EA Details Madden Wii (w/new videos and details)

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http://www.gamespot.com/news/6148455.html

Quick and dirty version:
- Tiburon not developing, but EA's BC studio in Canada.
- Not called Madden NFL 07, but Madden Revolution at the moment.
- Playable at E3!
- Mimic a QB receiving the ball from the center to hike it.
- Making throwing motion to throw, quicker motion = bullet pass.
- Kicking the ball = sweeping controller up like you were kicking it with your leg.
- Jerking the controller left or right while running to juke in that direction.
- Shoving it straight ahead stiff-arms the defender.
- Focuses on gameplay and control, takes advantage of Revolution's abilities.
- Interprets different throwing styles.
- Trying to bring the depth of the game the fans know while making it easy enough for non-fans to enjoy.
- Tiburon guys played it and were surprised at how unique and original it was.

Other notes:
- Working on other titles than Madden at the moment.
- "Unless we can maximize that game for the power, the uniqueness, and the innovative control, we're going to wait until we know how to do that right to bring those franchises there."

Sounds really cool just from hearing about the new features, I can't wait to try it out.
 
I might have to buy Madden again :shock: Kinda cool that what people were initially thinking using the controller for is actually what they're going to be doing. Looking forward to hearing impressions from E3.
 
[quote name='megaseadramon']You mean madden might be fun and original? God have mercy on our souls.[/QUOTE]

QFT

The end is nigh!
 
[quote name='megaseadramon']You mean madden might be fun and original? God have mercy on our souls.[/quote]
You read my mind. I'm no fan of Madden by any stretch of the imagination, but I'm actually looking forward to trying this out!
 
[quote name='evilmax17']You read my mind. I'm no fan of Madden by any stretch of the imagination, but I'm actually looking forward to trying this out![/QUOTE]

Word!
 
I don't believe EA could implement all those things into Madden, and make it any good. Maybe they could do one or two of those things halfway right, but all of them? I doubt it. EA completely failed with Madden for the 360, with a basic controller, how are they gonna do with the Revolutions?

At least it's their Canadian team that's developing it, I have more hope with them than I do Tiburon.
 
GS: So we won't be seeing straight ports to the Rev?

JS: I don't think Revolution consumers want straight ports. We want to bring out games that are great for the Revolution. And that's what we're trying to do.
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Good man.

[quote name='VanillaGorilla']I don't believe EA could implement all those things into Madden, and make it any good. Maybe they could do one or two of those things halfway right, but all of them? I doubt it. EA completely failed with Madden for the 360, with a basic controller, how are they gonna do with the Revolutions?

At least it's their Canadian team that's developing it, I have more hope with them than I do Tiburon.[/QUOTE]
I share your concern, but it does seem like a lot of the actions will be possible to try out E3, independent of the game. So it looks like you will be able to do a kicking drill, passing drill, etc, but not run plays. The running in particular sounds GREAT. It's always been a pain in the ass remembering what buttons are juke, stiff arm, spin, etc in the middle of a run. Using fairly intuitive motions for that instead will be very nice.

Speaking of the Canadian group, what have they developed?
 
[quote name='botticus']Good man.


I share your concern, but it does seem like a lot of the actions will be possible to try out E3, independent of the game. So it looks like you will be able to do a kicking drill, passing drill, etc, but not run plays. The running in particular sounds GREAT. It's always been a pain in the ass remembering what buttons are juke, stiff arm, spin, etc in the middle of a run. Using fairly intuitive motions for that instead will be very nice.

Speaking of the Canadian group, what have they developed?[/quote]
The MVP Baseball games, which are far and away the best sports games EA makes (best sports games anyone makes, rather)
 
[quote name='botticus']Good man.


I share your concern, but it does seem like a lot of the actions will be possible to try out E3, independent of the game. So it looks like you will be able to do a kicking drill, passing drill, etc, but not run plays. The running in particular sounds GREAT. It's always been a pain in the ass remembering what buttons are juke, stiff arm, spin, etc in the middle of a run. Using fairly intuitive motions for that instead will be very nice.

