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Phew, Descent WiiWare Still in Development...Wait, What?

Giant Bomb goes where other gaming sites won't dare.


Prepare the vomit bag! 
Prepare the vomit bag! 
Having the word "descent" in a headline yesterday squirreled the nausea-inducing Descent series into my head. It also reminded me that Interplay once tasked someone with porting Descent to WiiWare. There's been nothing on Descent for WiiWare in nearly a year, though, so I decided to ask the question all the other gaming writers of the world weren't willing to ask: what happened to Descent for WiiWare?

Turns out it's still alive at developer G1M2, who last worked on SNK Arcade Classics 0 for PSP.  

"Thank you for asking us about Descent for Wii," said a company spokesperson. "It is still in development and we are hopeful that the project will be completed soon. While it has taken longer than expected, we are hopeful that people will like the final product when it comes out. More details to come soon..."

One less mystery of the world to solve, guys.  (Nobody tell Jeff about this.)
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Prepare the vomit bag! 
Prepare the vomit bag! 
Having the word "descent" in a headline yesterday squirreled the nausea-inducing Descent series into my head. It also reminded me that Interplay once tasked someone with porting Descent to WiiWare. There's been nothing on Descent for WiiWare in nearly a year, though, so I decided to ask the question all the other gaming writers of the world weren't willing to ask: what happened to Descent for WiiWare?

Turns out it's still alive at developer G1M2, who last worked on SNK Arcade Classics 0 for PSP.  

"Thank you for asking us about Descent for Wii," said a company spokesperson. "It is still in development and we are hopeful that the project will be completed soon. While it has taken longer than expected, we are hopeful that people will like the final product when it comes out. More details to come soon..."

One less mystery of the world to solve, guys.  (Nobody tell Jeff about this.)
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Nostalgia of my friend's old overworked voodoo cards comes rushing back.

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I could go for a new Descent.

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Cool been wanting to try a decent game.
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wiiware news ftw!

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I could go with some proper Descent. Loved that music.

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WiiMotion Plus six axis navigation. Oh man, that would be so sick in many ways.

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@SileoNex said:
" I could go for a new Descent. "
Same here. Kind of curious how a modern Descent title would look and play. Wouldn't mind a PSN/XBLA/Steam release of 1 and 2 with online multiplayer either.
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I'd buy an updated Descent on WiiWare if it controlled well.

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Who got nauseous playing Descent? I played that game for three years straight and never got sick playing it.

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I bought a Saitek Cyborg Evo on the off chance that a) I would replay the Descent and Freespace games, and b) that maybe, possibly, someday they'd make a modern Descent or Freespace. That zero-g ship section in Red Faction: Armageddon is the closest I've seen yet to a modern Descent.

Also really curious to see how a Wiiware version of Descent works! Can't even figure out how the flight controls would work.

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Just reminded me of picking up Descent and Tunnel B1 on the same day, one game got played the hell out of, the other got played once. I still don't know what Tunnel B1 was meant to be.

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Man, I could remember playing Descent on the computer they had in my homeroom in middle school. Those were the days.

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Oh man, now I just need some Fury 3 and Terminal Velocity!

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Vomit storm incoming.

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Descent was the first major PC game that I ever played. So much fond memories~

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"Thank you for asking us about Descent for Wii," said a company spokesperson.


Sounds like you made someones year Patrick. 
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Patrick Klepek always asking the hard hitting questions like "Hey, is Descent for WiiWare cancelled?"

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i missed out on Decent, never played one, so i wouldn't mind checking it out at this point to see what the talk is about.

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Oh man, those crazy 6DOF games are the best! While they're at it, I'd go for another kick at Forsaken. Remember this?

  

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@umdesch4: Forsaken was THE BEST.

Pine Mine.
Solaris.
Pine Mine.
TITAN.

LOVED IT.
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@Milkman said:
" Patrick Klepek always asking the hard hitting questions like "Hey, is Descent for WiiWare cancelled?" "
Ex-actly.
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@Vorbis said:
" Just reminded me of picking up Descent and Tunnel B1 on the same day, one game got played the hell out of, the other got played once. I still don't know what Tunnel B1 was meant to be. "
Man, I remember that game. I really didn't like it.
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Ahhh.. brings back found memories :)

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Descent on the 3DS might be the game that actually gives me motion sickness. 

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I bought all the Descents at a thrift store in mint condition a few months back. Still haven't played them yet.

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I really, really like patrick and i think he is the best thing that has happend to giantbomb in a long while. 


And he is an awesome writer


But patrick son, you gotta ease up on those headliners. Its getting old, fast :(
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I love Descent. All 3 games are for sale on GOG.com for cheap.


Anyone that loved Descent should also check out Miner Wars, as it's basically a new age Descent clone with awesome tech.
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@zudthespud said:
" "Thank you for asking us about Descent for Wii," said a company spokesperson.

Sounds like you made someones year Patrick. 
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GUYS WE GOT AN EMAIL!  THEY"RE ASKING ABOUT DESCENT GET IN HERE Holy SHIT!
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I have the OpenGL port of Descent 2 on my computer as we speak. I was able to play it off the disk (DOS Box is the coolest thing ever), but couldn't resist high resolution.


    
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I'd play a remake of Descent. Damn fun game.

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Personally, I liked the Virtual Boy version. I lost my vision, but games couldn't have gotten any better then that anyway, right?

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Finally a title i might buy from wiiware

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Already Patrick Klepek is pulling his weight around here. Not only do I now know that Descent is being made for wii ware, but also that there is a video game called Descent!

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@ArbitraryWater said:
" Already Patrick Klepek is pulling his weight around here. Not only do I now know that Descent is being made for wii ware, but also that there is a video game called Descent! "
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@ArbitraryWater: You make me feel old. Quit it.
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OMG the Descent game?! Man, that is soooo ancient.

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I was 14 when Descent came out. We played it on school computers(We just got new computers). Never had any stomach problems.
I feel old.

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@patrickklepek said:
"  "Thank you for asking us about Descent for Wii," said a company spokesperson.  "
I like that response. "Thanks for remembering that this game exists." :)
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I remember playing the crap about this game with VooDoo 3000, I loved that video card!

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Am I the only person who read that as DECENT wiiware?

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I freakin' love Decent.

It's gonna be hell on the Wii though, unless they make a joystick attachment.

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Descent + Sidewinder3D = i was a god of the tunnelz

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Are they going to make it less nausea inducing? I hope so. I hope that's the reason for the delay. I remember how motion sick this game used to make me. Nothing made me more sick, though, than Wolfenstein 3D

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It was a bad game then. Men stuck with quake.

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Descent + 3D: possibly the ultimate vomit trip

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@Rave: i c wat u did ther
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The only things I remember from Descent are tunnels and feeling sick.

So this would have been more interesting to me if this was a story about Decent WiiWare, which this could turn out to be I guess, but is otherwise pretty rare. 
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I remember having a copy of Descent 3. I was pretty young at the time, and pretty confused as to what I should be doing


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Klepek scoops the NDX once again!