WiiLoaded.com - Wii Forum and News

Elebits Not for Launch
Konami's innovative new Wii game sees a three or four week delay.
by Matt Casamassina

November 8, 2006 - Although Konami previously announced that it intended to launch its quirky and innovative new Wii title Elebits with the debut of Nintendo's new system, it looks like the game will be delayed by a few weeks. According to a spokesperson for the company, the title will now ship during either the week of December 12 or December 18 depending on whether or not Nintendo approves its latest build submission. The title is more or less complete, but it cannot go into manufacturing until it is evaluated and approved by the ever-watchful quality detectives at Nintendo of America.

Elebits thrusts players into a first-person view and challenges them to use a capture beam device, which can manipulate gravity, to find hidden creatures called Elebits scattered around 3D kitchens, living rooms, backyards and neighborhoods. The title uses complex physics to simulate real-world weight so that each object in the game has different beam attributes.

IGN Wii will have much more on Elebits in the coming weeks. Stay tuned.

I'm hoping to get Wii at launch but I wasn't gonna get elebits....maybe.....I'll think about it.....

I kinda thought this was going to happen when I tried to preorder the game with the Wii, but they said it wasn't going to hit their shelves till early December. Could EB have precognative powers? lol

The game sounds cool... too bad about the delay. You'd think that Konami would want to avoid this kinda thing...

yea, but it won't effect me luckily.

i was only gonna rent, so it doesnt effect me.

I wasn't going to pick rhis game up, anyway, so it really doesn't concern me much.

The game sounded interesting, but my suitemate's already banned me from playing it in our common room (she's terrified of tiny creatures - real, plastic, flashes of light - all of them). So even if I do end up getting it with the Wii, I'd have to wait til Christmas to play it, anyway.