Interviews Archive

Irrational has no plans for a Wii U game (yet)

While speaking to IGN, Ken Levine made it clear that Irrational Games has nothing in the works for the Wii U. Even though, he was quite impressed with the console and appeared in Nintendo’s Wii U third party software video back at E3. He did say that it was a possibility but that they were […]

Rovio: Angry Birds and the Wii U are a “natural match”

The creator of the Angry Birds phenomenom has said they are looking into bringing new Angry Bird experiences to consoles. Though they haven’t specifically looked into the Wii U, vice president of franchise development, Ville Heijari has said that Angry Birds and the Wii U are quite a good match. “We really haven’t looked into the […]

Crytek are hoping for a ‘core gaming’ market on Wii U

Crytek are hoping that there will be a core gaming market on the Wii U. In an interview with NowGamer, Carl Jones said that the Wii U is a platform that they are really interested in and that they hope there is a market for a core gaming experience on the console. When asked about core gaming […]

Naughty Dog: There’s nothing the Wii U has that the PS3 and Vita don’t

Uncharted developer, Justin Richmond has shared his thoughts on the Wii U in an interview with NowGamer. Though he admitted his interest in Nintendo’s newest home console he said that there was nothing the Wii U had that the PS3 and the Vita didn’t. “To be honest with you, the idea of it is very, […]

Confirmed: The Wii U will not run Wii games in HD

This is quite an old story, but I somehow missed it completely when it first ran, and I know that I’m not the only one that did – there was some discussion on the forums about it earlier this week. It’s right up there in the title – the Wii U will be fully backwards-compatible […]

Gearbox: Wii U is a ‘stop-gap’ between this gen and the next

In an interview with IGN, Gearbox Software’s, Brian Martel, shared his views on Nintendo’s next home console. “Right now we’re still finding out what kind of final tech specs the Wii U is going to have,” said Martel. “But we like the system a lot; we think it’s going to be a really cool stop-gap in between […]

Vigil Games discusses Darksiders 2 on the Wii U

Darksiders 2 is one of the upcoming third party games coming to the Nintendo Wii U. In a recent interview, Vigil Games discussed the development of Darksiders 2 for the Wii U and a few titbits on how Darksiders 2 will interact with the controller. They mentioned that it took them a week to get the […]

EA CEO shares why the Wii U is so impressive

One of the Wii U’s biggest supporters are EA who were actually up on stage with Nintendo during their E3 2011 press conference. In an interview with Industry Gamers John Riccitiello shared why he was so taken with the Wii U. “It’s a high definition platform and I love the controller. I just think it’s cool. […]

Xseed: The Wii U “demonstration was very impressive”

Recently I have wiling away the hours on my DS playing Solatorobo: Red the Hunter. What has that got to do with anything, you ask? Well, Xseed, the company responsible for publishing said game when it hits North American shelves this fall, have shared their views on the Wii U. Xseed, for those who don’t […]

Wii U will support 3D output (but Nintendo isn’t focusing on it)

It’s good to finally have an answer to a question many have been asking since the 3DS’s debut: will the Wii U be able to output a 3D signal to 3D TVs? Iwata’s official answer to that question is “technologically, yes, it is going to be possible, but that’s not the area we are focusing […]