FIFA Soccer 08 Hands-on
June 8, 2007 - Almost a month ago Electronic Arts gave us the first taste of FIFA Soccer on the Wii, but it's only now that the company has given us the go-ahead to talk about the game. The Wii version of the EA Sports soccer title was in very early form at the company's press event in Vancouver last May, so a lot of what we saw was in very prototype form that would be getting a good amount of tweaking over the course of its continued development.
In our early playtest, we got a peek at what the company plans for the Wii version of FIFA Soccer 08. The game will use much of the core assets and engine from "last-gen" versions of the game, so the main game will look on par with what the other teams are doing with the PlayStation 2 version of the series. There will be specific changes -- for example, the default camera will switch from the familar side-scrolling television style presentation to a very NHL Hockey top-down, vertically scrolling movement. The decision to go to this camera was so that a lot of the Wii-centric motion controls wouldn't feel "off" since they're sensitive to your character's position.
For example, if you want to pass the ball to a teammate, it's a flick of the remote in the direction that you want to send the ball -- flick it to the left or right to pass the ball left or right, or flick it forward to pass it ahead. Kicking the ball towards the goal used a "scooping" motion to mimic the foot -- dig it hard and fast and the ball will go in that direction. If you need to throw the ball in from the side, raise the Nunchuk and Remote controls over your head and make a tossing motion...easy as that. Slide tackles were also applied to the motion controls that makes it as simple as flicking the wrist when you want to go for the ball.
Other than the "toss in" motion, the pass and kick controls were very touchy and somewhat disconnecting in our early playtest, but the team is still tuning the game to really give Wii owners a good, unique experience. And judging from some brand new screenshots handed to us today, the experience isn't just going to be applied to the Wii controls.
Though the company didn't make mention of this feature at the event, it appears that FIFA Soccer 08 will be the first third party game to use Nintendo's Mii characters in some fashion. Check out this screen that shows it in action:
Additional features include the ability to play online via the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection service. We'll most likely see much more on FIFA Soccer 08 for the Wii as we get closer to E3, but for now, check out the first screenshots in action. Watch for additional details on the game, including much deeper hands on impressions, in the coming days.
我大体的按照意思来翻译一下好了：
大约在一个月以前开始，EA公司宣布了他们的FIFA 08会在Wii平台也发布，但是并没有透漏更多的信息。而直到最近他们才终于讲述了一些关于Wii平台的一些情况，这些图片我们可以说是正在开发当中的，也就是说这款游戏仍然还在开发当中。
在我们的简短的测试过程中，我们可以大致地看到EA对这款游戏的设计理念。这款游戏给人的感觉会接近PS2平台的
FIFA 08。这款游戏会有很多创新，举个例子，游戏中的摄像机角度由以前的电视直播角度，变成了截图我们看到的纵向的更高的俯视角度。这样会使得这个平台的FIFA 08有很好的连贯性。
这一段大致讲的是wii平台的游戏的特殊操作性，由于wii平台的控制器不同于普通手柄，它更像是一个感应器，样子很像电视遥控器，所以在FIFA 08当中，操控器的感觉就像模拟球员的脚，会有硬度和力度的差异。这是和其他平台不同的。
池边注：后面的话就没太有关系了，讲的是任天堂wii游戏机的一些发展和介绍，对游戏的内容就不再提及了。我在这里特别的多说一点，就是说不管Wii的游戏画面也好，或者xbox360的画面也好甚至视频，其实现在最有悬念的就是PC版本的视频，因为xbox360版本是采用FIFA 07的引擎，所以它的08游戏视频也没有太大意义，不会让你觉得比07有个大的飞跃的，毕竟是一个引擎。而只有PC版本目前不管是截图还是视频都没有出现，尽管官方声称这次PC版本会采用和xbox360几乎一样的引擎，但是仍然让人很难想象他们究竟可以把PC平台开发到一个什么高度。
所以现在即使其他平台消息再多，也没办法看到PC版本的凤毛麟角，还是等到PC的视频出来才能真的放心。
视频是纯粹的采访制造者的画面，没有任何游戏画面，不推荐下载，英文好的朋友可以下来听听。
视频下载地址：
http://wiimovies.ign.com/wii/video/article/795/795414/fifa08_wii_060807_qtlowwide.mov
