Machinarium no longer coming to WiiWare, Samorost 3 possible for Wii U

Last year, XGen Studios and Amanita Design announced that Machinarium would be coming to WiiWare. We haven’t heard about the game since then… and here’s why: the game isn’t coming to the service any longer.

In a new interview, Amanita founder Jakub Dvorský critized the Wii in general for its low resolution and the WiiWare file size limit. I’m sure that the developers were having a tough time squeezing their title into the 40MB restriction.

Dvorský said:

“We don’t like Wii because the resolution is so low and there is a size limit on WiiWare of 40MB, which is so low for nowadays. It’s crazy.”

On the bright side, there’s a strong chance that Samorost 3 will be considered for Wii U:

“Of course we want to bring it to as many platforms as possible. Definitely PC, Mac and tablets – iPad and Android tablets. And hopefully also some bigger consoles. We are in contact with Sony. They are interested, so we want to bring it to PlayStation. We’re also interested in Xbox. Nintendo Wii U looks promising because it will be a powerful machine and that’s what we want.”

Thanks to Robert for the tip!