Good Idea, Bad Idea With Activision

by Travis Woodside on July 9th, 2008

Good Idea

Expand the company’s Wii portfolio by publishing games developed with the Wii in mind.

Bad Idea

Unify this goal under a brand called “Wee 1ST”.

I don’t even get what that’s trying to say. If it was “Wii 1st” I could surmise that they were trying to brag about being the first company to focus on Wii development (even though that’s not true), but “Wee”? And the capitalized “ST” at the end is awkward. Makes me inadvertently read it as “We Fist”.

Good Idea

Acknowledge that the Wii’s control system changes how you must look at game design.

Bad Idea

Proceed to not alter your game design, then announce ‘Little League® World Series 2008’, ‘Rapala® Fishing Frenzy’, and ‘Dancing with the Stars™: Get Your Dance On’ as your first We Fist titles.

Maybe I should play this game with myself.

Bad Idea

Expect third party developers to make a real game for the Wii that implements all these “amazing ideas” they claim to have had when the console was announced.