WayForward came out with Mighty Switch Force! Hyper Drive Edition for the Wii U’s launch. However, it sounds like we could have received an alternative HD title from the studio: Shantae.

WayForward’s Matt Bozon, in an interview with Nintendo Life, revealed that the initial plan was to bring out an HD Shantae title when the Wii U hit store shelves. The idea was eventually swapped though, with Mighty Switch Force! 2 taking its place.

Bozon said:

I’m looking back at concept art and creative documents — the initial germ of the project…
It looks like we started in October of 2011. We wanted to have a new HD Shantae for the launch of the Wii U, but as we drew closer it became clear that we should shift gears. We put Half-Genie Hero on low burn, and focused instead on Mighty Switch Force! Hyper Drive Edition. During that time, I kept tweaking the Shantae design and adding concept artwork here and there. We didn’t get a full team on the proof-of-concept demo (the Kickstarter video) until around E3 of this year.

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Taiko no Tatsujin Wii U boxart

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Event Photos: Nintendo Celebrates New Zelda Game for Wii U with Epic Concert Event

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Nintendo The Legend of Zelda Symphony of the Goddesses

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In this photo provided by Nintendo of America, hundreds of Zelda fans, many dressed in costume, enjoy game demos and a fan art exhibit while waiting to hear The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses performed by the Seattle Symphony in Benaroya Hall in Seattle on Sept. 12, 2013. The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD launches as a full game download in the Nintendo eShop for Wii U on Sept. 20, 2013. The packaged game launches in stores on Oct. 4, 2013. (Photo by STEPHEN BRASHEAR/Invision for Nintendo/AP Images)
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In this photo provided by Nintendo of America, The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses is performed in front of a sold-out crowd by the Seattle Symphony in Benaroya Hall in Seattle on Sept. 12, 2013. Attendees also enjoyed game demos and a fan art exhibit in celebration of The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD, which launches as a full game download in the Nintendo eShop for Wii U on Sept. 20, 2013. The packaged game launches in stores on Oct. 4, 2013. (Photo by STEPHEN BRASHEAR/Invision for Nintendo/AP Images)
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In this photo provided by Nintendo of America, Nathan Danger Sponaugle of Lynwood, Wash., enjoys playing The Legend of Zelda:The Wind Waker HD on Thursday Sept. 12, 2013. Nintendo partnered with The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses performed by the Seattle Symphony in Benaroya Hall in celebration of The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD, which launches as a full game download in the Nintendo eShop for Wii U on Sept. 20, 2013. The packaged game launches in stores on Oct. 4, 2013. (Photo by STEPHEN BRASHEAR/Invision for Nintendo/AP Images)

More Zelda: Wind Waker HD clips

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Super Smash Bros. for Wii U screenshot (9/13/13)

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Along with today’s screenshot, Sakurai shared the following message:

“Pic of the day. Here comes my Mario…NOT!”

Video: Kamiya delivers a message as The Wonderful 101 launches in North America

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The Wonderful 101 – blog post 24 now live

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Platinum Games has updated its Wonderful 101 blog with yet another post. You can find it here. Today’s update covers the game’s Wonderful Missions.

August 2013 NPD: Splinter Cell: Blacklist sales on Wii U account for less than 2% of total sales

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Splinter Cell: Blacklist launched last month in the US. Having been on the market for about a week, the game did fairly well. Total sales were under 300,000, though we don’t have the specifics.

Unfortunately, it would appear that Blacklist did terribly (that may be putting it mildly) on Wii U. According to NeoGAF poster “creamsugar”, who has pretty much always been spot on with NPD data, just 1.6 percent of the title’s sales came from the Wii U version. This would put Blacklist’s Wii U sales under 5,000 – a paltry figure, to be sure.

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