UPDATE : US RELEASE CONFIRMED! One Piece announced for WiiU (and PS Vita/PS3)

[Mr Khan]

ryuzaki57 said:

So, what do make of this?

- Nintendo moneyhatted timed exclusivity for Red World on 3DS, likely to undermine PS3/Vita sales in the holiday period. Therefore, there might multiple cases of games ported to Vita in the future (Titan, Amazones...) and thus further advantage for Vita on 3rd party software front.
- Nintendo is starting to moneyhat Japanese devs to get ports for WiiU. It this case that opens the way for more Bamco games for U in the future (possibly Tales of Zestiria).

I somehow doubt it's the latter. It's likely more because Bamco knows that console games sell better in the West than in Japan, so if they want to invest in the game, they might as well put it on the console companion to the handheld (Nintendo probably does make it easier for companies to do that than it otherwise might be, but they're not directly paying for it).

I wouldn't say no to Nintendo moneyhatting a Tales Of port for the West, though. A few new Tales games wouldn't go amiss on my end.