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TOMI on WiiWare question

King45King45
edited July 2009 in Tales of Monkey Island
I plan to buy the game through wiiware
and I want to know:

What is the day one? 7 july?
Will cost 1000 points?
I'm italian and i buy the game in english ,but i want to know if ,in the future, always through wiiware will publish an update to resolve it.

Thanks and sorry for my bad english :D

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  • kaffebaggelkaffebaggel
    edited June 2009
    I would also like to know the european wiiware-releasedate. I would prefer to play the game on the wii but i don't think i can bear the extra wait if there is one ;)
  • thin029thin029
    edited June 2009
    It will take longer to release and will VERY LIKELY cost more, also, it is possible they release a lower quality version in order for it to FIT the 40mb limit WiiWare games have.

    I wouldn't get the Wii version, only if my PC was really crappy
  • turingmachine604turingmachine604
    edited June 2009
    Also, I'd say there's next to no chance for an update being released that grants additional languages (especially for WiiWare). If an additional language version is made you'd have to purchase it again.
  • kaffebaggelkaffebaggel
    edited June 2009
    Hmmm that's some valid points, a shame really as i looked forward to playing the episodes on the bigger screen from my couch. The language thing doesn't bother me though as i hoghly doubt they would ever translate it to swedish nor would i like them to. MI should be in english and with dom as guybrush
  • tmsmyth4tmsmyth4
    edited June 2009
    Is anyone from Telltale willing to give a rough estimate as to how much later the Wiiware version is going to be? I'm not expecting any dates, just are we talking within a week, within a month of the PC release?

    The wait for July7th is going painfully slow and my rubbish PC means i have to wait longer, which i'm not bothered about-but i can see it getting extremely painful after July 7th when everyone is playing it and im checking Wii Shop every day!
  • MusicallyInspiredMusicallyInspired
    edited June 2009
    They don't know when or how much. When they know they'll say. They have said the release date will be as close to the PC release date as possible.
  • tmsmyth4tmsmyth4
    edited June 2009
    considering we are less than 2weeks away from release, surely they have some idea. i know its a long shot and i dont expect a response but the thought of waiting a month checking Wiiware every day with no monkey island is killing me! maybe i'll be pleasantly surprised if 'as close as possible' means a week or 2. Seriously considering investing in a new PC before July 7th!
  • Macfly77Macfly77 Moderator
    edited June 2009
    tmsmyth4 wrote: »
    considering we are less than 2weeks away from release, surely they have some idea. i know its a long shot and i dont expect a response but the thought of waiting a month checking Wiiware every day with no monkey island is killing me! maybe i'll be pleasantly surprised if 'as close as possible' means a week or 2. Seriously considering investing in a new PC before July 7th!

    With Nintendo America, you can never know for sure.
    Last year, Hudson Soft announced the Monday release of some virtual console games on a Friday (I think they did it on two different Fridays) and those games did not get released as scheduled.
    July 7 being a Tuesday, I assume Telltale would probably like the European release to be on July 10 and the US release on July 13, but it's really up to Nintendo...
  • turingmachine604turingmachine604
    edited June 2009
    Nintendo of America is known to hold off on WiiWare releases to suit their own schedule and not to release multiple big name titles on the same day. Also, it should be noted that NoA releases WiiWare titles on Mondays so it can't come out till at least the 13th in the U.S.
  • WillWill Telltale Alumni
    edited June 2009
    tmsmyth4 wrote: »
    considering we are less than 2weeks away from release, surely they have some idea. i know its a long shot and i dont expect a response but the thought of waiting a month checking Wiiware every day with no monkey island is killing me! maybe i'll be pleasantly surprised if 'as close as possible' means a week or 2. Seriously considering investing in a new PC before July 7th!

    If the world were a logical and reasonable place, then we would likely have a good idea as to when the game will come out for the wii. Unfortunately, if the world were a logical and reasonable place, we wouldn't have had to wait this many years for a new Monkey game.

    In short, we really just don't know. You have no idea how much I wish we did, but we don't.
  • MusicallyInspiredMusicallyInspired
    edited June 2009
    tmsmyth4 wrote: »
    considering we are less than 2weeks away from release, surely they have some idea.

    That's my whole point. If they did then we'd know. Because they'd tell us right away! You wouldn't have to ask. Why would they hold such information from us?
  • seanvanamanseanvanaman Telltale Alumni
    edited June 2009
    we just don't have a solid date yet -- this is due to us being an independent developer with limited resources, getting through testing, working with Nintendo, all of that. it's coming along nicely and you won't have to wait too long after the PC.
  • JakeJake Telltale Alumni
    edited June 2009
    We're trying to keep the WiiWare date as close to the PC date as possible, but we don't know quite when it will be. We'll announce the WiiWare date as soon as we know! We also don't know the price for sure, but Strong Bad episodes were 1,000 points.
  • tmsmyth4tmsmyth4
    edited June 2009
    Will wrote: »
    If the world were a logical and reasonable place, then we would likely have a good idea as to when the game will come out for the wii. Unfortunately, if the world were a logical and reasonable place, we wouldn't have had to wait this many years for a new Monkey game.

    In short, we really just don't know. You have no idea how much I wish we did, but we don't.

    fair play, thats put it into perspective. 9years waiting for a new MI, and I cant wait a few weeks/month for a console release. Sounds pathetic really, ill sit tight! Being impatient as usual. Been replaying Grim Fandango for the first time in 10years, that'll keep me busy for a while:D
  • King45King45
    edited June 2009
    seanvanaman wrote: »
    we just don't have a solid date yet -- this is due to us being an independent developer with limited resources, getting through testing, working with Nintendo, all of that. it's coming along nicely and you won't have to wait too long after the PC.
    Jake wrote: »
    We're trying to keep the WiiWare date as close to the PC date as possible, but we don't know quite when it will be. We'll announce the WiiWare date as soon as we know! We also don't know the price for sure, but Strong Bad episodes were 1,000 points.

    Thanks for the info :D
  • LeakLeak
    edited June 2009
    tmsmyth4 wrote: »
    fair play, thats put it into perspective. 9years waiting for a new MI, and I cant wait a few weeks/month for a console release.
    Well, waiting 9 years is rather easy - it's always the second 9 years that really kill you from the inside... :D

    np: Markus Guentner - Jellyfish (1981)
  • Dash383535Dash383535
    edited July 2009
    put it out on the wii
  • bobhobbitbobhobbit
    edited July 2009
    I don't know much about how the WiiWare release process works--I imagine there's some kind of testing/verification that has to be done by Nintendo before they will release something onto their console. I'm not sure if this is done by the developers or not. Any Telltale folks able/willing to say at this point if the build of the Wii version has been approved by Nintendo yet? Is it a matter of them finishing the testing, or just of them putting it on their release calendar officially?

    I already played it on PC, but I'm just curious. Plus it might be fun to replay from my couch.
  • Dash383535Dash383535
    edited July 2009
    bobhobbit wrote: »
    I don't know much about how the WiiWare release process works--I imagine there's some kind of testing/verification that has to be done by Nintendo before they will release something onto their console. I'm not sure if this is done by the developers or not. Any Telltale folks able/willing to say at this point if the build of the Wii version has been approved by Nintendo yet? Is it a matter of them finishing the testing, or just of them putting it on their release calendar officially?

    I already played it on PC, but I'm just curious. Plus it might be fun to replay from my couch.

    yea what he sayed
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