by Darren Calvert

Our contact at Hudson who represents the European region has been kind enough to confirm the WiiWare lineup for the next few months. It should come as no surprise that Snowboard Riot has been penciled in for a February release, as this is now already out in North America.

The games for March and April might come as more of a surprise however:

Onslaught (Due March in Europe)
Onslaught is a first person shooter which focuses on blasting a massive number of enemy creatures to feel the exhilaration. The story is based on the outer planet in the near future. The massive number of enemy creatures will try to attack the player. In the game you use various types of weapons and battle against it to complete the mission and proceed in the story. Also, there is a mode that uses the Nintendo Wi-Fi connection to compete against the players, up to 4 players, all around the world.

Adventure Island WiiWare (Due April in Europe)
Master Higgins is back with whole new actions and elements on Wii! Gather the Gold Melons hidden in the stages, get the new actions, and explore the Adventure Island. Also, there are mini-games to have fun with your friends. Adventure Island WiiWare has all new updated graphics, not retro style!

These are all the details we can get for now, of course as soon we get any screenshots or videos you will be the first to know! :-p

Tags: WiiWare, Hudson, Upcoming Games.

User Comments

aldawgz

1. ALDAWGZ United States 04 Feb 2009, 15:03 GMT

adventure island wiiware awesome cant wait

longtimegamer

2. longtimegamer United States 04 Feb 2009, 15:06 GMT

Awsome. Onslaught sounds cool. I was playing samples of a game called Crimson and crimsonland. I hope it's like that.

Edit:Strike that. Crimsom land is not a first person shooter. Fun though (for me anyway.)

apocalpyse

3. Yasume Netherlands 04 Feb 2009, 15:06 GMT

Wow, that sounds good! Hudson is doing a really good job the last few months.

tony

4. Tony United States 04 Feb 2009, 15:07 GMT

A first person shooter on Wii Ware! That's a first

Hudson must be aiming for a Wii Ware game per month

tkubas1

5. tkubas1 United States 04 Feb 2009, 15:11 GMT

The first person shooter sounds amazing

nintendo_naut

6. Nintendo-Naut United States 04 Feb 2009, 15:12 GMT

I want that FPS...Now

longtimegamer

7. longtimegamer United States 04 Feb 2009, 15:17 GMT

@Apocalypse-Yea. They're kicking butt. Must be doing great on Wiiware. Other developers should look at Hudson and the more successful developers (like 2dBoy) to see what makes a game successful on the wii. I say this because I thought I read somewhere that some developers weren't doing all that great or weren't happy with how they were doing on wiiware. I wish I could remember where I saw that.

Edit:I do wish hudson had made their snowboarding a more interestisting (More complete?) game offline. That part sucks for me.

terranigma

8. Terra United Kingdom 04 Feb 2009, 15:34 GMT

Finally, something more solid about Adventure Island WiiWare. I'm glad to hear that it's not using Retro graphics as i think that novelty is starting to get overused slightly. Can't wait for screenshots.

As for Onslaught, i could use a good FPS on WiiWare while waiting for The Conduit. It Sounds Awesome, especially coming from Hudson and that it has Wi-Fi Multiplayer. It would be nice though if we could ever see Shootanto in the West.

Ah, to be a WiiWare Hudson fan sure is wonderful. I have no doubt these games, and other future games will be just as Great. They are the kings of WiiWare devs.

apocalpyse

9. Yasume Netherlands 04 Feb 2009, 15:34 GMT

@longtimegamer: True, Hudson is a big example for all the others ATM. All their games have been successful (Pit Crew Panic! got the lowest score, a 6/10) so far, and I have no doubt that the 3 listed above will be above average either.

kdr_11k

10. KDR_11k Germany 04 Feb 2009, 15:45 GMT

The Onslaught description made me think of Earth Defense Force, let's hope it's good. Blasting hordes of enemies is a ton of fun when it's done right but I've also seen it done wrong.

mr_cheez

11. Ricardo91 United States 04 Feb 2009, 16:38 GMT

An FPS? ON WIIWARE!?!? Is that even possible!?!? There aren't even FPSs on XBLA or PSN! This one ought to be interesting...

