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As part of a continuing effort to extend episodic gaming to new
audiences and platforms, Telltale is officially announcing that
Sam & Max Season One will be coming to Wii . This collection of
the first six Sam & Max episodes will introduce a brand new
audience to the popular and critically-acclaimed game series. Sam
& Max for Wii is expected to ship to retail stores worldwide
this fall, thanks to a partnership between Telltale and JoWooD/DreamCatcher.
Sam & Max's journey to the Wii console has been fuelled by fan
excitement. Just before the episodic series' PC debut, fans launched
an email campaign clamouring for a Wii version of the series.
Continuous rumours and rampant speculation online led to developer
and publisher enthusiasm for the title. With Telltale now focusing
on console development in addition to PC, the company can finally
bring Sam & Max to Wii in response to this overwhelming
demand.
The Sam & Max episodes let players guide the Freelance Police
through a series of bizarre and often side-splitting mysteries.
Sam & Max Season One has already experienced enormous success,
both as an episodic series available for download through Telltale's
website and other services, and at retail.
The Wii console is a perfect fit for the Sam & Max games. The
series' story-driven gameplay and episodic structure has often been
favourably compared to TV Sitcoms. The new Wii version will present
Sam & Max in a format that can be enjoyed from the comfort of
the living room, either alone or with a group of friends a setting
perfectly suited for this kind of experience. The game's easy-to-use
interface is ideal for a broad consumer audience.
Sam & Max first hit the indie comic scene in 1987, courtesy
of franchise creator Steve Purcell. In the twenty years since, they
have appeared in an animated TV series, an Eisner-winning webcomic,
and numerous videogames. The success of the Sam & Max
episodic series has fuelled a renaissance for the franchise.
Telltale recently released a special 20th Anniversary Edition of the
complete Sam & Max comic collection, Surfin' the Highway,
after nearly a decade out of print, and a DVD box set of the 1997
animated series has just been published by Shout Factory.
Sam & Max Season One for Wii will be published by
Dreamcatcher/The Adventure Company in North America, and by JoWooD
in Europe. In addition to English language, the game will be fully
localized in French and German, and subtitled in Italian and
Spanish. All versions are expected to ship during the fall 2008
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