Metro: Last Light isn’t in active development for Wii U according to global brand manager Mark Madsen. Madsen clarified that a port “could” happen, though he admitted it would be “correct” to say that it’s not a confirmed title for the console.
Madsen went on to say:
“Not at the moment, it’s not in development. If it does happen, it won’t sim-ship with the other SKUs, but if the opportunity arises we’ll take a look at it.”
Metro: Last Light was among a few third-parties games shown in a sizzle reel at Nintendo’s E3 2011 media briefing. One would think that all games shown in the video would actually be coming to the system. But even though development on a Wii U version hasn’t started, Madsen doesn’t believe showing it was untimely.
According to Madsen:
“No I don’t think it was a bit too early [to show the game at E3]. As we got along in the development process, we just really wanted to focus on what we knew, focus on PS3, 360 and PC. The verdict is out on what we can do to maximise the code for the Wii U, and we’ll see [what happens].”
These comments seem to contradict a statement from Metro: Last Light head of senior communications Huw Beynon. It was said that the Wii U version would arrive later than the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC versions, but Beynon did note that the team has been developing the Wii U title.
