David Braben is an industry legend whose first work, Elite, was created more than two decades ago and remains a fan favorite today. Currently, the programming guru spends his time as head of UK-based company Frontier, which is working on an ambitious story-driven game for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. But the 160-person studio has also been underway with a stunning WiiWare game, LostWinds, which IGN had the chance to play at Nintendo's Media Summit in San Francisco last week. IGN loved it and it's quickly become one of their most anticipated projects. IGN caught up with Braben from the event, where he was kind enough to answer some of IGN's questions about LostWinds and about Wii development.
Alex S. from Link-Cable writes: "The official end of the WiiWare service may not be until early 2019 but we wanted to give everybody as much of a chance as possible to remember all of the great games that Nintendo’s first every download service brought us. Last week we counted down the first 10 games in our look at the Top 20 WiiWare games ever made, and if you haven’t had the chance yet you can check out those picks right here but now we switch our focus over to the very best that WiiWare has to offer so if you still have a Wii (or a Wii U) kicking around make sure to download these games before they are lost forever."
Alex S. from Link-Cable writes: "As I continue my quest to complete my backlog (last week I was in the trenches of World War II) I find myself returning to a console that is near and dear to my heart, the Wii, and it’s virtual games service WiiWare. And by back I mean way back as I decided to finally give a go at the WiiWare launch title LostWinds a go. "
Triverse writes, "Not very many returning games on the list this week which means there is nearly a full new set of games to peruse. iOS gamers enjoy the perks of getting games, that once cost money, for free while Android users are limited to still having to pay something for sales (we will have a fresh list tomorrow for both iOS and Android). For now, enjoy these great titles on your iOS device as we head into the Christmas season."
For a Wiiware game this is quite stunning. Cant wait!