Ubisoft on Wii U and 3DS support, not ruling out Rayman Legends for 3DS, Prince of Persia talk

Posted on September 25, 2013 by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, News, Wii U

CVG has published a new interview with Alain Corre, Ubisoft’s executive director for EMEA territories. The site managed to slip in a few questions about Wii U and 3DS support – including Rayman Legends for Nintendo’s handheld – and also asked about the future of Prince of Persia.

Read on below for Corre’s responses.

First, Corre said the following when asked why Rayman Legends hasn’t been released on 3DS:

“When you look at Rayman Legends you see it’s a very big game with a lot of levels. The graphics in 2D are also second to none. So, it takes time to squeeze everything and downsize it onto other formats. But we’re not ruling anything out for that format. We can’t say anything more for the moment, but we can’t rule the format out.”

And regarding future 3DS support in general:

“The 3DS is a big success, it’s selling a lot of machines in a lot of countries and if we consider a franchise, game or gameplay style that can be developed for it, we’ll consider it.”‘

Moving on to Wii U, Corre spoke about the publisher’s plans for the console going forward:

Actually, I think Rayman Legends is really defining what the quality of the Wii U is. Huffington Post was saying it might be the best platformer ever created, we agree (laughs). It can really show what the Wii U is, when you play with the second screen on the GamePad, I think it’s some of the best laughing moments you can have while playing agame.

We believe the Wii U has real potential and power. A machine works when you have great content on it, we feel Rayman was one, Just Dance is another one coming, with Donkey Kong and Mario from Nintendo also.

Lastly, Corre said the following about the status of Prince of Persia:

Prince of Persia is and has always been a very important brand for Ubisoft. We are iterating on all our games and we are analysing when the best moment is to bring a new game in the franchise out and see what is comeback that is best suited for it. But, definitely, Prince of Persia is one our best brands. We want to protect it and want it to impress when it comes back.