Some more detail on MW3 Wii (and DS!)

by Dan on August 5, 2011

The earnings call and my podcast kind of crossed over on Wednesday, each confirming that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 would be coming out on Wii — but honestly, neither did much more than that. Understandably, a lot of people have been asking for detail on the game, so I asked around internally and bugged the production team, and here’s what I found out:

  • Treyarch is handling the Wii edition of Modern Warfare 3. They have a long history of Wii development as well as a proven Call of Duty history — to say the least! — so they’re a great fit.
  • The plan is to bring MW3 out on Wii on the same day as the other versions being developed by Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer Games, but it’s a different platform with different capabilities, so this is not confirmed yet — there’s still work to do. I’ll update you when I know more.
  • A lot of MW3 will fit into the Wii, but there may be differences. Multiplayer is confirmed for sure. When I know more about what the differences may be, I will report back.
  • There’s also a Nintendo DS edition planned, which is being developed by n-Space. They’ve done the handheld editions of COD4:MW, Modern Warfare 2, Black Ops, and World at War, among many other DS games. (You may remember my interview with n-Space’s Dan O’Leary on episode 030 of the One Of Swords Podcast, too.) So, the DS version is also in expert hands.

No soldier gets left behind, as it were. While a lot of people enjoy playing Call of Duty titles on Xbox 360, PS3, and PC, there are also Wii and DS gamers who would like to play Modern Warfare 3 on their Nintendo platforms — and now they will be able to.

I’ll try to get some more info on both the Wii and DS versions as we get closer to the November 8 launch date for MW3.

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  • Whatevs

    glad its coming to wii

  • supermcawsomevill

    I just hope for the Wii version there is split screen multiplayer.

  • xXMikester11Xx

    People say, that Wii MW3 will be coming out next year, but if you do get it. Your Clan I would recommend [KTFY].

  • Bhess94

    If that’s true, then my question should be: Is MW3 going to use most of the Wii’s RAM like BO does?

  • Reginald Pinkston

    Maybe, it depends on what goes in and if they learned anything to stop it from doing so….BO could have been a test for the Wii

  • Wiigammer96

    split, not slit…

  • tsbAwesomeX

    I want to know if there will be ground war

  • Ghhat

    There not able to do split screen..

  • Jackheaslip

    The wii is better than any other consol

  • Jackheaslip

    Ps3 copied the wii with the same controller and xbox with kinect they just want to be as good as the wii

  • Tylerwelch2710

    True, but it was charged on activision. And not sure about the rest of it.

  • LarryLaDouche

    il use examples CoD4 used nintendo wi fi connection cos it was hosted on Nintendo Servers, which was EXTREMEY laggy and had to predict where you were gonna fire, and where they were gonna be, Black Ops on Wii uses Treyarch servers, if it freezes for you, thats either a faulty disc or a faulty component in your wii. however overall we are better off with and will probably get a black circle. to test if it is ur wii or ur game that freezes, check around for another game with a black circled game. if that freezes id recommend buying a new wii, as wiis are now built with more updated components.

  • StandardDef

    Hey Dan, since your site has the only small info on the interwebs about the Wii version… have you heard anything new about it? …now that we are few days until launch, is it even coming out? hehe :)

  • Cameron_white31

    yes they are

  • Bhess94

    One game freezes. That is not faulty hardware. It’s possible it is my disc, but the disc looks fine and these freezes are only during multi player. As I have already stated, no other game has the “wi-fi compatable” logo, so there isn’t another game to try.

  • Ict For Free

    I also hope on a Screen multiplayer and Spec ops and 2 players ONLINE!! 
    I have a 4.3 Modded wii and A Regular not JAILBREAKED PS3 and JAILBREAKED PSP

  • BrandandSand

    if mw3 has splitscreen & classic controler pro, it would b jst lik the ps3 & xbox versions!

  • Braedanlynn

    a split screen multiplayer would be great and i really hope that the wii version has good graphics and that the campaign wouldnt change as much as it did on black ops

  • Nursesultzer

    i belive it might not because it will freze on mulitplayer mode

  • Nurseultzer

    the story mode will  hve somen biladen on it like 360 and ps3

  • Yea

    No not enough power, the ps3 and 360 have to turn off shadows when they play multiplayer.

