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Wii, DS Get EA Playground

Wolfwood | May 02, 2007 | News | Wii DS 
We know EA has been re-doubling its efforts to support Nintendo's most current game platforms, and to this end the publisher has announced "EA Playground", a collection of sports mini-games which will be exclusive to the DS and Wii. While the Wii version of the title is already being compared to Wii Sports, EA Playground is not expected to make use of custom Mii avatars. Producer Dave McCarthy elaborates in an interview with IGN:
EA Playground is all about capturing the sheer fun of being a kid. We've designed a dream playground full of interesting characters, cool collectables, and most importantly, a mix of easy to pick up and incredibly fun playground games. There are some classic favorites in there along with some new twists. It's all packaged together in a meaningful single player "campaign" to play your way through the schoolyard. In addition, there's also an approachable and fun multiplayer party experience that will appeal to all ages.

On Wii, there's a mix of games that cover frantic actions mapped to gestures (e.g. throwing and dodging in Dodge Ball) and others that take advantage of navigating the entire world (e.g. RC Car Racing). While set in a similar universe, there are game types exclusive to the NDS version that use stylus mechanics (e.g. Bug Hunt) and even microphone input (e.g. Spit Balls). I won't get into all the games and mechanics quite yet, but I think it's safe to say you'll be entertained with the creative approaches our team has taken to playground games.

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    Vermillion | May 02, 2007
    I like how this looks, maybe I will get them.
    The Gameplay looks awesome, I can tell that looking the screenshots.
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    Gotenks | May 03, 2007
    Dodgeball???? I'm buying this now.

    The screenshots look good for it as well.
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    dmf_dynasty | May 04, 2007
    I can't really decide. It looks pretty good, but I'm just not really sure on if it's actually meant to be good or just milk wii cash.
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    Rinkydink | May 08, 2007
    I'm not so sure about this game really. Sure, it has potential, but equally likely to be a flop. Let's hope EA put some good effort into this one.
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    Cheater X | May 13, 2007
    The screen shots look ok. Mini games are fun too. Hopefully this will be a good buy.

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