Broken Sword to Wii & DS

[Drakul]

Wii and DS owners craving a slice of classic point-and-click gaming will be pleased to know that a special version of the acclaimed PC game Broken Sword is on its way to both Nintendo systems, courtesy of Ubisoft.

Broken Sword: Shadow Of The Templars - The Director's Cut is a remake of the fantastic first Broken Sword game (which was released on the PC and PlayStation) and tells the story of George Stobbart, an average man on holiday in Paris who narrowly escapes a bomb blast outside a café. George decides to investigate and realises there's much more to the attack than meets the eye.

This version features brand new puzzles that make use of the Wii and DS's control systems, as well as updated visuals with facial animations by Dave Gibbons, the comic book artist famous for his art in the comic and upcoming movie Watchmen.

Broken Sword was famous for its fantastic cut-scenes and stunning hand-drawn backgrounds and animations as well as its compelling, well-written script and clever puzzles.

The game was already remade for the Game Boy Advance, but its point-and-click gameplay wasn't very well-suited to the handheld's D-Pad. Now, with the game coming to the DS and Wii, both versions are much better suited to handle its control system.

Broken Sword: Shadow Of The Templars - The Director's Cut will be out in the UK in March for both Wii and DS.

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Source: http://www.officialnintendomagazine.co.uk/article.php?id=6744

I've never played Broken Sword but a friend of mine loves it. I'm going to pick this up for the DS. Is it as good as it's said to be? Anyone looking forward to this?

[Disturbed316]

Loved the first two games but never really finished the third. Shame they aren't really making a new one rather than a remake.

[Lord-Of-Darkness]

There is a Broken Sword 4 out for the PC you know Disturbed. Its 3D and incorporates point and click gameplay, so much better than the 3rd. Still doesn't out do the old 2d animated format though.

On a side note, I just bought a Wii for the family for christmas, so will be picking this up with no hesitation, as I love the series.

[Disturbed316]

Yeah I knew there was a fourth but have never looked at it due to having a crap pc.

[Lord-Of-Darkness]

Yeah thinking about it I bought it but couldn't play it until I upgraded my graphics card. Strange how 4 was the only one that never made it to a console.

[Lord-Of-Darkness]

Also, if this is a success, they should do it with the second game. Wasn't quite as good, but the next best thing to the original.

[Disturbed316]

I think I enjoyed the second one more than the first, when I eventually get my wii I'll most certainly get this.