Silicon Knights says VERY GOOD CHANCE they will return to Nintendo development!?

Look who's come crawling back ;) looks like everybody wants to be a part of the winning team this gen.

http://wii.advancedmn.com/article.php?artid=10476

Three years ago, Nintendo parted ways with long-time second-party developer Silicon Knights, the company responsible for such hits as Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem and Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes for the Nintendo GameCube. Shortly thereafter, the developer announced plans to release the (much delayed) Too Human trilogy on Microsoft's Xbox 360.

Nintendo World Report sat down recently with Dennis Dyack, the current president and founder of Silicon Knights. When asked if he could foresee the company returning to Nintendo to develop in a third-party status, Dyack responded, "we'd consider working on the Wii today, we'd consider working on the Wii immediately, and is there a possibility of us working on the Wii, yeah, absolutely. I think that it depends on the type of game we're trying to make, but I'd say the possibility is very high."

He continued, "I think from a perspective of 'What's going to happen?' it's the timing and the project and how we feel about what we're working on, does it fit? If it fits, we'll do it without question. The Wii is clearly very successful and it's a great console and it wouldn't make any sense for us not to consider it. We would always consider it."

Is it me, or is Wii starting to get serious third party support now?hyruledweller

Does this mean Wii can get the Eternal Darkness sequel? :o

Does this mean Wii can get the Eternal Darkness sequel? :o

Eponique

Is it me, or is Wii starting to get serious third party support now?hyruledweller

[QUOTE="hyruledweller"]Is it me, or is Wii starting to get serious third party support now?Mil-m5

wow lemmings are going to trash this place, if SK goes back to Nintendo.mazdaspeed-rx8

*looks around* I'm thinking NO! :|

[QUOTE="hyruledweller"]Is it me, or is Wii starting to get serious third party support now?Mil-m5

Eternal Darkness - not serious?

wow lemmings are going to trash this place, if SK goes back to Nintendo.mazdaspeed-rx8

Don't expect anything complicated... or challenging.. OhSnapitz

Can't remember that last time SK made a game that wasn't "serious"...

yea, wii is geting some 3rd party support but from the game i seen None of those were really interesting, The N's true power is from first party game but only a few IMO.

Don't expect anything complicated... or challenging.. OhSnapitz

[QUOTE="OhSnapitz"]Don't expect anything complicated... or challenging.. jedigemini

Yes.. but most wii games are not.

[QUOTE="jedigemini"][QUOTE="OhSnapitz"]Don't expect anything complicated... or challenging.. OhSnapitz

Yes.. but most wii games are not.

So...that automatically means every wii games wont be serious?

[QUOTE="jedigemini"][QUOTE="OhSnapitz"]Don't expect anything complicated... or challenging.. OhSnapitz

Yes.. but most wii games are not.

[QUOTE="jedigemini"][QUOTE="OhSnapitz"]Don't expect anything complicated... or challenging.. OhSnapitz

Yes.. but most wii games are not.

That doesn't mean that Silicon Knights can't do something complicated and challenging. I don't think GC games were so complicated and challenging at launch, but SK brought out Eternal Darkness.

[QUOTE="Mil-m5"][QUOTE="hyruledweller"]Is it me, or is Wii starting to get serious third party support now?hyruledweller

Eternal Darkness - not serious?

I was just playing Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem. I've been buying up all sorts of gamecube games to play via the Wii's backwards compatibility recently. That game is extermely well done. Deep, very dark, memorable charaters and interesting gameplay.... the guy that said "Silicon kinghts has nothing to do with serious" has obviously never played Eternal Darkness.bawkbawkboo1

HOLY !@#$ if Silicon Knights went back to Nintendo, I'd s@#$ my pants. Eternal Darkness was one of the best games (if not the best) I've ever played. If they would make some more amazing games like that for Nintendo, I see no reason why I'd need another console. But isn't Too Human set for a trilogy?

Relying on speculations, word of mouths from developers on games that haven't even materialized is a shear sign of desperation.

1. It's already July and 4 more months to go and Wii's 3rd party support is a joke.
2. MS and Sony have showcased many upcoming and impressive games coming 07-08, where the hell are Wii's?
3. Wii's supercharged architecture is based off GC's, a 7 year-old technology, there's NO EXCUSE for lack or abyssmal 3rd party games. (bu...bu....but et tayks tym toooo mayk dah turd partee gamezorz:cry:......PLEASE GET REAL, and keep off the glue)
4. Reality check: 1st party games, simple pick& play games WILL MOSTLY dominate the Wii ;)
5. And Nintendo CLEARLY stated they're not exactly competing with MS or Sony. Hence, theyre going after a different market.

