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dahuman on 11 June 2011
SEGA - Wii U due out in Spring/Summer 2012, Aliens: Colonial Marines running on Wii U dev kit, Wii still important
Source: http://gonintendo.com/viewstory.php?id=160474

 

A portion of a GameSpot interview with SEGA's Alan Pritchard...

GS: Aliens: Colonial Marines was shown during the Wii U sizzle reel at Nintendo's briefing on Tuesday. Is this game actually coming to the Wii U or was it just a prototype?

AP: Aliens: Colonial Marines for the Wii U was part of Nintendo's briefing, so that was great. And Sega and Gearbox have been fortunate enough to be involved with Nintendo from the start. It was a prototype, but we do have it playing on the [Wii U] dev kit. We need to know more about the exact launch timing [of the Wii U] and if it is something that will work for our Aliens franchise. Is it something that is going to be simultaneous? To be up there with the other first- and third-party tech demos...it's good that we're part of that thinking for the platform.

It was interesting that Nintendo didn't really talk about the Wii [during its briefing], which is obviously a platform that is still important for most third-party publishers.

We have some big titles [for the Wii]. Mario & Sonic is a semi-first-party game so that's going to be important for us this year. We do have some Wii games left in development, and we do have some Wii product in our product road map. We do have some future stuff. How the Wii lands compared to PS2...I don't think we know though about that yet. They have potential future price drops up their sleeve. But it does need new content, as well as a catalog to drive the new hardware through. Obviously, it's going to be big for this Christmas, and I think the Wii will be a very viable platform through next Christmas.

GS: Will Sonic Generations be released for the Wii U?

AP: The timing just doesn't work. Generations releases this November, and the Wii U is coming out next spring/summer. I think one of the things we don't have to do, or reduce where possible, is we don't want to port games. I think if there's going to be a Sonic game for the Wii U, it needs to be built from the ground up. It's more likely that it would be a separate stand-alone installment or in conjunction with a multiplatform release in the future. But to bring out Generations on a platform six or eight months after we release PS3, 360, and 3DS probably won't be the best strategy.

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MrT-Tar on 11 June 2011

I expected a late spring release, so I guess it looks like I wasn't too far off.




IamAwsome on 11 June 2011

I expected a holiday release



JEMC on 11 June 2011

That's earlier than what most people believe. If it's true then excellent! That June date that some shops have may be true, just after next year's E3.

And good to hear that they have Aliens running on their WiiU dev kit. Gearbox have proved to have a lot of imagination (anyone who has played Borderlands knows it) so let's hope that it turns into a reality and makes good use of the controller.



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toastboy44562 on 11 June 2011

does that mean xbox 720/ps4 in winter 2012?



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dahuman on 11 June 2011

I just know that if it's true, I'll be holding off on some console multi-plat purchases and just wait for the new console release. It looks to be able to run any current gen games easily on it without too much extra porting work.



TomaTito on 11 June 2011
dahuman said:
SEGA - Wii U due out in Spring/Summer 2012, Aliens: Colonial Marines running on Wii U dev kit, Wii still important
Source: http://gonintendo.com/viewstory.php?id=160474

 

A portion of a GameSpot interview with SEGA's Alan Pritchard...

GS: Aliens: Colonial Marines was shown during the Wii U sizzle reel at Nintendo's briefing on Tuesday. Is this game actually coming to the Wii U or was it just a prototype?

AP: Aliens: Colonial Marines for the Wii U was part of Nintendo's briefing, so that was great. And Sega and Gearbox have been fortunate enough to be involved with Nintendo from the start. It was a prototype, but we do have it playing on the [Wii U] dev kit. We need to know more about the exact launch timing [of the Wii U] and if it is something that will work for our Aliens franchise. Is it something that is going to be simultaneous? To be up there with the other first- and third-party tech demos...it's good that we're part of that thinking for the platform.

It was interesting that Nintendo didn't really talk about the Wii [during its briefing], which is obviously a platform that is still important for most third-party publishers.

We have some big titles [for the Wii]. Mario & Sonic is a semi-first-party game so that's going to be important for us this year. We do have some Wii games left in development, and we do have some Wii product in our product road map. We do have some future stuff. How the Wii lands compared to PS2...I don't think we know though about that yet. They have potential future price drops up their sleeve. But it does need new content, as well as a catalog to drive the new hardware through. Obviously, it's going to be big for this Christmas, and I think the Wii will be a very viable platform through next Christmas.

GS: Will Sonic Generations be released for the Wii U?

AP: The timing just doesn't work. Generations releases this November, and the Wii U is coming out next spring/summer. I think one of the things we don't have to do, or reduce where possible, is we don't want to port games. I think if there's going to be a Sonic game for the Wii U, it needs to be built from the ground up. It's more likely that it would be a separate stand-alone installment or in conjunction with a multiplatform release in the future. But to bring out Generations on a platform six or eight months after we release PS3, 360, and 3DS probably won't be the best strategy.

Full interview here



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Already posted this interview five hours ago. Was more interested in the underlined sentence rather than an estimated date given by Sega.



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09tarheel on 11 June 2011

That is a little earlier than I expected. But I do think it makes sense based on the relatively small Wii lineup, and that some of the 3rd Party games announced for Wii U will release on ps3/360 this year. I wonder when Nintendo will talk about the Wii U again?



dahuman on 11 June 2011
09tarheel said:
That is a little earlier than I expected. But I do think it makes sense based on the relatively small Wii lineup, and that some of the 3rd Party games announced for Wii U will release on ps3/360 this year. I wonder when Nintendo will talk about the Wii U again?


Prolly TGS or GDC



RaptorGTA on 11 June 2011

darn...I was expecting holiday 2012 release... *starts saving money now*



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