03.22.2007 UPDATE FROM BETHESDA ON PSP AND WII

Bethesda has put the Wii to shame by figuring out a way to make a PSP version of Oblivion, but they're still might make a separate unrelated Wii game in the future. An interview with Bethesda's Peter Hines gives us an update on this year's agenda:

"Is the PS3 version very different to the 360 version?

No, it's pretty much the same. It comes with the Knights of the Nine expansion because it sits very well with the game, but performance wise et cetera it's very much on a par.

Is producing a Wii game something Bethesda would like to do?

It's something we'd like to do, but unfortunately it's not a very good fit with Oblivion. Oblivion is a very demanding game hardware-wise and in terms of graphics processing and raw horsepower. It's not something the Wii was designed to do. They decided not to make the focus on raw horsepower but on interface and so forth.

It's a great console and many of us at Bethesda have one but I know that bringing Oblivion over is not possible - we'd have to do a whole new game.

Is that something you're considering?

It's something we've talked about, but I don't think you could say we're considering it. It's not in our immediate future - maybe something we'll look at somewhere down the road.

What about the PSP version of Oblivion? Is that still due in spring?

It's still in the works; the release date at the minute is TBC. It's a completely different development track. It basically uses nothing from Oblivion, it's a completely new game."

So most likely we'll have PSP Oblivion in fall, and a Bethesda Wii game next year only if we're lucky. Why not make a Mii Oblivion game? Miyamoto has joked before that Nintendo executives would load their Miis onto Hyrule when they got bored at work - a Mii Oblivion game based in already existing Nintendo worlds would be great.