Splinter Cell is Coming to Wii

Ubisoft has announced that it is bringing Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Double Agent to Wii this fall.

“We are very excited to bring Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Double Agent to the Wii this holiday season,” Tony Key, vice president of marketing at Ubisoft told IGN today. “The Splinter Cell franchise has always translated very well across multiple platforms and we are confident that the Wii version will continue the tradition of maximizing the capabilities of each respective video game console platform.”

Ubisoft has provided a bullet list of facts about the game.

• Dual objectives to fulfill: NSA government agents and terrorists will each want you to accomplish opposing tasks at the same time
• Discover the tension of being a double agent: Use actual tactics employed by today’s real-life double agents to sabotage the terrorists’ plans
• Explore a branching storyline with multiple endings: Your choices have an impact on how the story and game play unfolds
• A world of international espionage: Missions from all over the world, from Asia to Africa to the heart of the US. Experience extreme situations: underwater or in a sandstorm, hiding behind the dust or smoke – and even skydiving
• New authentic gadgets: Master the latest weapons and gadgets used by NSA government agents in addition to black-market terrorist weapons

The Wii version of Double Agent is not based on the Xbox 360 version of the game but on the GameCube and PlayStation 2 versions instead. This being the case, the Wii version is missing a few missions that are available only in the Xbox 360 game. That said, the game on Wii features enhancements to both graphics and gameplay.

Although Ubisoft Montreal is still testing the game for the best possible control scheme, they did reveal that it will use both the nunchuck and Wii-mote. What’s more, Ubisoft revealed one control method where you must shake the Wii controller back and forth to pick locks.

Double Agent will not feature online play on Wii, but support and downloadable content through WiiConnect24 is possible.

The game is scheduled to launch with Wii sometime this fall.