Even though Wii has become the success story of 2008 in Japan, North America and Europe, Nintendo has no plans to ramp up development in the US (let alone that place called Europe) says senior VP George Harrison.
He told Wired News,
“I’m not aware of any plans to push for more software development here in the US. The actual decision about producing more software and who should do it is driven by Satoru Iwata and the management team, including Mr. Miyamoto, in Japan.”
So far we’ve only seen US first party Wii games come in the form of Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (developed by Texas-based Retro Studios) and Mario Strikers Charged (developed in Vancouver). There was Project HAMMER but that looks like it’s been canned.
Harrison says Nintendo looks to third-party publishers based in the US to create games for Western audiences.
“They’re doing a great job both on DS and on Wii. They tend to provide product in categories that we aren’t particularly good at doing, like sports or other genres. And since they’re Western publishers, they tend to be more in tune with Western tastes.”
נינטנדו מתכוונת לתת לחברות צד ג' לפתח את רוב המשחקים לWii.
השאלה אם אנחנו יכולים להסתפק במשחקים של EA (שהביאה את המשחק עם האונליין הכי טוב שיש בWii) וCapcom (שהביאה את Zack & Wiki וכל מילה מיותרת).
לפחות עכשיו חברות צד ג' לא יפחדו מהמשחקים של נינטנדו
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