Suda51 admits upcoming Wii action hit was originally designed for Microsoft console
Grasshopper founder Suda51 has told MCV that he first planned for Rising Star’s No More Heroes to be an Xbox 360 title.
Speaking exclusively in the No More Heroes Recommended Extra magazine given away free in this weeks’s MCV magazine, Suda51 said:
“Originally, I’d wanted to make this game for Xbox 360, actually. [Marvelous Interactive boss] Wada-san had information about the new Wii and how the new controller would work before it came out, so that’s why he thought I should produce the game on that format.
“At the time, I didn’t really understand why, but after seeing and understanding how it works, I think it was a good choice and the controller works really well with the game.”
No More Heroes is released on February 29th.
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Comments
A mistake
I would have thought that a game like No More Heroes is more suited to 360 owners than Wii owners, no?
Re: A mistake
I agree. I'm sure the game will be great, but I just can't see it performing on Wii myself. I'd love to be proved wrong, though.
Re: A mistake
Grasshopper is a Japanese company. I can't imagine a 360 version outselling a Wii version in its home market. If the game is a hit, it might even sell more copies on Wii than there are 360 consoles in Japan.
Besides, this is something of a chicken & egg situation - the Wii can become the natural platform for games like this, but first developers have to put games like this on the Wii platform.
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