Speaking of the Canadian group, what have they developed?[/QUOTE]

Isn't the Canadian group the one behin SSX?
 
I think this particular group was responsible for SSX On Tour, also..

but didn't they get rid of EA Sports BIG and turn them into another studio? If so, this is probably the same guys
 
Never played MVP Baseball (haven't played a baseball game since Triple Play 2000, actually), but SSX is certainly fun and I don't have any interest in snowboarding.

Well, they've actually done quite a bit:

FIFA, Knockout Kings, March Madness, NBA Live, MVP Baseball, NHL, SSX, NBA Street, Def Jam Vendetta, NFSU, 007: EoN.
 
[quote name='VanillaGorilla']As blasphemous as this may sound, given my track record of bashing the Revolution, I am actually starting to come around on this thing.[/QUOTE]

OMG...Me thinks that hell has frozen over.

And it only took the annoucement of an EA football game to do it. Not quite what I was expecting. ;)
 
sweet, sounds very interesting to me. Hope the idea doesnt flop. Like the controllers margin of error sucks and the controls would be all funky.
 
EA said this? :shock:

"If you look at Nintendo's dominance with the DS, they have created unique offerings, that have expanded and changed the demographic. Stuff like Brain Age, and Nintendogs, and Wario Ware and Electroplankton, which is just brilliant. It's just amazing software that you can only do with a stylus and a touchscreen. They've focused on that platform, and I think they've dominated with it, and created some amazing software. We didn't do that on the DS, and I think that was part of our learning process, was to watch and see how they've capitalized on that machine. And they've done a great job. And with the Revolution we said, you know what, let's learn from that. Let's create great original Revolution titles."
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What we really need is a Tecmo Bowl.
 
[quote name='Ecofreak']OMG...Me thinks that hell has frozen over.

And it only took the annoucement of an EA football game to do it. Not quite what I was expecting. ;)[/quote]
Nah, I'm not expecting much from the football game, and that's the kind of game that I know I will prefer on a standard controller. I'm thinking more along the lines of that Red Steel game that was announced. Plus, Nintendo's track record with innovative products has been good recently (the VirtualBoy doesn't count as "recent")
 
[quote name='VanillaGorilla']Plus, Nintendo's track record with innovative products has been good recently (the VirtualBoy doesn't count as "recent")[/QUOTE]

That line alone seems to fly in the face of practically everything you said in the past! WOW! :shock:

But I am honestly glad to hear that you're starting to give the Revolution a fair chance, if I understand you correctly. :) Yay for open-mindedness!
 
[quote name='megaseadramon']You mean madden might be fun and original? God have mercy on our souls.[/QUOTE]

How original can a football game be year to year. It isnt like that much changes.

And instead of mimicking throwing a ball why dont you fat fucks go outside and throw a real football. Find some 'real life' friends and play for real.

This game sounds awful, but I guess the gimmick will lead to sales from some mindless fools.
 
:rofl: Same reason you don't go outside and talk to 'real life' people, instead talking to them on a message board?

If that was actually a serious statement, I will give you a serious answer: It's a lot easier to go to the living room after work to play Madden for a half hour than it is to find a group of 4+ people who also have time after work to play football for a couple hours.
 
[quote name='musha666']How original can a football game be year to year. It isnt like that much changes.

And instead of mimicking throwing a ball why dont you fat fucks go outside and throw a real football. Find some 'real life' friends and play for real.

This game sounds awful, but I guess the gimmick will lead to sales from some mindless fools.[/QUOTE]

HEY.

I'M POSTING THIS FROM THE COMFORT OF MY FRONT LAWN, fuckER. RIGHT NEXT TO ALL THE WALLABIES AND GECKOS AND....STRUMBLEFISH.....

MY OUTSIDE NATURE LUV'N POSTAGE >>>>>>> YUR PUNY INDOORS POSTWEINERISM.

