Original Wonderful 101 idea was to include “an all-star cast of Nintendo characters”
The Wonderful 101 could have been a very different game. In an interview with VideoGamer, director Hideki Kamiya revealed that the original plan was to feature “an all-star cast of Nintendo characters plus characters from other games”.
Kamiya stated:
“Originally I got an order from the president of Platinum Games, Tatsuya Minami, asking me to create a game idea that had an all-star cast of Nintendo characters plus characters from other games and that’s how the project started.
“When you try and incorporate many characters with high popularity, there are fans who like certain characters more than others. I thought how I could satisfy everyone and make everyone happy and I came up with the idea of why not having everyone displayed in the game at the same time. That’s where the idea was born.”
Platinum’s original idea and resulting work were put on hold. Eventually, the studio revisited the game, but we now know things changed dramatically for the final product.
