Nintendo Wii and the Adventure Company

With the Nintendo DS proving to be quite an adventure-friendly little handheld and Sam and Max's rumored appearance on the Wii, it shouldn't come as a shock that The Adventure Company is porting its modestly successful And Then There Were None PC adventure game to the Nintendo Wii. Did I say porting? Well, I meant updating, as according to Adventure Gamers the new version will (unfortunately) be doing more than just using the Wiimote's obvious point-and-click capabilities:

Players will have the freedom to control their character's actions, such as using a digging motion to unearth clues, or spinning the handle of a safe using the Wiimote; and the introduction of timed puzzles where, for example, players must race up a set of stairs from a boat docked below.

Not really sure these are the brightest of ideas, really, but then again I'm no game designer. Let's just hope they give the graphics an update too and keep timed puzzles to a minimum. Oh, and for those who would like to learn more about the PC adaptation of Agatha Christie's immensely popular novel, well, here's a review. Those, on the other hand, who'd rather learn how excited and fluent in manager-speak The Adventure Company's CEO is click here.

Agatha Christie: And Then There Were None, as the full name of the game will be, is already under development for the Wii and should hit shelves sometime during November 2007. Hopefully it, too, will come with a softback version of the original book.

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