As for Madden, the bigger deal to this is that EA has apparently created an entire dev studio purely for the Rev. That's pretty massive, even for someone like EA.
 
[quote name='musha666']How original can a football game be year to year. It isnt like that much changes.

And instead of mimicking throwing a ball why dont you fat fucks go outside and throw a real football. Find some 'real life' friends and play for real.

This game sounds awful, but I guess the gimmick will lead to sales from some mindless fools.[/quote]
I highly agree. Instead of playing Oblivion, I often times find myself going out to the woods and slaying Ogre's in real life.
 
[quote name='VanillaGorilla']I highly agree. Instead of playing Oblivion, I often times find myself going out to the woods and slaying Ogre's in real life.[/quote]

The ogres in my neighborhood are extinct, sadly :(

Normal pedestrians will have to do
 
http://www.gamespot.com/news/6148455.html

This is actually a really really good interview.

I never thought I'd say this, but EA seems to completely "get it". And I've never heard a developer use the word "proud" so many times about their own game. You can see the Revolution already reinvigerating the development community, and it seems like this guy is actually excited about the product, rather than its money making potential.
 
The whole concept sounds more awkward to me than it does fun. That's kind of been my concern about the Rev, though. I'm not a big Madden fan to begin with, but this whole idea is not appealing to me at all.
 
[quote name='evilmax17']http://www.gamespot.com/news/6148455.html

This is actually a really really good interview.

I never thought I'd say this, but EA seems to completely "get it". And I've never heard a developer use the word "proud" so many times about their own game. You can see the Revolution already reinvigerating the development community, and it seems like this guy is actually excited about the product, rather than its money making potential.[/QUOTE]

I wonder if the sales of their sports title on the DS game them the hint? I don't have any data to source, but the Madden DS games were dogshit, and people's conversations around the DS tend to focus on the unique titles. What's more, there seems to be some resentment that Konami implemented the stylus in poor fashion on Castlevania (as if it were an afterthought), so when EA says that Revolution customers don't want straight ports, they may be acknowledging the poor reception that their games have had on the DS. Good on them.
 
I still think its going to not be significantly different from a mouse in the end. I think all of those motions described can be done in a pretty small area. I dont think they have to necessarily be large sweeping motions.

We have seen from the Red Steel article that, at least the dev kit controllers, are extremely small (and thus light).

I dont think I've even touched a football game since Tecmo Bowl, and even then I didnt own it.

Maybe their not automatically putting a year on the end signifys that there wont be one every year. Maybe something a little more spread out, like the STREET series.

Even though I've never had any interest in sports games, I have to say its interesting. And in any case, you can buy this game for $5 a year after release, that would be worth it.

I'm going to assume that EA can make something that is practical to play, despite that Marvel Nemesis comes to mind when I say that to myself.
 
[quote name='Dr Mario Kart']Maybe their not automatically putting a year on the end signifys that there wont be one every year. Maybe something a little more spread out, like the STREET series.[/QUOTE]
Doubt it. Madden 06 on the 360 was called Madden Next-Gen initially, so don't expect any sweeping new changes to the way they work on these games.

As for those worried or doubtful that it'll be able to do all these, read the interview in the OP, EA's been working out the kinks in the game for a while now.
 
It's interesting because just a couple months ago EA said they didn't have any dev kits. Now it looks like they're well on their way to making a pretty good product:

From the Interview over at Gamesutra.com

[quote name='Interview']Next quizzed about how easy Revolution is to develop for, Schappert noted: "You know, one of Nintendo's mantras was to make the machine easy to develop for. I can tell you that is certainly playing out, our team has been very, very pleasantly surprised. Hardware always comes in stages, and even when you don't have all of the hardware, we've had very early access to the controller. We've had access to that for some time, for a very long while, so we've been able to prototype easily."[/QUOTE]
 
[quote name='Deadpool']Is that English? It doesn't make any sense.

I'm guessing it's supposed to be:
Mimmick the QB. Receiving the ball as a WR. Hike the ball as the C.[/QUOTE]
Read the OP again. You also could've read the article to find out your answer. ;)
 
[quote name='Deadpool']Is that English? It doesn't make any sense.

