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What if Nintendo made LittleBigPlanet for the Wii?

What if Nintendo made LittleBigPlanet for the Wii?

By: Daniel Chubb | October 19, 2008 | 39 Comments

LittleBigPlanet will bring to the Sony PS3 some refreshing gameplay, lovable characters, innovation and limitless possibilities. But some gamers feel this game was brought to the wrong platform.

Game On Nintendo has posted an article that may moan a little about how Nintendo Co., Ltd (Public, OTC:NTDOY) have missed out on something very special, but they do have a very valid point. When they said, “LittleBigPLanet could have been the next incarnation of the Mario Paint franchise”, they could not be more right.

The Playstation 3 has hit a Home Run with Little Big Planet, yes the game has all the markings of a Nintendo game but it is not one. Nintendo have made an amazing games console in the form of the Nintendo Wii, its graphics may be a little sad but it’s gameplay has been second to none for many gamers.

Sony needed something that was not just about graphics, it had to take on the Wii for gameplay and personal creation…they did it with LittleBigPlanet. Nintendo has missed out big time on this one, PS3 gamers can now play great graphics games and something that’s a lot more innovative.

That said, what if Nintendo had made LittleBigPlanet for the Wii?

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  • tony

    shut up nintendo fanboys stop complainin cos ur games are dim and we got littlebigplanet its a playstation game if you’d stayed paired with sony all those years ago u wouldnt be missin out get over it ffs and stop tryin to claim every good ps game as ur own.

  • Ed

    If Nintendo got littlebigplanet, everyone would of said its another casual game for the wii. Nintendo needs more “hardcore” games.

  • James

    What it Sony made wiisports, what it Microsoft made Mario galaxy, what if Nintendo made Halo.

    It’s just a bizzare question to ask and to be honest it has all the hallmarks of a sony game.

    Great game : Sony can make great games
    Temporary mascot: Remember crash, Lara Croft, Parappa the Rappa..yeah sack boy will be popular and then sony will cut his publicity funding and he will fade into obscurity.
    Takes advantage of internet in a big way: Somthing nintendo can’t get there heads around and Microsoft moniter Live too much to allow somthing like this game.

  • Aaron

    I agree with tony – Sony focus on BOTH hardcore and casual gamers – however, they make their casual games appeal to hardcore as well. Now Nintendo with the Wii – they’re just focusing on casual and havent made any hardcore games since SSBB – which was about 7 months ago. I’d be pretty mad if I’d bought a Wii – its like they’re saying to their loyal fans: ‘we get more money out of casuals, so you’ll have to wait for your hardcore games’. This is the reason I prefer PlayStation consoles over any other – if they’re losing money and going down hill – they dont look at casual to save them – they go down with their fans – just like Sega did, and that is why I respect those two companys out of them all.

  • http://www.myspace.com/ourtyp3 muki

    erm i just think that that little big planet might be good but just like mgs4 it wont save the ps3 sony are shit they had a little bit of luck with their first two consoles becuase nintendo was being ran by an ignorant and very old skool president at the time but now nintendo are back where they are meant to be i have all three consoles and i will be getting this lbp game but its just another game and its going to get boring just like any other game but it wont help the ps3 at all there’s just nothing amazing about the ps3 my laptop is better than my ps3 wii is just coolio and ps3 is just not coolio ide rather the xbox more games better online better games wii60 there the kings and i aint now fan of nothing but i am a reelist telling yall the truth so get a life and go check the lifetime sales of all three consoles and tell me different aihg lol nintendo the champs

  • tony

    i bought a wii and have played it twice and sold it 2 hours ago on ebay its so annoying that sony announce home so microsoft produce avatars we preduce LBP and they claim it would be better on wii for 1st it would’nt look as good in 480p 2nd were would you store the maps on an online server? cos theres no harddrive to store maps and how would they fit LBP onto a dvd ? nintendo fans think they are so great lol a band of casual gamers theres no such thing every 1 secretly wants to win anyhow made my point add me if u wanna mix it up on LBP.

