Castlevania producer: No Lords of Shadow for Wii/DS to avoid “family friendly version”
The Castlevania series has been well represented on Nintendo systems, especially in recent years. Three titles in the franchise have been released on the DS while the Wii has been treated to an original fighter as well as a number of classic games made through the Wii Shop Channel. The latest Castlevania title, Lords of Shadow, was announced two years ago, but there was never even a peep that it would ever come to the Wii or DS.
So, why was did the developers decided against creating a different version for either Nintendo system? According to Lords of Shadow producer Dave Cox, the team “didn’t want to do a family friendly version.”
“…The reason we didn’t do Wii or DS, or anything else like that, is because we wanted to bring it into the mainstream. And in many ways mainstream gaming is Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. We didn’t want to do a family friendly version. This is a pretty dark game and just wouldn’t work on the Nintendo systems.”
