That IS an interesting reaction. I'm not going to read too much into it though.

MS certainly doesn't consider Nintendo competition in the same way they do Sony (which they are competing against on many different levels) however it IS still competition. Why put VP on Wii? For Japan recgonition? DS is enough for that.

VP no doubt would sell a lot better on Wii and that would be profitable for MS to do but it'd take away from the 360 and MS trying to make it more casual accessible so I just don't see it happening. Unless they have some more substancial back and forth going on with Nintendo that we could even guess.

ToastyJaguar I didn't and still won't expect this to happen as well, But they didn't answer the question like that without a reason don't you say? You shouldn't be to surprised if it happens.

It's pretty sad that the VP series is all that the once mighty Rareware has going these days... PD:Zero was a big let down, Kameo was eh, Grabbed by the Ghoulies a joke, and now we have a bastardized Banjo-Kazooie game coming out... when will it end! Oh, and as for Killer Instinct... i DON'T want Rare to make a new game since they'd prolly fuck that up too!

 I can tell you that i will be hugely surprised if this happens.

kind of funny that MS allows rare to make games for the DS and wii, but when Rare wants to release goldeneye for the XBLA, Nintendo acts like pricks. just goes to show who really are the "moneygrubbers" that people claim MS is.

 I agree. And on a related note, I have a bridge you may be interested in purchasing...

 Back on topic: I honestly don't know what to make of that exchange. They just finished saying that Microsoft's okay with Rare making DS games because Microsoft doesn't have its own handheld, so in that arena Microsoft and Nintendo aren't competitors. So why would you have such a bizarre response to the Wii question? The only thing that makes any sense is that the remark was an off-the-cuff one that means nothing. 

 I think Microsoft want's to tap into the Wii's causal userbase by making them buy 360's. How can they do that if they make games for the Wii? 

And the DS isn't competing with the 360 in the same way as the Wii. Making VP on DS is good for Rare, good for Microsoft and good for Nintendo, the same can't be said about a VP on Wii.

lol @ OP

"just how badly does microsoft want viva pinta to succed.."

That's the best man, almost like the other joke about Sony figuring that to sell PS3's they would start an initiative with Nintendo to bundle them with Wii's.

Well this game is much better suited for the wii than 360 so why not. :) MS could get a lot of money for a quick port.