    PSN ID:Don_Corleone_Z

  • Ms. E

    I can see Little Big Planet being made for the Wii as well. Nintendo seemed to like it a lot. Cross-platforms would be a great idea, as well as for people who only have access to PC’s/or Macs.

    The more the better – making this or any game accessible for everyone would make it even more money.

  • Dave

    “his is the reason I prefer PlayStation consoles over any other – if they’re losing money and going down hill – they dont look at casual to save them – they go down with their fans ”

    lol….

    And tony don’t talk out of your ass, your just an ignorant Sony fanboy.

    I have wii and while I haven’t bought a retail game since smash bros that doesn’t mean i havn’t been playin it.
    Theres been alot of Wiiware games that having been coming out the past few months, Strongbad (stil another 3 of these to come out), Bomberman blast, toki tori, Orbiant, World Of Goo and MegaMan 9 arguably is better on the wii with the nes styled controller.
    Besides those Deblob is looking great as is Wario Land Shake.

    I personally play the 360 more but the wii was still a good purchase and is the only console my family will sit around and play from time to time which is fun.

    I would definitely recommend getting a PS3 or 360 if the wii is your only console but at the same time I’d recommend getting a wii if you only have one of the other two as it has enough unique game to warrant having one.

  • Chris

    If LittleBigPlanet came to the Wii, the Wii would actually stop having shitty, kiddy games.

    Unfortunately, it’s not happening, so the Wii is stuck with shitty games and whiny kids. Time to play LBP and Resistance 2 ;D

  • work at target

    told my boss we cant sell littlebigplanet so i going to buy bioshock for ps3 when it comes oct 21 WHAT LITTLEBIGPLANET COMEON never

  • Andrezao

    @ Dave: Great argument, good to see someone that can enjoy all consoles and not make a big fuss about who’s better. I Agree completely with all that. My last purchase was SSBB but there’s heaps of games i still want on retail, meanwhile i download a lot of Wiiware games.

    While i don’t have the 360 or PS3, i still enjoy their titles on my gaming PC, i never really had 2 consoles of different brands, always had my PC to play different games than on whatever console i have.

    It’s good to have 2 different gaming machines so you get more variety of games you can play, but hey crying and moaning about other consoles is just lame, enjoy your console and have fun with it! don’t think Nintendo Needs LBP, just like Sony doesn’t need Metroid.

    About Sony going down with their fans.. well… LOL. If you think about it, Nintendo was always concentrated on kids, but their kids games reeled in hardcore gamers too. You can’t blame Nintendo on Casual, cause they haven’t made that many casual games, most of their games on the Wii and DS are their hardcore franchise, the casual stuff is usually made by other companies. Research then come back and blab all you want.

  • http://joseysubasura.blogspot.com jose

    this article is stupid, LittleBigPlanet its a playstation game, period, whats the point of wondering what if this was on wii, this is a great game for ps3, and that’s all there’s to it, and this is a nintendo fanboy talking.

  • Miami Heat

    Tony, you should find an educational game for your Playstation, since you clearly haven’t mastered basic writing skills. Kudos to anyone who can decipher your poorly-written gibberish. But I suppose it’s ‘cool’ to you to write like crap…

  • Meshgiath

    If Nintendo had made LBP for the Wii, not only would it be OUT by now – but we wouldn’t have had half a dozen release dates before now. Nintendo tends to deliver where Sony tends to over hype and under-deliver.

  • tony

    the fact that he thinks a laptop is better then a ps3 and uses the word coolio shows hes about 12 and therefore knows nothing of gaming or specs of consoles your very ignorant if you think a laptop is better then a ps3 if you aint with sony get of this forum.

