Who's ready for another wild rumour. According to this rumour the U version of Aliens may have actually... Well read part of it for yourselves, skeptical but interesting.

"So far I think everyones in on this thing (fiasco) and not just by association but circumstance as well as a hell of alot of mis-communication.

From what I can gather this project has gone through that many restarts since it was announced its not funny – we all know this right?

However, what alot of people don’t identify (again because of general concensus) is that the Wii U version (still very much on the way), done exclusively by Demiurge studio’s, is the big version; the joint venture was banking on.

I know what you’re thinkin right? “WTF!?, how stupid, no ones adopting the Wii U, what were they thinking?” and you’d be right if it wasn’t for the fact that SEGA’s industry analysis favoured the U version, in fact the entire joint venture did.
This is because that version ports to the new consoles by Sony & MS (in the future) and thus has the tightest longevity of the product. Instead of a few months in the dying period of current gen systems, they favour a product that will last (potentally) 2-3yrs and allow for sequals.

Moving on, alot if not all the pre-production of the title was handled by Demiurge studio’s before they went onto work exclusively on the Wii U version from the ground up."

More in the link.

Hey that sounds kinda awesome :D I really hope eShop becomes THE indie platform of this gen!!!

I'll remain sceptical untill I actually see the game or reviews of it... But I think that sounds farfetched... PS360 has the bigger install base and the potential to sell the most, so why make the Wii U version that much better? I've heard it's the definitive version of the game, but I always thought that was because the visuals would be better on Wii U...

It`s taking steps to become very important to Indie games.
We still have to see how useful that Unity deal will be to Nintendo but also Iwata said something about showing what Nintendo has done to increase the number of indie 3rd parties.

My guess is GDC will show what Iwata was talking about.

It seems like Nintendo at least is trying to make the perfect platform for indie games to be released on... You got a free engine together with the dev kit AND you get to set your own prices and sales :P pretty awesome!!

It is!

I just don`t understand why Nintendo never advertises these kind of games or VC games aswell.
If all parents know is that each game on a Wii U costs 59/69, they will think twice in buying a new console for their kids or themselves. But if they were made aware that there are good, cheap games - probably games they played as kids - it make the console more attractive.

well, I think we all agree that Nintendo's marketing at the moment sucks... Let's just hope this'll improve over time!!

What marketing? :D

Exactly ;)

3DS 3rd party Nintendo Direct incoming. When`s it going to be? My guess is that it will be announced tomorrow... for tomorrow! :)

US Luigi`s Mansion: Dark Moon

Link: http://youtu.be/1Wgp5wVgNnU