Chris Kohler
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Rumor: Project H.A.M.M.E.R. Cancelled

IGN says that Project H.A.M.M.E.R., a first-party Wii game announced and playable at E3 2006 last year, has been quietly cancelled. It was in development at Nintendo Software Technology Corp., the creators of Metroid Prime Hunters. Sources further claim that the team formerly working on the title is now underway with one or more efforts […]
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IGN says that Project H.A.M.M.E.R., a first-party Wii game announced and playable at E3 2006 last year, has been quietly cancelled. It was in development at Nintendo Software Technology Corp., the creators of Metroid Prime Hunters.

Sources further claim that the team formerly working on the title is now underway with one or more efforts that fall into the "expanded audience" lineup of games.

A third-person action game, Project H.A.M.M.E.R.'s name might have been R.E.A.L.L.Y. S.T.U.P.I.D., but it seemed like a decent attempt – you moved around with the nunchuk and swung your giant hammer into enemies with the Wiimote.

IGN's got its finger on the pulse of Nintendo, so they're a pretty good source for this sort of thing. Nintendo rarely announces cancellations, though – when they put the kill on their realistic baseball title for GameCube two years back, it just dropped off the release list with no explanation. We'll see what happens at E3 next month.

Rumor: Project H.A.M.M.E.R. Takes A Pounding [IGN]