  • tony

    the fact that he thinks a laptop is better and uses the word coolio shoes he about 12 years old and is very ignorant and childish he knows nothing of gaming or games therefore he does’nt have an opinion as he knows nothing of this console plus all children like laptops cos u can go on msn on it and parents love them as they are cheaper then buying a console or computer like sign up for broadband get a laptop free and all that

    PSN ID:Don_Corleone_Z

    OMFG LBP DELAYED TILL NOV 6TH JUST TO REMOVE 1 SONG FROM CODING TAKES 1HOUR TOPS IF IT HAD BEEN SOMETHING FROM THE BIBLE NO PROBS BUT NOT THE QURAN STUPID FAKE RELIGION. :(

  • tony

    shut up dave wii’s have bad graphics bad controls and bad fans LBP cant come to wii it has no hard drive to save games to thts b4 the fact wii uses dvd’s 8.5gb LBP takes up 39GB of the 50GB Blu-ray Disc if your gonna try and stick up for a console that sucks or 1 tht burns its own discs with a 51% failure rate get ur facts straight ive had all 3 consoles ive had 3 xbox360′s 1ps3 and 1 wii if they are so great how come im selling 600 pounds worth of games and accessories on ebay and cant even get 250 pound for them ask yourself that.

    i can write its called short hand text so im not sitting here all night writing like you i enjoy all 3 consoles but with the 360/ps3 the wii is lucky to be played 1 time every 3 months and the games are casual and still 40 quid when i could have a console were virtually all games go online or have online features you can slag me all you want but ill end with this LBP will never be on Any Other Console FACT.

  • http://www.myspace.com/ourtyp3 muki

    and specs tony oh no specs lol ps3

    PlayStation 3 Specifications

    CPU

    Cell Processor
    PowerPC-base Core @3.2GHz
    1 VMX vector unit per core
    512KB L2 cache
    7 x SPE @3.2GHz
    7 x 128b 128 SIMD GPRs
    7 x 256KB SRAM for SPE
    * 1 of 8 SPEs reserved for redundancy
    total floating point performance: 218 GFLOPS

    GPU

    RSX @550MHz
    1.8 TFLOPS floating point performance
    Full HD (up to 1080p) x 2 channels
    Multi-way programmable parallel floating point shader pipelines

    Sound

    Dolby 5.1ch, DTS, LPCM, etc. (Cell- base processing)

    Memory

    256MB XDR Main RAM @3.2GHz 256MB GDDR3 VRAM @700MHz

    System Bandwidth

    Main RAM 25.6GB/s
    VRAM 22.4GB/s
    RSX 20GB/s (write) + 15GB/s (read)
    SB< 2.5GB/s (write) + 2.5GB/s (read)

    System Floating Point Performance

    2 TFLOPS

    Storage

    Detachable 2.5″ HDD slot x 1

    I/O

    USB Front x 4, Rear x 2 (USB2.0)
    Memory Stick standard/Duo, PRO x 1
    SD standard/mini x 1
    CompactFlash (Type I, II) x 1

    Communication

    Ethernet (10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T) x 3 (input x 1 + output x 2)
    Wi-Fi IEEE 802.11 b/g
    Bluetooth 2.0 (EDR)

    Controller

    Bluetooth (up to 7)
    USB 2.0 (wired)
    Wi-Fi (PSP)
    Network (over IP)

    AV Output

    Screen size: 480i, 480p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p
    HDMI: HDMI out x 2
    Analog: AV MULTI OUT x 1
    Digital audio: DIGITAL OUT (OPTICAL) x 1

    Disc Media

    CD PlayStation CD-ROM, PlayStation 2 CD-ROM, CD-DA, CD-DA (ROM), CD-R, CD-RW, SACD, SACD Hybrid (CD layer), SACD HD, DualDisc, DualDisc (audio side), DualDisc (DVD side)
    DVD: PlayStation 2 DVD-ROM, PlayStation 3 DVD-ROM, DVD-Video, DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW
    Blu-ray Disc: PlayStation 3 BD-ROM, BD-Video, BD-ROM, BD-R, BD-RE

    Sourced from SONY CORP.

