Shin’en Multimedia hinted via Twitter that they may have a game in development for PlayStation 4. In response to yours truly, the company said, “Perhaps you can play another Shin’en shooter soon on your PS4”. We reached out to Shin’en to determine the validity of the Tweet and got this in response –

“We already said in the past that we changed our engine to be able to support multiple platforms in general. We will give this new opportunity a first chance this year. More info coming soon.”

Over the course of the company’s thirteen-year history, every single one of their twenty-plus games has been released on a Nintendo platform. In fact, Shin’en developed exclusively for Nintendo handhelds until their first foray on WiiWare in 2008. Before that, they created music for GameBoy Color and GameBoy Advance games. Known projects in the works include FAST Racing Neo and an iteration of Art of Balance, both for WiiU.

2012′s Nano Assault Neo, a twin-stick shooter for WiiU

In our 2012 interview with Shin’en, we asked the developer what was keeping them from branching out to other platforms. They responded by saying, “we have developed for Nintendo platforms for over thirteen years. This is something you don’t change easily”. They cited the advent of WiiWare and the eShop for making it easy to “stay with Nintendo”. A PlayStation 4 title would certainly rock the ship, though it is not unprecedented; long time Nintendo-exclusive developer Renegade Kid recently went multiplatform withMutant Mudds.

WiiU fans, have no fear. The developer was quick to say that their two WiiU titles would not be delayed for a simultaneous release on other platforms. Hopefully we’ll be playing FAST soon! PlayStation fans, get ready. Cause Shin’en is awesome.

http://www.fanbolt.com/36958/nano-assault-developer-hints-at-playstation-4-game/

Never played Nano Assault, but Ive heard great things about the franchise. Great news for Sony fans:)

I thought Nano Assault Neo was an ok game and one of the prettier Wii U launch games. I'm not really into those kinds of retro shooters but it keep my interest and I found myself repeatedly going back in short bursts.

No one can resist the sexy black for too long.

Betrayal!

They're probably referring to a port of Nano Assault Neo, and if this is the case, I'd heartily recommend it to any PS4 owner with a fondness for shmups.

The success of Resogun starting to branch out

I concur.

Nice! Hopefully PS4 eShop gets a Nano Assault port, this game is a great shooter and would instantly be the best twin stick shooter on the PS4.

Probably a port of Nano Assault Neo. I guess it won't be hard to port because it ran on only one CPU core on Wii U.