And yay, more Wiiware goodies from Hudson! Keep it up, guys!

tr

12. -TR United Kingdom 04 Feb 2009, 17:05 GMT

Both sound rather good. I espechialy hope Onslaught works- That way we can move FPSes from stores to downloads. There's too many shootey discs in game shops these days...

Oh yeah, but it's not a 'First'. It's a 'Second'. Wild West Guns, anyone?

bigsexy

13. Big=Sexy United States 04 Feb 2009, 17:12 GMT

@Ricardo91 - XBLA has both Doom and Duke Nukem.

@TR - What do you mean by not a first? If you're using Wild West Guns as an example, you mean to say that it's a "Gallery Shooter" and not a "First Person Shooter", right?

Edit : WAT NEW NEW ADVENTURE ISLAND?!

Hurry with some screens, Hudson!

shadx

14. Shadx Canada 04 Feb 2009, 17:14 GMT

Sounds sweet. That FPS sounds like those games such as Boxhead, only in 3d. I hope it has a co-op mode ... Wonder when it's gonna be released here? Won't matter for me. If MadWorld gets a good review I'm buying that.

wiiloveitonline

15. Wiiloveit United Kingdom 04 Feb 2009, 17:17 GMT

Both of these sound ace, and I am particularly interested to hear more about Onslaught - especially since it's a completely new idea for WiiWare - in fact, I'm surprised nobody's had a shot at one of these already.

ness1

16. ness Germany 04 Feb 2009, 17:25 GMT

Adventure Island WiiWare sounds interesting, also because it has updated graphics =).

@ Onslaught: I am a little bit sceptical because of the 40MB limitation of WiiWare games.

pablo17

17. Pablo17 United States 04 Feb 2009, 17:29 GMT

Both games sound great. I hope they come to the USA about the same time.

shortay_01

18. Shortay United Kingdom 04 Feb 2009, 17:58 GMT

I've been really impressed with Hudson so far, so I hope its success continues. An FPS on WiiWare would be great.

worrybomb

19. worrybomb United States 04 Feb 2009, 18:14 GMT

@ TR - Wild West Guns is a shooter game akin to Lethal Enforcers and Hogan's Alley. A first person shooter game lets the player move with freedom; not in a predetermined path or a still one.

Onslaught sounds interesting. I would definitely love to see some photos/video footage of the game. I hope the WiiWare size limit is enough for a solid FPS game.

I'm glad that Adventure Island WiiWare is not a retro game. Not so sure about the mini-games aspect though. As long as the single player quest is solid, then that's enough for me. I'm really hoping Hudson can make this a great platformer game.

olimar_91

20. Olimar_91 United States 04 Feb 2009, 18:39 GMT

FPS with online multiplayer? Sounds promising :0

mr_cheez

21. Ricardo91 United States 04 Feb 2009, 20:10 GMT

@Big=Sexy. Yes, but those are ports of old FPSs. They don't have any new ones.

koto

22. Koto United States 04 Feb 2009, 20:19 GMT

wow fps on wiiware? hopefully they could get good controls

objection_blaster

23. Objection_Blaster United States 04 Feb 2009, 21:02 GMT

An FPS on wiiware? Consider my interest piqued.

tatemon555

24. tatemon555 Canada 04 Feb 2009, 22:26 GMT

Oh. My. God!!!!!!!!!
A new Adventure Island AND an FPS on WiiWare? Pinch me!
Hudson can seriously do no harm in any way to WiiWare. In fact, they pretty much own it (or maybe should).

pablo17

25. Pablo17 United States 04 Feb 2009, 22:36 GMT

A FPS on the wiiware is a great idea, so I hope it turns out well. I am also glad that this will be online as well.

anthonyb

26. anthonyb United States 04 Feb 2009, 22:56 GMT

Like everyone else said: FPS?? It MIGHT be good, but I'm just going to guess it'll suck. As much as I love Wii and all, I doubt we'll see something in the FPS genre that'll rival COD on Xbox or Counterstrike on PC as far as community and competition goes. Believe me- I'd LOVE for this to be a success, especially w/ Wii-mote controls, but I don't think it's going to be what heavy FPS players are looking for.