Relying on speculations, word of mouths from developers on games that haven't even materialized is a shear sign of desperation.

1. It's already July and 4 more months to go and Wii's 3rd party support is a joke.
2. MS and Sony have showcased many upcoming and impressive games coming 07-08, where the hell are Wii's?
3. Wii's supercharged architecture is based off GC's, a 7 year-old technology, there's NO EXCUSE for lack or abyssmal 3rd party games. (bu...bu....but et tayks tym toooo mayk dah turd partee gamezorz:cry:......PLEASE GET REAL, and keep off the glue)
4. Reality check: 1st party games, simple pick& play games WILL MOSTLY dominate the Wii ;)
5. And Nintendo CLEARLY stated they're not exactly competing with MS or Sony. Hence, theyre going after a different market.

M8ingSeezun

Read the fine print "The possiblity is very high". Why can't you accept that? Afraid of Nintendomination? And, I'm surprised you haven't seen the Wii's winter line-up, I'd list it, but when you post your lists a thousand times to blind fanboys you tend to get bored.

And yes, good games aren't made overnight, that point should've tooken no longer than 10 seconds to thought up, it's pathetic.

[QUOTE="M8ingSeezun"]

Relying on speculations, word of mouths from developers on games that haven't even materialized is a shear sign of desperation.

1. It's already July and 4 more months to go and Wii's 3rd party support is a joke.
2. MS and Sony have showcased many upcoming and impressive games coming 07-08, where the hell are Wii's?
3. Wii's supercharged architecture is based off GC's, a 7 year-old technology, there's NO EXCUSE for lack or abyssmal 3rd party games. (bu...bu....but et tayks tym toooo mayk dah turd partee gamezorz:cry:......PLEASE GET REAL, and keep off the glue)
4. Reality check: 1st party games, simple pick& play games WILL MOSTLY dominate the Wii ;)
5. And Nintendo CLEARLY stated they're not exactly competing with MS or Sony. Hence, theyre going after a different market.

Eponique

Read the fine print "The possiblity is very high". Why can't you accept that? Afraid of Nintendomination? And, I'm surprised you haven't seen the Wii's winter line-up, I'd list it, but when you post your lists a thousand times to blind fanboys you tend to get bored.

And yes, good games aren't made overnight, that point should've tooken no longer than 10 seconds to thought up, it's pathetic.

I'll wait till it finally materializes. Relying on high possibilities is not good enough.

No not affraid of Nintendomination, but they've had thier chance with GC....and I was waiting for them.....look what happen. They shot themselves on the foot.....twice. For me, I've moved on.

Why can't you accept that minigames will simply dominate and limited hardcore games will be just that....limited?

You can't list them maybe because most of them are a joke.

Indeed, good games aren;t made overnight, yet a complicated console like PS3 has already showcased Haze and KZ2, which is looking impressive right now.........playing on a very complicated hardware, with astronomical costs in production ;)

[QUOTE="Eponique"][QUOTE="M8ingSeezun"]

Relying on speculations, word of mouths from developers on games that haven't even materialized is a shear sign of desperation.

1. It's already July and 4 more months to go and Wii's 3rd party support is a joke.
2. MS and Sony have showcased many upcoming and impressive games coming 07-08, where the hell are Wii's?
3. Wii's supercharged architecture is based off GC's, a 7 year-old technology, there's NO EXCUSE for lack or abyssmal 3rd party games. (bu...bu....but et tayks tym toooo mayk dah turd partee gamezorz:cry:......PLEASE GET REAL, and keep off the glue)
4. Reality check: 1st party games, simple pick& play games WILL MOSTLY dominate the Wii ;)
5. And Nintendo CLEARLY stated they're not exactly competing with MS or Sony. Hence, theyre going after a different market.

M8ingSeezun

Read the fine print "The possiblity is very high". Why can't you accept that? Afraid of Nintendomination? And, I'm surprised you haven't seen the Wii's winter line-up, I'd list it, but when you post your lists a thousand times to blind fanboys you tend to get bored.

And yes, good games aren't made overnight, that point should've tooken no longer than 10 seconds to thought up, it's pathetic.

I'll wait till it finally materializes. Relying on high possibilities is not good enough.

