LucasArts President Jim Ward on Nintendo's third-party relationships

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sinha said:

Nintendo:

Q Has the Wii changed the thinking in any way at LucasArts?

A No, it hasn't changed thinking. I'm excited by it. The Wii came out of nowhere. And by the way, with all due respect to Nintendo, they're not the greatest at third-party relationships because they're kind of focused on their own games. So we didn't really know a whole lot about this thing, and they weren't out there trumpeting, "We're going to broaden the industry." They just kind of let it happen. But that direction and that effort - I'm on a mountaintop cheering that on. And so . . . for us, there was a bit of a wait-and-see in terms of "Well, what in the hell is this thing even?" and "Is it going to take off?" But the minute we understood what it was, we began development.

I don't know about you, but this answer kind of upsets me about Nintendo. When the Wii-mote was shown at E3, one of the first things people were crying for was a lightsaber game. I'm sure Nintendo was busy getting all their ducks in a row, but they should've went after LucasArts quick, letting them know all the wonderful details of the Wiimote and asked them to start with a StarWars title right away.

I still think Nintendo has to work on their 3rd party relationships.