But who knows- we'll just have to wait and see. At this point I know nothing of the game!!! :)

themortalangel

27. themortalangel United States 04 Feb 2009, 22:59 GMT

FPS on WII!!! Holy Crap!!! AMAZING!! Hudson is really pulling out the stops here on Wii Ware and they are doing an amazing job. I have truly gained an all new respect for them these past few months. They've always done good work for Nintendo though, so I guess it's not surprising.

Also can anyone tell me what Adventure Island is?? I've never heard of it before.

knucklessonic8

28. KnucklesSonic8 Canada 04 Feb 2009, 22:59 GMT

Awesome! with all this experience with online play, Hudson better not screw up the next Mario Party entry by failing to NOT include Online Play. >_>

But that aside, it's officially, WiiWare for 2009 is gonna be AWESOME!! Who's with me?! :D

Hudson is one of the WiiWare developers who are really working their magic. :o

beastman93

29. beastman93 United States 04 Feb 2009, 23:05 GMT

Both sound great to me! I've never played an Adventure Island game before so that would be new to me.

kawaiipikachu

30. Kawaiipikachu Australia 04 Feb 2009, 23:11 GMT

The First Person Shooter sounds intreasting to me .
I might get if i hear good enough stuff about it .

knucklessonic8

31. KnucklesSonic8 Canada 04 Feb 2009, 23:32 GMT

Guys, look! Screens!
http://www.hudsonentertainment.com/gamedetail.php?game_id=191&console=1

anthonyb

32. anthonyb United States 04 Feb 2009, 23:38 GMT

@KnucklesSonic8: OMG! Great job on finding those- At least we know what we're dealing with [more-so]. It has potential- looks like you can use a laser whip!

terranigma

33. Terra United Kingdom 04 Feb 2009, 23:45 GMT

Those screens look good but i want to see a video for the gameplay. Any Screens for Adventure Island yet?

knucklessonic8

34. KnucklesSonic8 Canada 05 Feb 2009, 00:25 GMT

@Terranigma: I'll try to have a look.

@anthonyb: lol, no problem! :D Yeah, looks good, hm?

beastman93

35. beastman93 United States 05 Feb 2009, 00:40 GMT

Wow...that actually looks pretty good, which means it will be like what, 2 1/2 hours would you say?

knucklessonic8

36. KnucklesSonic8 Canada 05 Feb 2009, 00:58 GMT

You're judging the game's length by screens? Isn't that a bit premature...

chunky_droid

37. Chunky Droid Australia 05 Feb 2009, 02:06 GMT

I love Hudson's support of WiiWare, can you guys ask your contact what the hell happened to VC??? Oh well, both these games sound pretty darn good,

And I've done away with Soda Popinski with his Jack Daniels, too many Punch-Out!! avatars around now, so LONG LIVE ROY KOOPA!

kafei2006

38. Kafei2006 Belgium 05 Feb 2009, 11:49 GMT

Hudson rocks ! But i'm even more interested in Calling, their upcoming Survival Horror (disc release) for Wii. Onslaught looks nice. I have Super Adventure Island on my SNES and Adventure Island Part 2 for NES. I Liked both (maybe the SNES first a bit more because of its quality upbeat music).

beastman93

39. beastman93 United States 05 Feb 2009, 20:18 GMT

@KS8
Yes, I use the Lost Winds time scale. :P

mickeymac

40. Mickeymac United States 05 Feb 2009, 20:44 GMT

I'll be looking forward to both of these games!

objection_blaster

41. Objection_Blaster United States 07 Feb 2009, 00:00 GMT

@beastman93-If it's really fun to play like LW was, then 2-4 hrs is fine for length, at least for me. Plus, they both deliver in graphics.

luigiman2

42. luigiman2 United States 09 Oct 2009, 22:17 BST

I have one Hudson game ( for DS ) called Mario Party.

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