Will the Nintendo Wii ever get FFXI?

[Animeangel77]

I played FFXI for almost 2 yrs and quit I bought a Nintendo Wii and its a Blast. But, I wanna know if my fav. MMORPG is coming to the Wii? Anyone got any news about that?
Could it happen?

[DakAttack]

Re: Will the Nintendo Wii ever get FFXI?

No.

[Feba]

Re: Will the Nintendo Wii ever get FFXI?

We already had a long ass thread about this. Consensus was that the team that programs FFXI is probably too busy learning how to code in python to program effectively for anything with less power than a 360 that isn't a PS2. Also, the controls would suck.

[LoneGamer]

Re: Will the Nintendo Wii ever get FFXI?

Never mind that the game cannot fit on 512MB internal flash and a 2GB SD card.

[Animeangel77]

Re: Will the Nintendo Wii ever get FFXI?

We already had a long ass thread about this. Consensus was that the team that programs FFXI is probably too busy learning how to code in python to program effectively for anything with less power than a 360 that isn't a PS2. Also, the controls would suck.

WOW coming from a Fellow Wii Owner!
I was hopeing We would see a Ver. for the Wii. But, Heres something for ya to read. cause you say More less that its not as powerful as the "Other systems" Here ya go.


http://www.varietyasiaonline.com/content/view/1595/53/

[Evion]

Re: Will the Nintendo Wii ever get FFXI?

I agree, but I just plain don't like the Wii Wii. I like the box. If you know what I'm saying...

[Animeangel77]

Re: Will the Nintendo Wii ever get FFXI?

Never mind that the game cannot fit on 512MB internal flash and a 2GB SD card.

Alot of people think they are making a Harddrive for the Wii

[Kailea]

Re: Will the Nintendo Wii ever get FFXI?

USB keyboard and an adapter to make the classic controller connect to USB and there ya go, and all the Wii would need would be a HDD. But other then that I don't see the Wii getting FFXI.

[Animeangel77]

Re: Will the Nintendo Wii ever get FFXI?

USB keyboard and an adapter to make the classic controller connect to USB and there ya go, and all the Wii would need would be a HDD. But other then that I don't see the Wii getting FFXI.

Heres a Link that will show ya there is a Voice to Text Converter coming to the Wii.

Nintento Patent:

http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-...o+AND+TTL/Text

[LoneGamer]

Re: Will the Nintendo Wii ever get FFXI?

Rumors of a hard drive don't mean anything, unfortunately. And, though the Wii is more powerful than the PS2, they're different architectures and have their own programming challenges. SE has been working with the PS2 a lot longer than it has worked with the Wii, so they know that hardware better.

[ItazuraNhomango]

Re: Will the Nintendo Wii ever get FFXI?

FFXI for PS2 came with a hard drive, didn't it? I guess it'd have to be the same for Wii version, if there's ever one. May have to toss in a controller, too...

[Ameroth]

Re: Will the Nintendo Wii ever get FFXI?

WOW coming from a Fellow Wii Owner!

Just cause he owns a Wii doesn't mean he has to blindly agree to anything another Wii owner might suggest.



And also I think we decided last time this thread came up that apart from the programming challenges, the controls would be funky creating a Microsoft-esque effect in which people would be forced to buy other attachments (the above mentioned classic controller).

[Armando]

Re: Will the Nintendo Wii ever get FFXI?

The Classic Controller would do just fine. But yeah, no. I don't really see it coming out for Wii. If S-E surprises us, well, great. Otherwise, don't hold your breath.

[Feba]

Re: Will the Nintendo Wii ever get FFXI?

Heres a Link that will show ya there is a Voice to Text Converter coming to the Wii.

Amazing thing is, I had one of these when I was 7. I tried one lately, and they haven't made any real progress at all. I'd hate to type on an MMO with one of these.

cause you say More less that its not as powerful as the "Other systems" Here ya go.

What the hell is that? So other companies are making games for the Wii. Your point? Anyone with half a brain can tell you that the wii is NOT as powerful as a 360 or a PS3. I sure as hell love the Wii more, but that's just a fact.

about the programming challenges- from what I heard, 360 is able to run FFXI because it runs something close to the Windows version- the Wii is much less powerful. Heck, I think the Wii is 700Mhz or so, and the PC version requires 800MHz, so that would be out. SE would probably have to actually put effort into a port for Wii, so I doubt that would happen.

[ItazuraNhomango]

Re: Will the Nintendo Wii ever get FFXI?

about the programming challenges- from what I heard, 360 is able to run FFXI because it runs something close to the Windows version

Well, to be more specific, it's because xBox360 shares a lot of API with Windows, which makes porting the Windows version to xBox360 relatively easy--not a lot of code to write/rewrite. ("A lot" being a relative term, here...)

the Wii is much less powerful. Heck, I think the Wii is 700Mhz or so, and the PC version requires 800MHz, so that would be out. SE would probably have to actually put effort into a port for Wii, so I doubt that would happen.

It's not the "power" of Wii which is at issue--it has enough. It's not even the hard drive issue. (PS2 version of FFXI came with one, after all.) It's the money/time issue to rewrite the game to run on Wii, which does not share API with PS2 or xBox360 or Windows.

That means it'd take a lot of time and a lot of money. If S-E doesn't think it will be able to recoup the cost of that kind of investment, any Wii FFXI plan is dead before it can start.

So, yes, it's about money--or the lack of money making opportunity in remaking FFXI for Wii.

Of course, if Wii continues its strong sales figure and there is somehow a strong (miraculous?) demand for a Wii version of FFXI, S-E just may make one. But, as others have said, I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for one either...