This rumor is dumb for a plethora of reasons.
* Certain areas of the game require the double screen setup of the Wii U to function properly. Technically, they can also be played in a screen-in-screen fashsion, but this is cumbersome.
* Nobody knows how much of a success TW101 on the Switch was in the first place. We know half a million sales but we don't know neither the costs of production nor the sales expectations. Calling it a flop is nothing but a good guess with nothing to back it up.
* Wii U re-releases tend to do pretty well on the Switch and give the games a second spring.
* Nintendo and Platinum have a good relationship with one another so if Platinum really wanted to do it, I highly doubt that Nintendo wouldn't handle the publishing.
* Why even a kickstarter campaign in the first place? They are trying to self-publish games nowadays. https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-01-07-platinum-games-accelerates-self-publishing-plans-with-tencent-investment
* I also highly doubt that PS owners have any interest in this game. An install base of 100m doesn't help at all if the audience only buys FIFA, GTA and shooters. The game fits much better on a platform with an audience that is known to accept all kind of games.
* Liam Robertson is an attention whore.
* Hideki Kamiya is a master troll.
At the end of the day I counter this rumor with my own rumor:
This is nothing but a viral marketing stunt to make people talk about Kamiya, PG and TW101 so that on monday Kamiya can make a snorty post on Twitter to insult everyone who believed it.
