Mighty Switch Force! 2 wasn’t always planned for Wii U. WayForward’s James Montagna told Siliconera that the Wii U version came about due to fan feedback.
Montagna said:
“On Miiverse, the Mighty Switch Force community has been very vocal about bringing Mighty Switch Force 2 to the Wii U. We had no intentions of bringing it to the Wii U, originally. [Mighty Switch Force: Hyperdrive Edition] was an experiment, something we just wanted to try out—but [because of feedback] we are bringing Mighty Switch Force 2 to the Wii U. We caved.”
Interestingly, it sounds like Mighty Switch Force! 2 will adopt a unique style on Wii U. According to Montagna, ” it won’t be quite like Hyperdrive Edition”.
“It’s a pixel version of the game with high-definition interstitial screens, so it won’t be quite like Hyperdrive Edition or anything like that.”
Mighty Switch Force! is tentatively scheduled to arrive on Nintendo’s console in October.
Mighty No. 9’s Kickstarter campaign has been updated with several new stretch goals.
The next closest target is the boss rush mode at $2 million. Wii U, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360 versions still stand at $2.2 million, followed by a challenge mode at $2.4 million, extra end stage and boss at $2.55 million, beck & call online co-op challenge mode at $2.75 million, and PlayStation 4/Xbox One versions at $3.3 million.
3DS and PlayStation Vita versions are still absent from Mighty No. 9’s Kickstarter. However, they’re still very much in consideration. Even if they aren’t added as stretch goals, a release on handhelds could still be made a reality through “other” means.
Handhelds are still a possibility! Just because you don’t see them in this next set of goals doesn’t mean we aren’t working on this. : ) We know many of you have been asking about the possibility of Vita and 3DS versions of Mighty No. 9, so now we know the desire is most definitely there — what’s left is to figure out if the money and production realities can make this possible. We wish we could say more at this point, but we can say this: There might be other ways to make this happen (besides stretch goals) that we are currently investigating. (Or maybe it will end up being a later stretch goal after all?)
The latest Wii U/3DS-specific UK software sales are as follows:
Wii U
1. Rayman Legends – Ubisoft
2. Disney Infinity – Disney Interactive
3. Pikmin 3 – Nintendo
4. Nintendo Land – Nintendo
5. New Super Luigi U – Nintendo
6. New Super Mario Bros. U – Nintendo
7. The Wonderful 101 – Nintendo
8. LEGO City: Undercover – Nintendo
9. Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed – SEGA
10. Batman: Arkham City Armored Edition – Warner Bros. Interactive
3DS
1. Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Nintendo
2. Luigi’s Mansion 2 – Nintendo
3. Mario Kart 7 – Nintendo
4. Mario & Luigi: Dream Team – Nintendo
5. LEGO City Undercover: The Chase Begins – 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. Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask – Nintendo
Source: Chart-Track
With the next NPD report releasing on Thursday, analysts are starting to share their own estimates about the results.
Cowen & Co. has provided its own predictions regarding software sales for a number of titles. Among them include Disney Infinity at 225,000 units, Splinter Cell: Blacklist at 209,000 units, and Pikmin 3 at 185,000 units.
Console and handheld software, according to Cowen & Co., will see an increase of 21 percent year-over year. Total packaged goods sales is estimated to have risen by 18 percent. This would be the first time in two years that the US console and handheld games market would record year-on-year double-digit growth in August.
