MercurySteam has already started teasing its next game. While Dave Cox confirmed the project for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC, he also ruled out a separate version for Wii U. Cox didn’t explain why the console isn’t included in MercurySteam’s plans.
Along with today’s screenshot, Sakurai passed along the following message on Miiverse:
Watch out for the Shy Guys driving down Rainbow Road.
This week’s North American Nintendo Downloads are as follows:
Wii U Download
- Cocoto Magic Circus 2
– $29.99
Wii U Virtual Console
- Gradius – $4.99
3DS Download
- Chibi-Robo! Photo Finder – $9.99
3DS Demo
- Jump Trials Supreme
Sales
- Aqua Moto Racing 3D (Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS) – Sale: 25 percent off until Jan. 23
- Darts Up 3D (Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS) – Sale: More than 50 percent off until Jan. 30
- Code of Princess (Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS) – Sale: More than 30 percent off from Jan. 13 to Jan. 20
- Etrian Odyssey IV: Legends of the Titan (Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS) – Sale: More than 30 percent off from Jan. 13 to Jan. 20
- Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers (Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS) – Sale: More than 30 percent off from Jan. 13 to Jan. 20
Source: Nintendo PR
Over the past few years, Nintendo fans have seen Next Level Games’ work in a number of prominent titles. The studio has produced Super Mario Strikers, Mario Strikers Charged, Punch-Out!!, and Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon within the last decade.
Next Level hasn’t always worked exclusively on Nintendo products, however. The team has previously churned out titles like Spider-Man: Friend or Foe and Ghost Recon on Wii.
But things have changed. Next Level doesn’t intend to work on games for companies besides Nintendo – at least for the foreseeable future – with co-founder Jason Carr telling Gamasutra: “We are doing only Nintendo products now.”
Carr also spoke with the site about Next Level’s relationship with Nintendo:
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