EA Reveals Madden For Revolution

simoniker writes "Electronic Arts has officially revealed that it's working on a standalone version of its Madden football franchise for Nintendo Revolution, made by a new Revolution-specific internal studio within Electronic Arts Canada. EA's John Schappert explained the gameplay: 'You grab the controller, and you pull it up. And you snap the ball, without pushing a button. To throw, you take your hand and you gesture a throw motion. ... I don't think a winning approach on the Revolution is to port games to it, and I don't think you'll see us taking that approach. I think that approach will yield inferior software for the Revolution, and I don't think publishers will be rewarded for that.'"

Innovation from EA?

[TheSpoom]

Before I read it, I was going to tag this article 'whoopdedoo' because who really gives a shit if Madden is ported to another system, but this actually looks kinda interesting. Obvious, given the controller's capabilities, but interesting nonetheless. Kudos to EA for actually thinking of a sports game idea I might actually want to play. Now, whether it actually pans out to a playable game or not, that's a different story.

Re:With the good news comes the bad...

[THotze]

Well, it looks like its still very possible to port other games to the Revolution without many modifications - EA's point is that you can't have a top-selling title like that on the Revolution. Its a big sign of support for what Nintendo's trying to push here - a new gaming experience. Nintendo's greatest hope, I think, is that EA and other publishers would produce innovative titles for the Revolution exclusively that do things that just can't be done on other platforms. Nintendo's greatest fear is that the Revolution would just receive the occaisional port of games like Madden, etc., which would certainly relegate it to the 'also ran' position in the upcoming console wars. Whether the strategy will pay off - that is to say, whether people will think that the innovative titles from Nintendo, EA ando thers make the Revolution the console of choice - is still to be seen, but its a good step for Nintendo that EA's doing this.

Tim

No, no, no.

[Anonymous Coward]

I don't think a winning approach on the Revolution is to port games to it, and I don't think you'll see us taking that approach. I think that approach will yield inferior software for the Revolution, and I don't think publishers will be rewarded for that.

That paragraph comes at the end of an announcement for EA Sports Title Rehash 2007(TM). Apparently the highlight of this announcement is that they're going to use the console's standard controller. As opposed to what, fingering a duck to move your character?

Gestures

[Anonymous Coward]

Honestly, I'm not too sure about using 'gestures' will work well with most games on the revolution; personally, I think a point and click (or possibly point and shoot) approach for reciever selection is a far better approach than goofy throwing motion. Just because you can be more expressive with the controller doesn't mean that you should be more expressive with the controller.

Re:I'll pass on this...

[timster]

It's not as if moving your arm is frickin' hard. Next you'll be complaining that you have to push a button to fire the standard cannon in Metroid -- "it has unlimited ammo anyway, so why doesn't the computer just push the button for me?"

Also, what's with this notion that video games are supposed to be "relaxing"? If you want to "veg out", why not just watch TV? Is this the idea that's responsible for unplayable semi-interactive fiction like FFX?

Re:With the good news comes the bad...

[interiot]

Did the FPS genre materialize as soon as the mouse was invented? No. Might it take game makers a little while to experiment with a wide range of games, before narrowing down on a few specific types, the games that are the most engaging when using the controller?