No not affraid of Nintendomination, but they've had thier chance with GC....and I was waiting for them.....look what happen. They shot themselves on the foot.....twice. For me, I've moved on.

Why can't you accept that minigames will simply dominate and limited hardcore games will be just that....limited?

You can't list them maybe because most of them are a joke.

They never had a chance with the GC, where are you at? The PS2 released a year early, it was hyped, because of the success of the PS1. All the 3rd Parties were long on board before the GC was released. And the PS2 was a proven success. There was no point in devloping for the GC. Nintendo relied on their first party titles and still managed to make a profit.

Guh, not this minigame arguement again, have haters lost all creativity?! Not to mention it's 7 out of 300

Edit: And in case you didn't realize, we're in the thread which proves the Wii is getting serious third party support, and you come up with this crap.

take them, their games are garbage anyways

I hate what they did with MGS the twin snakes. They shouldnt have made an mgs remake they did that game like it was the matrix or something witch it isn't. Original MGS owns MGS Twin Snakes. Im not sure on too human tough we will just have to wait and see what happens.RevenMan

What's wrong with MGS: TS? I thought it was a great game. :?

I love how SK is being trashed now just for wanting to goback to Nintendo. :roll:magiciandude

And I love how Silicon Knights put years and years of development into a game that flopped because there was not enoough advertising for it. Real smart Silicon Knights. They leave Nintendo because they were fed up with the less than stellar GC sales and were worried theirgames wouldn't sell. They didn't consider the fact that IT WAS THEIR OWN DAMN FAULT that Eternal Darkness didn't sell. Now they want to come crawling back to Nintendo? Whatever. They can at least wait and see if Too Human sells well. I predict a flop on that game anyway. Silicon Knights has never proved themselves IMO. They only have a few games out, and one of them is a MGS remake. Did they really think MGS: Twin Snakes would sell well on GC? They sure didn't learn did they...MGS: Subsistence sold much worse on Xbox than PS2. PS2 had a huge install base that helped with MGS sales. Silicon Knights is not very smart.

[QUOTE="Eponique"][QUOTE="M8ingSeezun"]

Relying on speculations, word of mouths from developers on games that haven't even materialized is a shear sign of desperation.

1. It's already July and 4 more months to go and Wii's 3rd party support is a joke.
2. MS and Sony have showcased many upcoming and impressive games coming 07-08, where the hell are Wii's?
3. Wii's supercharged architecture is based off GC's, a 7 year-old technology, there's NO EXCUSE for lack or abyssmal 3rd party games. (bu...bu....but et tayks tym toooo mayk dah turd partee gamezorz:cry:......PLEASE GET REAL, and keep off the glue)
4. Reality check: 1st party games, simple pick& play games WILL MOSTLY dominate the Wii ;)
5. And Nintendo CLEARLY stated they're not exactly competing with MS or Sony. Hence, theyre going after a different market.

M8ingSeezun

Read the fine print "The possiblity is very high". Why can't you accept that? Afraid of Nintendomination? And, I'm surprised you haven't seen the Wii's winter line-up, I'd list it, but when you post your lists a thousand times to blind fanboys you tend to get bored.

And yes, good games aren't made overnight, that point should've tooken no longer than 10 seconds to thought up, it's pathetic.

Indeed, good games aren;t made overnight, yet a complicated console like PS3 has already showcased Haze and KZ2, which is looking impressive right now.........playing on a very complicated hardware, with astronomical costs in production ;)

Good point. There should really be no excuse for Wii's pathetic lack of 3rd party or crappy ports.

[QUOTE="magiciandude"]I love how SK is being trashed now just for wanting to goback to Nintendo. :roll:AvIdGaMeR444

And I love how Silicon Knights put years and years of development into a game that flopped because there was not enoough advertising for it. Real smart Silicon Knights. They leave Nintendo because they were fed up with the less than stellar GC sales and were worried theirgames wouldn't sell. They didn't consider the fact that IT WAS THEIR OWN DAMN FAULT that Eternal Darkness didn't sell. Now they want to come crawling back to Nintendo? Whatever. They can at least wait and see if Too Human sells well. I predict a flop on that game anyway. Silicon Knights has never proved themselves IMO. They only have a few games out, and one of them is a MGS remake. Did they really think MGS: Twin Snakes would sell well on GC? They sure didn't learn did they...MGS: Subsistence sold much worse on Xbox than PS2. PS2 had a huge install base that helped with MGS sales. Silicon Knights is not very smart.

