Dec 19 2008

40 percent of Shaun White Snowboarding sales on Wii, sequel confirmed

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From  reuters.com (via joystiq.com):

shaunwhite White, who’s a mainstream brand thanks to his exploits in both skateboarding and snowboarding in the X-Games, has spent the past two years working with Ubisoft’s acclaimed Montreal development studio on his new snowboarding game.

John Taylor, videogame analyst, Arcadia Research, said "Shaun White Snowboarding" sold 259,000 copies in the U.S. in November and generated $13.6 million for Ubisoft with 40 percent of those sales for the Wii console.

With the success of the first game, White said he’s already started working on the sequel.

"Now that I have the knowledge and I can speak to programmers better and I understand a lot more about what’s possible and what’s not possible, this will all help with the next game," said White.

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Nov 13 2008

Shaun White designer admits Wii challenge

Published by Chris under Interview, News

From play.tm:

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Speaking with this site in a brand new interview, Ubisoft Montreal’s Jean-Christophe Pelletier has admitted that developing Shaun White Snowboarding for the Wii was something of a technical challenge, but one overcome through creativity.

Designer Pelletier said that “making a game is always a challenge because you want to push, get the most out of the machine. Since the Wii team was built specifically for Wii projects, everybody was ready to develop for the Wii. So, right away we adapted, worked out what the Wii was good for and built towards that. So, graphically, we chose a style that is realistic in its showing… but has style.

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Oct 16 2008

Invitation: Launch of Boogie Superstar at EA Montreal

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From newswire.ca:

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Alain Tascan, vice-president and general manager of EA Montreal’s studio, invites you to the launch of Boogie Superstar to be held on Wednesday, October 22 beginning at 4:00 p.m. Available for the Wii platform, this game has been available in stores since October 14. You will receive a copy of the game at the launch event.

Media can meet with members of the team behind this new game, developed entirely at the Montreal studio. There will be ample opportunity to get hands on with this brand new dance and karaoke game and to speak with Alain and the Boogie Superstar development team.

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