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Sid Meier's Pirates terrorizing Wii Oct. 5

Take-Two and Firaxis' acclaimed strategy game on the Spanish main setting sail for Nintendo's console in two months.

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The big holiday release from Take-Two and its recently downsized Firaxis studio is set to be Civilization V, which Sid Meier's studio is expected to release for the PC on September 21. However, that won't be the only product from the studio this fall, as Take-Two confirmed today that Sid Meier's Pirates will arrive for the Wii on October 5.

Yo ho, yo ho a Wii Pirates life for me…
Yo ho, yo ho a Wii Pirates life for me…

Pirates on the Wii is in development at 2K China, and just like Firaxis' original, it sees gamers taking the helm of a 17th-century vessel to conquer the Caribbean. Gamers can take the wheel of 27 customizable ships as part of their mission to rid the Spanish main of the nefarious Marquis de la Montalban. All the while, gamers will collect treasure, explore the open seas, and engage in wanton acts of piracy.

In addition to letting you battle pirates and colonial powers using the Wii Remote, the game incorporates a variety of minigames, ranging from swashbuckling sword fights to wooing the governor's daughter through dance. 2K China has included two Wii-specific minigames--bombardment and lock-picking--as well as other exclusive character and ship-customization options.

For an idea of what to expect from Sid Meier's Pirates, check out GameSpot's review of the Xbox edition from 2005.

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Fun game when it came out a few years ago. Should have been ported over earlier than now imo.

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pc version rocks my socks. the psp version wasnt s'bad for a pick up n'play either.

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I love this game! would have thought they would have made a new one though! it's been ported to almost every platform in existance! fantastic game though, i still play it. no better game to chill to.

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Sid Meier is determined to give pirates another go. Next it'll be the Civ games.

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can the wii play a 6 year old game..? i think it might be pushing it a bit, lol jk great game! :D

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I think I have this for my XBox, but I never played it. I wonder if it'll work on my XBox 360.I wouldn't waste my time playing this on the Wii though. I don't even see the reasoning for porting this to the Wii.

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what about the control?

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I loved pirates, from the moment i bought it on steam. Not sure about itbeing on the wii though.

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Great game.....but a 5 year old port? Not much incentive to repurchase if you already have the previous iterations. On that note, I'd love to see Firaxis go all out on a Pirates! sequel.

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soo.. they worked in these ** six years a vesion for the ** wii console?! what the?

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This is a great game and all, but as a new release, on the Wii? Not so sure at all....

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This game is only $10 on the PSP

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the wii's a lil late to the party don't ya think?

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Sid Meier's the best!

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I'm guessing this is a port building on the console version, yeah? The PC anf console versions were slightly different, remember.

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Pc version good. Wii version better!

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loved this, had it for the original xbox. don't have a wii though.

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Nice a port of a genre I don't like. 2K I assume gta and other games people like to play are not for wii. Oh wait a new carnival games is coming. Nintendo please work on the third party support.

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As if the Wii isn't already being terrorized by pirates. Sorry, couldn't resist.

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I love my Wii but man someone please stop porting games and give me something new and good on the Wii. The last game I bought was Resident Evil: Darkside Chronicles and that was November of last year.

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I can't wait,it looks good.

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Sid Meier's Pirates! is classic. Glad to see they're releasing it on another platform, giving it a wider potential audience. Just hope they don't mess it up with Wii-waggling.

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If the swordfighting is motion-controlled (and it is good) I'm THERE dude!

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This is the Wii's most high-profile, 3rd Party game coming out this fall :P. Still sounds fun, though. Pirates had always been good, though the mini-games worry me. But that's what happens when it releases on the Wii!

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OMG I remember playing this on the xbox original!

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should have just remade the game instread of rebooting imo.

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Wow this is interesting... They should reboot the game though, it was so fun when I downloaded it! If they made it with modern ideas etc., it would be a great game.

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