I'm guessing it's supposed to be:
Mimmick the QB. Receiving the ball as a WR. Hike the ball as the C.[/QUOTE]

That is English, and it makes perfect sense.
 
[quote name='gofishn']That is English, and it makes perfect sense.[/QUOTE]

Since when do QB's receive the ball from a receiver so they can hike it?!
 
I'm actually excited to buy a Madden/EA game, I've always felt the Visual Concepts made the better football game. Just from the ideas listed and the possiblities of acting like a complete (drunken) fool while playing when playing against your friends while have endless possibilities.
 
[quote name='Midnite']I'm actually excited to buy a Madden/EA game, I've always felt the Visual Concepts made the better football game. Just from the ideas listed and the possiblities of acting like a complete (drunken) fool while playing when playing against your friends while have endless possibilities.[/QUOTE]

They'd better include a wrist strap or something, or else those Wiimotes are going to be flying everywhere - and possibly into the television...
 
This is exactly like I hoped the game would be. I bet there is going to be a standard mode for the shell though. I wonder how the Basket Ball games will be like. Also, what about the R* Ping Pong game? Hopefully We will see one on the Wii.
 
[quote name='Kendal']This is exactly like I hoped the game would be. I bet there is going to be a standard mode for the shell though. I wonder how the Basket Ball games will be like. Also, what about the R* Ping Pong game? Hopefully We will see one on the Wii.[/QUOTE]
I would actually buy a golf game for the first time in forever if they make one for the Wii.
 
[quote name='Namelessloser']I would actually buy a golf game for the first time in forever if they make one for the Wii.[/QUOTE]

Agreed - I wouldn't have to buy an expensive set of clubs or pay some ridiculous fee to get a "feel" for what golf is like. Not to mention save some money on the flamboyant plaid pants that many golfers wear. ;)
 
[quote name='Ecofreak']Agreed - I wouldn't have to buy an expensive set of clubs or pay some ridiculous fee to get a "feel" for what golf is like. Not to mention save some money on the flamboyant plaid pants that many golfers wear. ;)[/QUOTE]
Real World Golf is already here. ;)
 
http://revolution.ign.com/articles/703/703727p1.html

Post-Wii interview with EA.


Double-confirmation that the nunchaku is motion-aware:

IGN Wii: So you're using the free-hand style pointer. How are you using the nunchuck unit?
John Schappert: Well, it controls how you move your player.
IGN Wii: Does you use the trigger buttons on the nunchuck unit? John Schappert: You know, the buttons are all still being mapped out. It does use the trigger buttons right now. I don't know how much we'll have locked in for you at E3 because we are still working on the final button layout, but it does use the trigger buttons, and it does use the accelerometer in the nunchuck unit as well for juking.
 
sounds great, but imo, if ea is able to master the revolution control/setup, then it won't be untill the 2nd version of the game.
 
[quote name='musha666']How original can a football game be year to year. It isnt like that much changes.

And instead of mimicking throwing a ball why dont you fat fucks go outside and throw a real football. Find some 'real life' friends and play for real.

This game sounds awful, but I guess the gimmick will lead to sales from some mindless fools.[/quote]

It always cracks me up when idiots like this bash sports games. You will always get stuff from people like, "I don't play sports games. I can go outside and do that". My ass you can. Not sure about you but it is damn hard to get enough people to play a football game. Try to go find enough people to get a baseball game going. Think through your comments next time.

If they put stuff like that into their college baseball game, that would be great. Being able to swing the bat of sorts.
 
Im glad to see an otherwise mainstream company like EA actually embrace the innovation that Wii offers. I cant wait for this game and it is a cluch launch title for Nintendo as its innovative features will definately turn some heads in the casual gaming crowd. Who knows, maybe Madden on other platforms will seem old and archaic after playing it on the Wii. That could be a major turning point in mainstream acceptance of Wii, given Madden's popularity.
 
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