  • Afars

    It is, just look at the leaked wii box covers!

  • Shaft

    Wii and PC have the most hax but PC players don’t scream like 13 year old console fags and they say gg or good game after a match so ya…

  • Aged

    Shut up

  • Walkertarius

    me 2

  • Brandon21

    NIN-FREAKING-TENDO . . . . .nice!

  • Brandon21

    first of all BO had map packs and if u had the ordassety to take great care of your wii then there would’ve been no problem with it after downloading from the SD card point blink.

    BTW, there are many other games with the nintendo wifi logo to name a few, SSBB, Mariokart, Goldeneye, the Conduit series etc. Conduit 2 had a black wifi lable as well.

    Random thought, when the wii u comes out; I wonder if Resident Evil 6 is comming out for it. I know that the Battlefield series and the Assassins Creed series are, along with the excepion of Batman Arham series. I just can’t wait to find out, i already have at least $200 set aside for the beast. 

  • Brandon21

    It just thrills the hell out of me knowing that MW3 comes out tomorow. It’s the first ever CoD Wii game (that I know of) to come out at the same time as the other console virsions. fjnfjrfhrtf . . . . . .sgsgggbgbgthgte. . . . . gedefgghrthg. . . . .  sorry I’m jittering as I’m type this just thinking about it. Ugh . . .tomorrow . . . .12:01 am . . . . UGH it’s just like wating for christmas, u simply can’t. 

  • Tylerworksalot

    i heard that theres going to b map paks for wii modern warfare 3

  • Reginald Pinkston

    oh cool. I’m hoping to pick it up thursday

  • Jordan

    Actually, that’s normal. It happens to a lot of other people including me. It’s just when the match you are in is overloaded with stuff going on. One time it froze on me because the host left. It doesn’t do any damage to the Wii, it just gets annoying.

    How often does it freeze up for you?

  • Kalanlysenko

    except black ops
    i got black ops opening day last year

  • Bhess94

    I’ve had games end due to the host dropping out, but this is different. The screen freezes and a somewhat high pitched, steady sound comes from my speakers. Only holding the power button in to turn the Wii off works. Reset or a quick push of the power button doesn’t work.
    - Saw MW3 at Best Buy today. Black “wi-fi compatable” logo in the corner. Hopefully Red Box will have it to rent.

  • http://oneofswords.com/ Dan (OneOfSwords)

    Have either of you contacted customer support to see if they are aware of the problem or have a workaround?

  • gimalol Wii sooter

    and I hope we have a killcam!
    and do we have al the killstreaks of the ps3 and the xbox360?

  • Bhess94

    I have not contacted customer support. Which CS should I contact? To me Activision seems bipolar about Wii CoD. They don’t promote it and finding info about it on the web site is nil to nothing, but every release had brought improvements and new features. I’ve tried to filter through CoD’s web forums, but haven’t found anything useful. Is Treyarch even getting credit for the Wii version? When MW:R came out, websites said Treyarch was making it, but not on Activision’s or Treyarch’s sites.

  • Reginald Pinkston

    From what I saw in videos and stuff:

    No Kill cams
    Wii is missing 3 kill streaks
    We have Clan tags now.

  • gimalol Wii sooter

    what kill streaks we’re missing?
    and again no killcams!!!!??????

  • LegitAsian

    All we want is killcams, split screens, map packs, and all that stuff like PS3 and Xbox and then if you get the classic pro controller it’ll be beast like xbox and ps3/

  • Andrepauldo

    cvm

  • Jessica

    IT HAS TO HAVE A SPLIT SCREEN!!!!!!

  • AWESOMENESS

    NO IT’S NOT!!!!!!!!

  • GABRIELBOTJERSMITH

    HELL YEAH

  • Jonver

    i like the game

  • helper1

    OH MY GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! INEVER GOT THE GAME FOR DS

  • teak black

    anybody know if the wii will get map packs this time

  • Evan Case

    EXACTLY! STRAIGHT UP

  • wesgrizz

    is mw3 going to get new maps 

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