  • http://www.myspace.com/ourtyp3 muki

    boy should have kept it zipped lol dont fuck with me mann
    xbox 360
    Custom IBM PowerPC-based CPU 3 symmetrical cores running at 3.2 GHz each
    2 hardware threads per core; 6 hardware threads total
    1 VMX-128 vector unit per core; 3 total
    128 VMX-128 registers per hardware thread
    1 MB L2 cache

    CPU Game Math Performance 9 billion dot product operations per second

    Custom ATI Graphics Processor 500 MHz
    10 MB embedded DRAM
    48-way parallel floating-point dynamically-scheduled shader pipelines
    Unified shader architecture

    Polygon Performance 500 million triangles per second

    Pixel Fill Rate 16 gigasamples per second fillrate using 4X MSAA

    Shader Performance 48 billion shader operations per second

    Memory 512 MB GDDR3 RAM
    700 MHz DDR
    Unified memory architecture

    Memory Bandwidth 22.4 GB/s memory interface bus bandwidth
    256 GB/s memory bandwidth to EDRAM
    21.6 GB/s front-side bus

    Overall System Floating-Point Performance 1 TFLOP

    Storage Detachable and upgradeable 20 GB hard drive
    12X dual-layer DVD-ROM
    Memory unit support starting at 64 MB

    I/O Support for up to 4 wireless game controllers
    3 USB 2.0 ports
    2 memory unit slots

    Optimized for Online Instant, out-of-the-box access to Xbox Live features, including Xbox Live Marketplace for downloadable content, Gamer Profile for digital identity and voice chat to talk to friends while playing games, watching movies or listening to music
    Built in Ethernet Port
    Wi-Fi Ready: 802.11 A, B and G
    Video Camera Ready

    Digital Media Support Support for DVD-Video, DVD-ROM, DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW, CD-DA, CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, WMA CD, MP3 CD, JPEG Photo CD
    Stream media from portable music devices, digital cameras, Windows XP PCs
    Rip music to Xbox 360 hard drive
    Custom playlists in every game
    Windows Media Center Extender built in
    Interactive, full screen 3D visualizers

    HD Game Support All games supported at 16:9, 720p and 1080i, anti-aliasing
    Standard definition and high definition video output supported

    Audio Multichannel surround sound output
    Supports 48 KHz 16-bit audio
    320 independent decompression channels
    32-bit audio processing
    Over 256 audio channels

    System Orientation Stands vertically or horizontally

    Customizable Face Plates Interchangeable to personalize the console

  • http://www.myspace.com/ourtyp3 muki

    and last the small but mighty wii lol yea i ripped them from internet pages but it cleary frigginr shows i know about my specs you nerd lol

    Central Processing Unit (CPU)IBM Broadway 729MHzGraphics Processing Unit (GPU)ATI Hollywood 243MHzSupported ResolutionUp to 480pSystem Memory88MBInternet ConnectivityWiFi 802.11 b/g
    Media
    Internal Storage512MB Flash MemoryOptical Drive12cm Wii Disc & 8cm GameCube Disc. Discs will self-load into the bay.12cm Disc Capacity4.7Gb (or 8.5Gb Dual Layer)Memory Expansion1 x SD Memory

  • Andrezao

    >:[ far out how this one article attracted so many kids… Guys, does it matter weather one console is more powerful than the other? NO. Does it matter weather one console has X games? NO. What matters is, how fun it is to play regardless of what is in it.
    Tony, as I can see, for you what matters is Technology, one question then, last Gen what console did you have? Clearly couldn’t be the PS2 cause it was the least powerful system and full of kiddy games just like what the Wii is now. OR you’re a crazy Sony Fanboy, which is fine by me, i don’t really care which brand you support.

    Now, stop blabbing about the PS3′s power, the PS3 games… its retarded. If you want power, your PS3 will crap itself to compete with my gaming PC, cause as you know none of the consoles so far can compete with a Gaming PC. Since MUki put the specs up, here salivate:

    CPU: E8400 @ 3.49 GH (temp: 45C, no crazy heat temps like the PS3)
    Mobo: P5ND SLi (uses 2 graphics card for double performance)
    RAM 5GB DDR2 800
    HDD: 1x 250GB, 1x 80 GB and 1x 320GB expandable to as many TB as I wish
    GFX card: 9800GT Nvidia Geforce 512mb
    Case: Thermaltake Soprano
    1x DvD burner and soon 1x Blu ray DVD burner.

