Alright so growing up Nintendo always had one strong developer who never lost faith. A developer who brought the biggest film franchise in the world to gaming, a company that actually succeeded and turning a film franchise into a super power in the games industry. Whether it be playing Super Star Wars on SNES to Shadows of the Empire on N64 and Rogue Squadron on N64/GameCube.
Lucas Arts was always a massive Nintendo supporter but during the GameCube generation Nintendo' lost support from Lucas Arts. Their were a few reasons but the big one was Nintendo's choice not to go online. Lucas Arts had negotiated with Nintendo but Nintendo did not meet Lucas Arts demands and after the third Rogue Squadron Lucas Arts ditched Nintendo's platform. With the Nintendo Wii Lucas Arts did finally make a return but not like they used to. Instead of the old Lucas Arts high quality AAA software coming Nintendo's way Nintendo received cheap ports.
Nintendo seems to still have trouble getting Lucas Arts back and Star Wars continues to be a very powerful gaming IP. So should Nintendo do everything possible to get Lucas Arts back? Personally I know Nintendo is making huge moves to open up their online system. Making their online network similar to PC's enabling developers to do what they want online. I am thinking that Nintendo needs to guarantee Lucas Arts support day one. My biggest move would be to get The Old Republic oon WiiU. We know WiiU can handle MMO'S so bringing the Old Republic over would be a no brained. Then Nintendo could invest in LucasArts. We know Microsoft has invested a fortune in the new Kinect title what is stopping Nintendo from investing a million or two in bringing an exclusive StarWars title to WiiU? I would say Rogue Squadron 4 and StarWars:BattleFront3 would make WiiU an amazing home for the StarWars franchise. Nintendo needs some exclusive Star Wars games as well as some multiplat ones.
What do you think could Lucas Arts return as a massive Nintendo supporter help WiiU sell? Would you personally like to see Rogue Squadron 4 , Battlefront3 and The old Republic released on WiiU alongside maybe a new exclusive? Or does Lucas Arts simply not matter in the scheme of things?
-JC7
"In God We Trust - In Games We Play " - Joel Reimer















