E3 2008: Star Wars: The Clone Wars First Impressions

By Kevin VanOrd, GameSpotPosted Jul 15, 2008 10:12 am PT

Nintendo offers a quick glimpse of its upcoming Star Wars game, due for release this holiday.

"Skywalker is the republic's only hope." Thus speaks a thoughtful Yoda in Star Wars: The Clone Wars, the upcoming action game coming to the Nintendo Wii. Nintendo didn't show much gameplay in its lightning-quick preview, but what we saw whetted our appetites for some saber-swinging fun.

The most fascinating element of this brief glimpse was the visual style. Clone Wars features a stylized and exaggerated look with a bit of a blocky feel to its geometry. We didn't see much of the game in action, but one of the small glimpses seemed to feature Obi-Wan Kenobi locked in conflict with a battle droid. The video that Nintendo featured focused as much on the player experience as on gameplay proper. Players will swing their Wii Remotes as lightsabers (with bright, glowing smiles on their faces, of course!), and will be able to participate in head-to-head lightsaber duels.

Prepare your swinging wrist and queue up John Williams' soundtrack because Star Wars: The Clone Wars is due for release this holiday season. GameSpot will bring you more information as it develops.

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dtb14
Posted Nov 1, 2008 6:01 am PT

i think it looks preety good to be fair. i wonder how they will make the fights work but im sure they have sumthing up their sleves
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sgt-hawkins
Posted Sep 18, 2008 10:24 pm PT

well no sword fighting game can work on with the wii because if you fight with a sword and it gets blocked then your sword would stop but if your sword was controlled by a wii then your remote would not stop but your sword would this is a confusing thing
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Macgyver40
Posted Jul 20, 2008 11:34 am PT

a huge star wars fan just wish they would stick to the ps 3 and 360
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TehFuneral
Posted Jul 19, 2008 2:00 pm PT

Not a star wars fan
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fireboltjjl
Posted Jul 17, 2008 1:48 pm PT

hm i think Star Wars The Clone Wars: Lightsaber Duels is the for the younger people while Star Wars The Force Unleashed is for more mature folks
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lettuceman44
Posted Jul 17, 2008 1:22 pm PT

Need to know more.
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Tamer_kai
Posted Jul 16, 2008 9:16 pm PT

For some reason im hoping for this game to be pretty good.
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CheddarLimbo
Posted Jul 16, 2008 10:39 am PT

This better come bundled with that new "extra sensor nubbin" thing they've been promoting. That's the only way lightsaber duels are going to be satisfying.
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grambyte
Posted Jul 16, 2008 3:53 am PT

Looks crappy and will be worthless I assure u.
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jakeboudville
Posted Jul 15, 2008 8:12 pm PT

i checked the trailer and it looks promising.but still could be a flop
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playstation_wii
Posted Jul 15, 2008 2:43 pm PT

Too many Star Wars games.
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Hungry_bunny
Posted Jul 15, 2008 2:04 pm PT

I reeeally can't wait to see how they pulled this off.
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jonzilla_basic
Posted Jul 15, 2008 12:25 pm PT

I CAN'T WAIT!!!!!
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NerdEmperor
Posted Jul 15, 2008 12:00 pm PT

Jimmy, you're wrong, because the movie comes out in August and the game won't be out until the Holiday. Game release will probably coincide with TV show premier.
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JiminycricketX
Posted Jul 15, 2008 11:44 am PT

I'm skeptical, it looks cool, but as Gamespot seems to have overlooked, it is a movie licensed game. And not movie licensed as in based on Episode 1, 2, and 3, licensed as in based on the upcoming CG star wars movie: the clone wars. Meaning it will probably be rushed so it can be released simultaneously with the new film, meaning it will probably feel buggy and incomplete.

I mean, they might do a good job with it, but considering the crappy track record the gaming industry has with movie games, I doubt it.
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carstairs
Posted Jul 15, 2008 11:18 am PT

If they get 1:1 with Wii Motion Plus in this, I will grab this in a heartbeat.
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1005
Posted Jul 15, 2008 11:14 am PT

Force Unleashed or this? i'm guessing most will go for the Force Unleashed because the Clone Wars era has been done to death by now!
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km1498
Posted Jul 15, 2008 11:04 am PT

Might be good, I wait for a review though.
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nintendoboy16
Posted Jul 15, 2008 11:01 am PT

That's good news. I would definately love some more Wii Lightsaber swinging.
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axelviiii
Posted Jul 15, 2008 11:00 am PT

Star wars games tend to lean towards the better side of licensed games, so i suspect that this'll probably be ok.
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