Well what can I say? GC 2/3 party games saleswere flopping compared to PS2/Xbox. Also, I thought that sales didn't matter anymore according to SW(Yes, I am aware that you're not a fanboy).

Nintendo may not want Silicon Knights. After all, Eternal Darkness was supposed to be a late N64 title. Silicon Knights is infamous for delay after delay after delay. They also didn't make a lick of money for Nintendo since Eternal Darkness sold so poorly. And now they want back in? Wow, what hypocrites! It is Silicon Knights own damn fault that Eternal Darkness did not sell well. The advertising was very poor. But I'm sure they blame the Gamecube's less than spectacular install base. That is just an excuse though because SSBM sold a buttload and it was on Gamecube. Nintendo should justlaugh in Silicon Knights' collective faces and not even consider letting them back in. AvIdGaMeR444

Really, a game with "Mario" in the name sold better than a game casuals had never heard about? Fascinating. But you're right, Nintendo should refuse, because what they've always needed is less third party support. :roll:

[QUOTE="AvIdGaMeR444"]Nintendo may not want Silicon Knights. After all, Eternal Darkness was supposed to be a late N64 title. Silicon Knights is infamous for delay after delay after delay. They also didn't make a lick of money for Nintendo since Eternal Darkness sold so poorly. And now they want back in? Wow, what hypocrites! It is Silicon Knights own damn fault that Eternal Darkness did not sell well. The advertising was very poor. But I'm sure they blame the Gamecube's less than spectacular install base. That is just an excuse though because SSBM sold a buttload and it was on Gamecube. Nintendo should justlaugh in Silicon Knights' collective faces and not even consider letting them back in. Vyse_The_Daring

Really, a game with "Mario" in the name sold better than a game casuals had never heard about? Fascinating. But you're right, Nintendo should refuse, because what they've always needed is less third party support. :roll:

Whatever. If they come back to Nintendo, there will only be 1 or 2 games at most on Wii...because Silicon Knights is notorious for taking a long time. Wow, 1 or 2 games. That will help the Wii infinitely more because Silcon Knights is God! :roll:

Does this mean Wii can get the Eternal Darkness sequel? :o

Eponique

[QUOTE="Eponique"]

Does this mean Wii can get the Eternal Darkness sequel? :o

bulb_or_parrot

[QUOTE="bulb_or_parrot"][QUOTE="Eponique"]

Does this mean Wii can get the Eternal Darkness sequel? :o

jedigemini

2014 1/2, then. Seriously, he's

SLOW

[QUOTE="bulb_or_parrot"][QUOTE="Eponique"]

Does this mean Wii can get the Eternal Darkness sequel? :o

jedigemini

dev pretty much choose console with most sales.joeychew

[QUOTE="M8ingSeezun"][QUOTE="Eponique"][QUOTE="M8ingSeezun"]

Relying on speculations, word of mouths from developers on games that haven't even materialized is a shear sign of desperation.

1. It's already July and 4 more months to go and Wii's 3rd party support is a joke.
2. MS and Sony have showcased many upcoming and impressive games coming 07-08, where the hell are Wii's?
3. Wii's supercharged architecture is based off GC's, a 7 year-old technology, there's NO EXCUSE for lack or abyssmal 3rd party games. (bu...bu....but et tayks tym toooo mayk dah turd partee gamezorz:cry:......PLEASE GET REAL, and keep off the glue)
4. Reality check: 1st party games, simple pick& play games WILL MOSTLY dominate the Wii ;)
5. And Nintendo CLEARLY stated they're not exactly competing with MS or Sony. Hence, theyre going after a different market.

KingsofQueens

Read the fine print "The possiblity is very high". Why can't you accept that? Afraid of Nintendomination? And, I'm surprised you haven't seen the Wii's winter line-up, I'd list it, but when you post your lists a thousand times to blind fanboys you tend to get bored.

And yes, good games aren't made overnight, that point should've tooken no longer than 10 seconds to thought up, it's pathetic.

Indeed, good games aren;t made overnight, yet a complicated console like PS3 has already showcased Haze and KZ2, which is looking impressive right now.........playing on a very complicated hardware, with astronomical costs in production ;)

Good point. There should really be no excuse for Wii's pathetic lack of 3rd party or crappy ports.

Haze and KZ2 are out?! Why is this news to me?

[QUOTE="joeychew"]dev pretty much choose console with most sales.bulb_or_parrot

[QUOTE="bulb_or_parrot"][QUOTE="joeychew"]dev pretty much choose console with most sales.jedigemini