Interviews Archive

Resistance developers, Insomniac Games have shared their thoughts on the Wii U while speaking to Industry Gamers. CEO, Ted Price explained to the gaming website his initial thoughts on the Wii U: “I was surprised. I wasn’t expecting a handheld controller of that size, and I wasn’t expecting a touch screen, so I think all of […]

While speaking to the French website écrans Shigeru Miyamoto explained that he was less involved in the development of the Wii U than he was with Nintendo’s two previous consoles. He was directly involved in the development of the Wii and GameCube systems but this time around he took a more advisory role. “For the GameCube and […]

In an interview with French newspaper Liberation, Miyamoto explained that the Wii U would inspire developers to create new types of games. When asked whether the uniqueness of the Wii U would make development for the console more complex Miyamoto said: “It will not be difficult. In a way, it will be even easier because […]

CEO of EA, John Riccitello is happy with the Wii U’s release date arguing that rather than it being too early in comparison to the PS3 and 360 it is actually perfect timing. When asked whether Nintendo were off cycle for releasing the Wii U midway through the PS3 and 360’s lifetime, Riccitello had this […]

In an interview with NintendoGal, Nintendo of America’s director of marketing seemed pretty confident that the Wii U would bring back the ‘core gamer’ “The Wii U and some of the games we showcased at our E3 Media Briefing will definitely bring back the core gamer,” Amber McCollom, director of marketing said. “A number of titles we […]

The Tokyo Games Show (typically abbreviated as TGS) is often thought of as Japan’s E3. David Reeves, the head of Capcom Europe, has hinted that Capcom might have a Wii U project to show off there. Capcom haven’t announced anything officially on Wii U. I think they have done prototypes. There are only so many […]

Ignition Entertainment’s El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron is an upcoming game for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. But a recent comment made by their director of business development, Shane Bettenhausen, reveals that they may consider bringing the game over to the Wii U. I think first we’ll probably do more of spin-offs… whether that’s […]

Yves Guillemot was recently interviewed by the Swedish site Aftonbladet. Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed project for the Wii U came up, and Guillemot confirmed that it won’t be a port of the upcoming Assassin’s Creed: Revelations for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, while declining to elaborate any further. Aftonbladet: We saw something about a new Assassin’s […]

While speaking to Industry Gamers, Eiji Aonuma stated that he has been working on the Wii U in some capacity for about two years. He was often asked how Zelda would work on the Nintendo Wii U which resulted in the HD Zelda experience that we saw at E3. You know, that beautifully detailed demo of […]

Ubisoft’s Far Cry 3 is set to release on the PS3, PC and 360 in 2012. However, a Wii U version does not seem to be on the menu, for now at least. When asked whether Wii U owners would be getting the game the response wasn’t too promising. “That all remains to be seen, […]