    These are just the main things, also the CPU could reach 4.20 GH easy, but u necessary for me atm. Crysis on Very High kills any PS3, 360 Game anytime. So does power still matter to you? Don’t get me started on games… cause a console that mainly gets 360 ports isn’t considered really good in my eyes.
    That is all.

  • http://www.myspace.com/ourtyp3 muki

    thank you very much Andrezao you are totally correct the debate is over hey bro click on my name to visit my bands site thanks

  • Jim

    *facepalm*

    I really hope tony is 13 or somthing, if he is 18+ i may have to end my life.

  • Andrezao

    LOL hahahaha I thought that too Jim..
    @ Muki: Will do, i’m checking it out now, pretty cool work there dude, congrats!

  • http://www.myspace.com/ourtyp3 muki

    thanks bro anyone else into a fresh new creative rap and rock band click on my name to see what im talking about thanks love to hear from anyone except tony lol

  • ni

    ‘What if Nintendo made LittleBigPlanet for the Wii?’

    Well then the Wii would have a decent title at last. The thing is the Wii doesn’t have the hardware or network to handle the game, LBP would need to be toned down and I don’t mean visually. The wii just doesn’t have the raw power to handle the physics that in LBP, everything moves and objects interacts with each other so realistically that the Wii would blow up just thinking about it. And then theres the network, the Wii’s network is no where near as robust as the PSN or Live, sometime I forget the Wii is online.

  • tony

    actually i did have a ps2 its not just about graphics its about fn games like timesplitters and ps2 was the only last gen console the xbox came out 5 years after the ps2 its a diff gen but my point is LBP for the wii is impossible you can copy and paste specs all you want but the ps3>360 and wii and if games like failble 2 was made for ps3 they would have longer story lines that take longer then 6 hours to complete.

  • Dave

    Huh? Xbox and Gamecube were last gen consoles aswell they out in 2001.

    You fail again tony.

  • austin

    if nintendo invented littlebigplanet nintendo fans would be to happy to play eny other games i mean come on. littlebigplanets cool but nintendo have lots of Sony at least i think so but never mind that just go with nintendo using Sony games

  • austin

    oh and i almost forgot 2 things or 1 thing it could come out for game cube ( dout it ) and NINTENDO IS NOT LAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • austin

    nintendo is NOT LAME I MEAN IT!!!!!its my fave game company you know. but littlebigplanet is cool aswell ( my friend is getting a ps3 and a littlebigplanet game but i still think that nintendo needs a littlebigplanet game for gc or wii ).

  • Rudeboy Stu

    A game like LBP is better suited to a Nintendo platform, but well done to Sony for taking a risk and innovating rather than imitating.

    To me, the colours on LBP look drab, all the screenshots and video clips I’ve seen have black backgrounds and lots of brown shades. LBP done in primary colours and with Nintendo charm would have been amazing and would have sold millions of copies.

    I do have to say though that of all the games I’ve seen come out for PS3, LBP is the only one I’ve googled to read more about.

  • Jim

    Ha ha guess what…. there making LBP for the PSP now! gee now there was me thinking they needed super high end hardware to pull this game off.

  • kylekid208

    please make the game for wii i beg of you

  • Bronte

    I have been on this game for the first time today on the PS3 and i thought it was absolutely awesome, cute characters and it was really fun, i think it’d be really good if it was brought out on the Wii as well.

    It was a great game, but unfortunatly, i don’t have a PS3, so i wont be able to go on it again for a while :(

  • http://www.google.com/ig smeefers

    i probely didnt read this right but i take it there not making a LBP for nintendo wii…..p.s im only small so dont blame me for the small coment

  • bob

    i got both wii and ps3, and although there are many good game on wii, lbp, just makes u go back for more, and now there releasing water eeee

  • max

    tony your retarded

  • ??weirdoz??

    wow tht would be awsome ppl stop hatin on nintendo if they want little big planet they can have it and if sony wanted wii sports THEY CAN HAVE IT i really dont care .just keep me inentertained :)