I've gotta get this one started - I'm finding it hard to believe no one here has launched a discussion around this game yet! I own the movies, I watched the cartoon, I ate the cereal (remember those crappy marshmallows?)... so hell, I didn't even blink when I reserved a copy of this sucker on pre-order from the 'big river'- it was finally time! 
So to kick this off: I've wanted to be a GB since 1984... which dates me, I know, but DAMN was I excited to hear about this one coming out for the Wii. My first hopes were that the game would be a game play powerhouse, tons of protons flowing and ghost trap throwing, bustin' with my Wiimote like Egon and his proton pack.... Good graphics or not. But then I started to hope it could look realistic, more like Resident Evil 4, or even like the Conduit screenshots that have been floating around recently. We won't be getting that, but I'm coming around to Nintendo's cartoonish style. It looks like they've geared it down so that the Nintendo versions (Wii and DS) can be stylistically similar.
But Nintendo will at least have the same story line, and it sounds like Red Fly is doing a great job of incorporating the Wiimote and nunchuck into the game to give you that "WOO HOO! I just jumped out of Ecto-1 and blasted away at the library!!" effect. If the current reviews and screenshots are right, we could have a real kick-ass game on our hands. I just finished the Force Unleashed (late, I know), and to be honest I did notice the graphics weren't photo realistic... and then forgot all about that as I waved my hands around to slam and electrocute Storm troopers and Rancors back to their maker. If Ghostbusters Wii is even remotely as good in execution as it should be, the lack of photo-realism will be completely forgotten when you toss that first trap out
And now, some links:
A quick review:
http://blastmagazine.com/the-magazin...usters-on-wii/
and the 10 current screenshots for Wii, from Feb '09:
http://www.cinemablend.com/games/Ten...ots-15553.html
Bring on the comments!
-voodoozen
So to kick this off: I've wanted to be a GB since 1984... which dates me, I know, but DAMN was I excited to hear about this one coming out for the Wii. My first hopes were that the game would be a game play powerhouse, tons of protons flowing and ghost trap throwing, bustin' with my Wiimote like Egon and his proton pack.... Good graphics or not. But then I started to hope it could look realistic, more like Resident Evil 4, or even like the Conduit screenshots that have been floating around recently. We won't be getting that, but I'm coming around to Nintendo's cartoonish style. It looks like they've geared it down so that the Nintendo versions (Wii and DS) can be stylistically similar.
But Nintendo will at least have the same story line, and it sounds like Red Fly is doing a great job of incorporating the Wiimote and nunchuck into the game to give you that "WOO HOO! I just jumped out of Ecto-1 and blasted away at the library!!" effect. If the current reviews and screenshots are right, we could have a real kick-ass game on our hands. I just finished the Force Unleashed (late, I know), and to be honest I did notice the graphics weren't photo realistic... and then forgot all about that as I waved my hands around to slam and electrocute Storm troopers and Rancors back to their maker. If Ghostbusters Wii is even remotely as good in execution as it should be, the lack of photo-realism will be completely forgotten when you toss that first trap out
And now, some links:
A quick review:
http://blastmagazine.com/the-magazin...usters-on-wii/
and the 10 current screenshots for Wii, from Feb '09:
http://www.cinemablend.com/games/Ten...ots-15553.html
Bring on the comments!
-voodoozen
. I'm totally with you on the voice acting- hearing the original cast, the old music, the ghosts... I'll be 10 again, except this time I'll be drinking beers instead of juice boxes!
