Nintendo Wii U (Thread 2!)

[Brad]

I don't get the delay. That seems like a deliberate... message of some sort to Nintendo doesn't it? Otherwise why the delay? here you have a new platform with the usual drought that all new platforms experience and you have a highly anticipated title almost ready to go and you delay it. Why would you do that?

[Adam Stone]

Plus now same week as GTA! It's like they are digging their own grave....

[ETC]

I don't get the delay. That seems like a deliberate... message of some sort to Nintendo doesn't it? Otherwise why the delay? here you have a new platform with the usual drought that all new platforms experience and you have a highly anticipated title almost ready to go and you delay it. Why would you do that?

Probably a lesson for letting them only sell Zombi-U on the store between 11pm and 3am, you never see a Nintendo game that is an 18+ do you

[Adam Stone]

Haha! Good point :-p

I am pretty gutted about this news. The demo for Rayman is seriously fantastic and has been my most anticipated game for a wee while now. Even booked a couple days off work!

On a less selfish note, it's great more people will get to play this - and i appreciate releasing at the same time will ultimately help sales overall, however it is frustrating that a two week wait has suddenly changed to 7months... That sucks :-(

[fishbowlhead]

I don't get the delay. That seems like a deliberate... message of some sort to Nintendo doesn't it? Otherwise why the delay? here you have a new platform with the usual drought that all new platforms experience and you have a highly anticipated title almost ready to go and you delay it. Why would you do that?

From what i understand Ancel's team is very small, maybe it was delayed anyway but to soften the blow they decided to multiplatform it?.

[_SD_]

I find it a strange decision. Is it really worth sitting on a completely finished(?) game for just short of seven months, rather than have two different marketing campaigns? Maybe Ubisoft's financial department have decided this is the case.... but that seems strange considering that the WiiU version has the most features and you'd expect that's the one they'd be pushing the most.

Maybe it has something to do with the iToys that were shown in the initial demo? If Ubisoft have decided that it's not worth the investment to produce them just for the WiiU, then they'll have to create NFC base stations for the PS3 and Xbox.

Who knows, but I'm not impressed. And explaining to your son that the game has been delayed past the Summer Holidays and won't be available until he's started Year 5 for a couple of weeks..... that's like infinity to an eight year old.

[originalbadboy]

I suspect it may be Nintendo delaying it as they know they have very little coming out on the WiiU from September onwards ...

It wouldn't surprise me

[parkinho]

I like Nintendo games and hardware.

I like turtles.

[Judge]

I find it a strange decision. Is it really worth sitting on a completely finished(?) game for just short of seven months, rather than have two different marketing campaigns? Maybe Ubisoft's financial department have decided this is the case.... but that seems strange considering that the WiiU version has the most features and you'd expect that's the one they'd be pushing the most.

I suspect that the plan was always that Ancel's team would finish the Wii U title and then spend six months porting it to the other systems. Their finance department will have simply decided that the Wii U sales weren't worth weakening the launch on other systems with the perception of an old title; lower than expected sales of Sonic Racing on the Nintendo system may have played a part.

Given the performance of Origins, the dilemma facing Ubi Soft was probably between selling stuff-all and selling 25% of stuff-all.

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Can't find a thread for Ninja Gaiden 3: Razer's Edge but it's on the way to PS3 and 360 in April (Japan) with extra content.

Seems a bit pointless for this game really but I wonder if we'll start seeing more third party Wii U games jumping ship as the publishers can't be selling that many at copies the moment.

To answer my own question, yes we will.

[Family Fry]

Man the Wii U and Nintendo just keep giving.
Enjoy Monster Hunter people.

Monster Hunter series producer, Ryozo Tsujimoto, shared the information with Gamereactor in a recent interview. This means that American players will not be able to play online with European players, and neither one will be able to play with Japanese players . Capcom have since confirmed the news on their forums.

[Cornflakes]

Man the Wii U and Nintendo just keep giving. Enjoy Monster Hunter people.

But Monhun tri, on the wii, was also locked into regions. Not 100% sure, but i think the same was also true for the ps2 games.

[kryss]

Yeah sadly no surprise there.

[yesteryeargames]

I dont mind if its multi format but its retarded beyond belief to delay the wii u finished version ,

I knew it wouldn't be long before a version of the came out lol-

http://youtu.be/wcRnNoLAfDE

Pre order cancelled and I won't be buying any more ubisoft games again
Certainly not new copies they won't get a penny off me again .

[dataDave]

They're a wank firm anyway.