SEGA explains why Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 2 isn’t being made for WiiWare
Sonic Team boss Takashi Iizuka has commented on why why Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 2 isn’t coming to WiiWare.
Unsurprisingly, the game would be much too big for the digital download service. Iizuka explained that Episode 2 will be incorporating cutscenes and some 3D visuals that simply can’t fit into WiiWare’s 40MB limit.
Iizuka said:
“Our intention was to release Episode 2 on Wii as well. But, there’s a limitation on the size of the game you can release on WiiWare. Because Sonic 4 Episode 2 has cutscenes, and the graphics aren’t 2D pre-rendered images – it’s all 3D – all those things together made the game too big to be released as a WiiWare title. So, unfortunately, this time we had to give up on releasing it on the Wii platform.”
The 40MB limitation has proven to be a big issue with developers. On the bright side, the situation should be much different for Wii U.
