Rumor: Activision was waiting on Nintendo approval to announce Call of Duty: Ghosts for Wii U
Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Rumors, Wii U | 1 Comment
Nintendo may be to blame for Call of Duty: Ghosts’ late Wii U announcement.
Ghosts was officially confirmed in May. It wasn’t until July that Activision made the shooter official for Wii U.
According to Emily Rogers, who is often spot on with Nintendo rumors, Activision was waiting for some sort of approval for Nintendo – resulting in the delay.
Forgot to share this: Reason for Activision delaying Wii U announcement for Ghosts is because they were waiting on something from Nintendo.
— Emily Rogers (@Emi1yRogers) August 20, 2013
From what I understand, Activision waited for Nintendo to give them an 'approval' on something. That delayed announcement of Wii U version.
— Emily Rogers (@Emi1yRogers) August 20, 2013
Rogers also says that when it comes to last year’s Black Ops II announcement – another late Call of Duty confirmation for Wii U – the news was withheld until Nintendo’s September conference in order to create buzz.
Delaying Blops 2 announcement was a different situation. That was strategically delayed to create buzz at Nintendo's September conference
— Emily Rogers (@Emi1yRogers) August 20, 2013
The Wonderful 101 – blog post 18 now live
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Platinum Games has updated its Wonderful 101 blog with an eighteenth post. You can find it here. Today’s update covers Wonder-White.
Watch Conan O’Brien attempt to play Splinter Cell: Blacklist
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Kamiya not making a big deal out of The Wonderful 101’s reviews
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The Wonderful 101 reviews have started to hit the net. And of course, fans are bugging director Hideki Kamiya about some of the scores the game has received over the past day or so.
Kamiya, however, isn’t big on review scores. He doesn’t care what The Wonderful 101’s Metacritic average is. He doesn’t care if one site gave the game a so-so score. Instead of relying on scores, Kamiya thinks you should rely on your own intuition and thoughts about the game (that demo sure comes in handy!).
You can find Kamiya’s tweets below (warning: one expletive).
Activision on the decision to bring Call of Duty: Ghosts to Wii U
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It took awhile, but Activision finally confirmed Call of Duty: Ghosts for Wii U last month. The game marks the series’ second entry to launch on Nintendo’s newest home console.
In a recent interview with Joystiq, Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg spoke about the decision to bring Call of Duty: Ghosts to Wii U.
Hirshberg explained that Activision is looking to help Nintendo be successful – the same approach taken with other platforms – which in turn boosts the publisher’s business. He added, “We generally try to be wherever our gamers want to play.”
Hirshberg’s comments in full:
“The driving force behind us bringing Ghosts to the Wii U is the same as every other platform, it’s just we want to do everything we can to make the first-party successful. Obviously if they’re successful, that’s good for our business, that’s been our strategy in the past, we’ve been a very kind of platform agnostic company. We generally try to be wherever our gamers want to play. So we thought if our content can help the Wii U and Nintendo gain some momentum, then we wanted to do that.
Nintendo shipping just 30,000 copies of The Wonderful 101 in Japan
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Don’t expect big sales from The Wonderful 101 when the game launches in Japan in a few days.
According to Japanese retail blog Sinobo, Nintendo will ship a measly 30,000 copies of the game. For a new, exclusive, and Nintendo-published release, that’s pretty darn low.
You can definitely say that Nintendo is playing it safe with The Wonderful 101’s initial shipment. If nothing else, the game should see a high sell-through rate.
UK software sales (Week ending 8/17) – Wii U/3DS charts
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The latest Wii U/3DS-specific UK software sales are as follows:
Wii U
1. Pikmin 3 – Nintendo
2. New Super Luigi U – Nintendo
3. Nintendo Land – Nintendo
4. New Super Mario Bros. U – Nintendo
5. LEGO City: Undercover – Nintendo
6. ZombiU – Ubisoft
7. Sports Connection – Ubisoft
8. Batman: Arkham City – Armored Edition – Warner Bros. Interactive
9. Game & Wario – Nintendo
10. Rabbids Land
3DS
1. Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Nintendo
2. Luigi’s Mansion 2 – Nintendo
3. Mario & Luigi: Dream Team – Nintendo
4. LEGO City Undercover: The Chase Begins – Nintendo
5. Mario Kart 7 – Nintendo
6. New Super Mario Bros. 2 – Nintendo
7. Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity – Nintendo
8. Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D – Nintendo
9. Super Mario 3D Land – Nintendo
10. LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes – Warner Bros. Interactive
Source: Chart-Track
