Game News - Fight Night Challenges Wii Boxing

Game News - Fight Night Challenges Wii Boxing

   There are a couple of games in the Wii Sports package that I'm not too crazy about, and Wii Boxing happens to be one of them - although it can certainly be a blast in multiplayer, as long as no one gets hurt for real in the process. However, when it comes to choosing between boxing on a classic console or PC, and boxing on the Wii, Nintendo wins by K.O. straight from round one. So if you happen to enjoy Wii Boxing more than myself, then I'm sure you'll be thrilled to know that Electronic Arts is planning to bring the Fight Night series to Nintendo's uppercut-sensitive console.

   EA hasn't announced any actual game yet, but Doghouse Boxing recently published a very lengthy interview with EA Sports producer Michael Blank, and in it they also punch upon the topic of a Wii version for Fight Night:
"We're talking about it right now", Blank admits. "We're contemplating and we definitely feel there are some exciting things we can do with the Fight Night franchise and the Wii. When you play Wii Boxing it is a very simple experience and I think that is what they designed it to be just to let you know that you can throw punches."    If they do bring the franchise to the Wii, they obviously won't stop at simply replicating the Wii Boxing control scheme with better visuals. Instead, Blank explains that they will try to implement their own system, adapted for the Wiimote:
"With Fight Night we have an amazing simulation of Boxing and so we need to take those Wii controls and tailor it to what the Fight Night consumer might want to experience. We are looking at it right now and I am sure you will something some time in the future on the Wii."    Since the project can only be in its early phasese of development, it's likely that the Wii version will be part of the Fight Night Round 4 edition, which could take another year to complete, according to Blank's estimates.

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