Given that the Wii U first went on sale in November 2012, you might have assumed by now that publishers would have all stopped developing Wii games and moved on to take advantage of the power of the newer system. Alternative Software doesn't seem to have got the memo and is releasing PSA World Tour Squash on the Wii on the 22nd May. Amazon UK is listing it for preorder at the princely sum of £25.74.
This is good news for us, anyway, as we've been starting to go a bit cross-eyed playing Space Squash on the Virtual Boy all these years. We need a proper squash game in our lives. Working closely with The Professional Squash Association, PSA World Tour Squash will allow you to compete against the best players in the world including Nick Matthew, Amr Shabana, Gregory Gaultier, Ramy Ashour and many more.
In addition to this you can organise virtual tournaments in a host of locations using the Offline Tournament Mode and play against the Wii Console, 1v1, or test your skills in Arcade Mode.
All the squash shots that you know and love can be played using the Wii Remote, including nicks, corkscrews, dives, and we hear you can even pull off a "skid boast" - that doesn't sound like something to boast about to us!
While this game won't be native to the Wii U, like any Wii disc you will be able to play it on the Wii U via the Wii menu.
Will you be picking this bay boy up late May?
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[source alternativesoft.co.uk]
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Life will be complete.
Given that most publishers and developers gave up on the Wii circa 2010, this is indeed a surprise.
What a time to be alive.
Um what? They do know that the wiiu uses the remotes as well right?
This could be the best Wii game out this year.
The only Wii game I plan on getting new this year is Rodea the Sky Soldier.
(Also May is packed as hell for me. Codename STEAM, Puzzle and Dragon Z/SMBE, Kirby and the Rainbow Paintbrush, Splatoon, Hatsune Miku Project MIRAI DX.)
@Ryu_Niiyama Probably, but has the Wii U sold over 100mill. units?
Zilcho gameplay footage in that trailer. I'll pass.
Developers are still making lots of DS games, check out Amazon, lots of people are still buying DS games.
@The__Goomba
...and the worst
Well.....games are still being made for Atari 2600, NES and SNES so I guess maybe this is fueled by the nostalgia of 2008
Why can't I see the faces on the squash players? Just looks like a blur...
This is going to be a true hidden gem, people. Emphasis on that hidden part there.
I'm holding out for World Tour Amateur Badminton.
Well...it probably won't sell that much as what they would be hoping for...since it seems that not many Wii games are on store shelves, so this will become one of those rare treats that will probably become impossible to find later on. Other than that, it's kind of weird that they just didn't make it for Wii U...even if it didn't have the nice graphics of HD, but it would have been nicer to give that system a little more support. Maybe if it does pretty good on Wii, we'll see them pack up a version for Wii U...at least one could hope.
I wish the wii didn't die off the way it did. With the large install base games developed on the wii in its later years could really help fill the gap for the wiiU
Not saying that this game will get even remotely the same numbers, but Just Dance for the Wii is a top seller every holiday season. That game often outsells all other platforms every year, even though the Wii is a last generation console. The Wii's Just Dance 2015 hovered in or around the top ten all Christmas season last December (at least in North America).
Given that Wii has over ten times the sales as the Wii U, its not unheard of to push a game out on it now - as noted by someone else, people still buy DS games.
It barely showed any gameplay. I have to take that as a bad sign.
The Wii officially has more sports games coming this year than the Wii U!
I will wait and see here.
@Ichiban
Ohhhh, wish I'd thought of that one.
ohhhh boy! what interesting sport games that i can play on my wii u via wii menu, instead of Splatoon!
@chiefeagle02. My wii u makes loud its thinking sounds playing certain wii discs. Every time, i think of dreamcast, and now slowpoke
Well I guess the wii has now beaten the master systems official lifespan thanks to this.depending on how much ma weans nursery is i might just get this for the hell of it.
Canceled all my preorders just to buy this. GOTY 2015 for sure!
Very much doubt we'll see that one in the States as squash is even less popular than racketball, which had its nadir in the 1980s. PAL land collectors should jump on that one though . . . ultra late releases always seem to become super rare years on.
Release it on the eShop in North America (i.e. Metroid Prime Trilogy, Mario Galaxy 2, etc.) and I'll give it a spin. Just because.
I'm sure the people crazy about squash have been waiting for this game for a while!
I think well marketed games for Wii hitting specific audiences might still be profitable. Everyone has a Wii, as they say.
I'll wait for the World Jai Alai DLC for GTA V.
That line from Office Space...
"Didn't you get the memo?"
Is it bad I've never even heard of squash before? At least the sport I mean. I love the vegetable.
@EllenJMiller everything I've read indicates the Wii version of Rodea is superior to the Wii U. I'm kind of surprised they couldn't easily bring over the Wii version's motion controls, but apparently the Wii U version is technically an HD port of the 3DS version, not the Wii one.
At any rate, I pre-ordered as I believe the Wii / Wii U bundle will be a collector's item.
The question is where to buy it? This games are difficult to find in stores.
@Ryu_Niiyama Did you know HD takes more effort AND theres more Wiis out there?
Their more likely to get sales on Wii.
@Pod that's a pretty good idea am surprised nintendo haven't tried to push it to developers.with the backwards compatibility it'd help during wii u droughts too.
This has to be a joke, right? Right..?
Never assume any console is dead. Pier Solar for Genesis, random NES things every so often and they still make FIFA games for the PS2 here and there...
Don't forget Rodea for Wii being being packaged in with the WiiU version for some.
Will play it for teh lulz
@JJtheTexan Yeah, the PROPE/Yuji Naka one is the one I'll play first (speaking of I want to get Fishing Resort for the Wii, also a PROPE/Naka title), the Wii U version is just a nice bonus for me. Also there's some nice looking stuff in the limited edition.
@Uberchu Sarcasm not required. Even with the larger userbase I can't imagine a ton of people jumping on this given that the system has been dead even before the WiiU released.
@Ryu_Niiyama But you can play it on the Wii U, so there's no reason for them to invest in a Wii U version. They already have experience with the Wii so this was the easiest and most cost effective way to have access to both all Wii and all Wii U owners. It's doubtful such niche title would earn them their Wii U investments back.
Just looked up their earlier titles and they are absolutely terrible. So I have very low expectations of this. I might've bought if it was gonna be a decent squash game.
Better late then never, I'm still counting Rodea the Sky Soldier as the final Wii game in NA though.
GOTY 2015, everyone!
Who said Wii was dead? We still might get another Just Dance
Look out Rodea the Sky Solider, looks like don't stand a chance to this!
Never even heard of squash before.
Just wasted 2 minutes of my life debating to myself if I should look up what a "skid boast" was.
Answer: Nope.
@The__Goomba Uhh, Rodea?
What the heck is Squash? A vegetable?
@JLPick Sadly, when I go to walmart and even target, the Wii section has about as many games as the Wii U section.
Hopefully years later, the Wii will not have 'PSA World Tour Squash 2015' as the last game released for it. It doesn't have the same 'oomf' as the final game released for the NES, Wario's Woods.
I can't wait for Extreme Underwater Basket Weaving!
@StarDust4Ever Is squash technically a fruit? I once heard the definition of a fruit was that it had its seeds on the inside (so... a strawberry isn't a fruit... but a tomato and a bell pepper are...?). Maybe that's just the technical definition of fruit, and not the common one.
@TheLobster Got me on that one. Squash and Zucchini are in the gord family and as seed pods, they are technically fruit, even if they aren't sweet. So are tomatoes and all types of peppers.
@StarDust4Ever Woohoo! Whatever grade science class that was pulls through!
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