When the Wii was selling like hotcakes in the mid to late 2000s, there were plenty of attempts to shrink what developers were doing on more powerful consoles like the Xbox 360 and PS3 down onto Nintendo’s revolutionary motion-controlled console. Repeated attempts to translate the most cutting-edge games of the generation to a console far less capable resulted in many forgotten ports. Wii versions of showcase games like the original Dead Rising and Call Of Duty 4 all saw huge drawbacks when they arrived on Wii, making them the least desirable way to experience them.
When EA announced that Dead Space was coming to the Wii 15 years ago, players expected another down-scaled direct translation of everything that made Visceral’s survival horror game an instant classic. Instead, co-developers EA Redwood Shores and Eurocom went in a wildly different direction that leveraged the Wii’s unique strengths while retaining the terrifying vibes the series was known for. Dead Space: Extraction is not only a fantastic prequel to Dead Space, it's also one of the Wii’s coolest exclusives.
