Ubisoft says it was impossible for Assassin’s Creed Unity to run on Wii U

Posted 10 years ago by Brian in News, Wii U | 90 Comments

For the first time since its launch, Wii U will not be receiving any Assassin’s Creed games. This is in part due to sales. In the case of Assassin’s Creed Unity, it’s also a result of the Wii U being a bit underpowered when compared to other consoles.

Ubisoft creative director Alex Amancio explained to RedBull:

“It couldn’t, it really couldn’t. I mean this is why we from the beginning, this was going to be a new-gen-only title, because the crowds aren’t aesthetic, they actually have impact. If we did anything to hinder that or to reduce that it would have a detrimental impact, it wouldn’t be the same experience. I don’t think that would be fair to fans, to sell the same game but with different levels of experience. Even the seamless nature of the series and the scale of the game right, we couldn’t do that. We never load Paris. It wouldn’t be possible, in our minds we’d be cheating fans by providing a lesser version of the same game.”

As for Assassin’s Creed: Rogue, the same logic can’t be applied. Wii U not getting that game ultimately comes back to the point of Ubisoft being concerned about low sales.

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Lineup of supervising and development cooperating companies in Smash Bros. 3DS

Posted 10 years ago by Brian in 3DS, News | 6 Comments

Bandai Namco worked with several companies to make Super Smash Bros. for 3DS possible. Along with developer partners, supervisors were also brought in to ensure that their original games were properly represented.

Here’s a look at the full listing:

Supervisors (Original Games):

Arzest
Asobism
Camelot
Curve
Good-Feel
Grezzo
Grounding
KeysFactory
Koei Tecmo
Monster Games
Next Level Games
Omiya Soft
Paritybit
Prope
Q-Games
Red Entertainment
Retro Studios
Skip
Spike Chunsoft
Syn Sophia
Tose
Treasure
Vanpool
Vitei

Development Co-operation:

OrangeBox Co Ltd
Ritterz Inc
SmartPoint Co Ltd
Smart Technology Inc
Arca Inc
Cattle Call
Imagicadigitalscape Co Ltd/Bauhaus Entertainment
Fruit Seal
Gotoron Inc
Agni-Flare Co Ltd
Brushup Co Ltd
Tri-Crescendo Inc
Smile Technology United
Creek & River Co Ltd
Imagicadigitalscape Co Ltd (why are they listed twice?!)
Leverages Inc
Pole to Win Co Ltd
Digital Hearts Co Ltd
Adecco Ltd
E-smile Co Ltd
Tribe Co Ltd
Shantery Co Ltd
Jackalope Digital Factory
Bandai Namco Singapore Pte Ltd
Black Bandit Q Limited
Qbist Co Ltd
Opus Studio Inc
Katsugekiza Inc Motion Actors Japan
Lancarse
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