[Wii U] Kojima Productions not considering a Wii U version of Metal Gear Rising

[Wii U] Kojima Productions not considering a Wii U version of Metal Gear Rising

Kojima Productions' next release is Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, which is being developed by Platinum Games for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, and the game itself is nearly finished. Many gamers have been wondering if it will make its way to the Wii U, sadly that will not be the case.

Yuji Korekado, employee at Kojima Productions, has revealed that the core reason for the lack of Wii U version is their inability to comprehend the GamePad as a controller apparently.

"One of the strongest appeals of the Wii U is the GamePad. However, we've constructed Metal Gear Rising so you can fully enjoy the game on the controllers whether it's on the PS3 or the Xbox. So, currently we aren't thinking about Metal Gear Rising on the Wii U."

Its puzzling, and ignorant, logic if you ask me. This isn't just from someone who is a Wii U enthusiast, this is also from someone who'd love to see some of these companies thrust from their comfort zone. The Wii U's GamePad features twin sticks, shoulder buttons, d-pad and regular button functionality. The only difference is the screen in the middle of the controller.

Let's not even mention the fact that the Wii U also has a Pro Controller, which is very similar to the Xbox 360 that Korekado seems fond enough of.

We'll also ignore that Platinum Games is developing Bayonetta 2 exclusively for the Wii U, a game that could be compared to Revengeance in many ways.

Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance will make its way to PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in America on February 19th, 2013 and in Europe on February 22nd, 2013.

Thanks for the heads up, Destructoid

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[PC, PS3, X360] BioWare Considering Alternate Mass Effect 3 Ending

[PC, PS3, X360] BioWare Considering Alternate Mass Effect 3 Ending

Despite almost universal critical acclaim and selling around 2.5 million copies in its first week, it seems Mass Effect 3 is mired in more controversy than one would ever expect from a game with such remarkable achievements. While most agree that the journey to the series' finale is well worth experiencing, the game's ending has left a lot to be desired for the vast majority of fans. So much so, in fact, that fans have banded together to raise money for the Child's Play charity in hopes of encouraging BioWare to release an alternate ending as downloadable content (almost $70,000 has been raised).

In a statement on the developer's Facebook page, BioWare says that it has heard the fans' cries and is at least considering the possibility of an alternate ending. "We would like to clarify that we are actively and seriously taking all player feedback into consideration and have ruled nothing out. At this time we are still collecting and considering your feedback and have not made a decision regarding requests to change the ending," read the statement.

Do you think Mass Effect 3 needs a new ending, or would you rather BioWare leave it the way it is?

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RE: [PC, PS3, X360] BioWare Considering Alternate Mass Effect 3 Ending

(03-19-2012 09:46 PM)Cubroso Wrote:  

(03-19-2012 09:00 PM)GlueGun18 Wrote:  Do you think Mass Effect 3 needs a new ending, or would you rather BioWare leave it the way it is?

Either way, they'll be continuing their slow, painful venture downhill.

I wonder if they know that there isn't really a rock at rock bottom?

Ah yes, the typical nonsense to attempt to try to knock them down while they're on top. Mass Effect was an outstanding trilogy with a disappointing ending that has been blown way out of proportion. There are a lot of people who want BioWare to fail just because they are EA property now, that much is clear.

A 94% aggregate score and 2.5 million copies sold in a week. Truly rock bottom.

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They had to deal with some bad PR after the abysmal Dragon Age 2, but luckily the Mass Effect franchise had strength to push beyond that. However, now you see the Twitter account constantly addressing people with stuff like 'We have passed your concerns about the ending onto the developer' and with all the outlets posting about the ending controversy, I think BioWare's position has been cast into doubt. Honestly, they've been off their game for awhile and Mass Effect 3 was a pretty solid game but the ending absolutely pissed over the trilogy.

I can still recommend people play the trilogy, but I just warn them to go into Mass Effect 3 prepared for an absolutely boring ending that will be essentially the same no matter what option they choose and nothing will really be explained.

RE: [PC, PS3, X360] BioWare Considering Alternate Mass Effect 3 Ending
The quality of their games the last year (DAII, SWTOR, ME3) has degraded somewhat from earlier games in their respective series, but I find people are over-exaggerating this fact because Dragon Age II was a massive step backwards from Origins and ME3 had a bad ending.

They need to step away from Mass Effect and Star Wars for a bit and concentrate on some new IPs, which is what I feel they do best (if only because the expectations are more reasonable). Or do Jade Empire 2.

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[Multi] Swery considering new games, more Deadly Premonition on the cards

[Multi] Swery considering new games, more Deadly Premonition on the cards

I don't think I'm alone in being surprised at how popular Deadly Premonition has become. The sleeper hit has a future as well, thankfully. The creator, Hidetaka Suehiro, who is also known as 'Swery' has announced intentions to start some new projects, which will also include more Deadly Premonition.

The creator told Metro that he has some new ideas flowing and that he is currently "making a storyline for a completely new game." Fans of Deadly Premonition will be excited to hear that he is [i]"trying to think of ways to create a sequel, that's definitely on the table, trying to create a prequel is also definitely on the table; and also a projet to have more people play Deadly Premonition."

He didn't have much more to say than that, so eager fanatics can start playing their guessing games. Maybe the west will finally see the release of the PS3 version of Deadly Premonition, which is currently only out in Japan. The previous issue that Swery had was that any new projects required money, which isn't a problem after the success of Deadly Premonition and now several publishers have been in contact with his company.

The original Deadly Premonition is available now on Xbox 360.

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Square Enix considering Wii U-compatible Dragon Quest X [update]

by JC Fletcher on Jun 22nd 2011 10:00AM

During a shareholder meeting, Square Enix president Yoichi Wada noted that Square Enix is considering a Wii U version of its upcoming Wii RPG Dragon Quest X. According to a transcript of the proceeding, an investor asked Wada if he believed it was time to make the game for Wii U instead of the original Wii.

Instead of releasing it only on the successor system, however, Wada said that Square Enix was in the midst of "technical investigations" on how to support Wii U, and stated that the company "must consider" compatibility with both systems.

While the Wii might be on its way out, Enix's SOP with the series has always been to wait for an established, high-selling platform to emerge, and then put the game on that. A multiplatform release would be enough of a break from that tradition; we wouldn't expect Square Enix to stray so far as to launch the game only on a new platform.

[Update: The blog that provided the transcript has since clarified the statements, reporting that Wada was talking about Wii U experiments separate from Dragon Quest X, and not DQX on Wii U.]

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