Producer believes LEGO City is Wii U’s best game, will sell consoles
Posted on March 6, 2013 by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Podcast Stories, Wii U
The first two months of 2013 have been underwhelming in terms of new retail releases for Wii U. That’s about to change this month. Need for Speed: Most Wanted U and Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate are both slated for the console. There’s also a little game called LEGO City: Undercover on the way.
It’s been a fairly long wait for LEGO City. After all, it was one of the first games announced for Wii U. But the wait may be worth it – executive producer Loz Doyle believes his project will be Wii U’s best title. Doyle also thinks that LEGO City could move consoles.
“I hope other developers don’t mind me saying this, but this is the best game on the Wii U at the moment. I think the game is eagerly awaiting by many people and I’m sure that it will sell consoles for Nintendo. I also think it’s got real long term appeal, I don’t see it getting old for the life of the Wii U so I hope it will be a huge success.”
Doyle also discussed how LEGO City couldn’t be accomplished on another console:
“I can’t imagine the game working on any other system. We’d always wanted to do a Lego City game, and we’d always wanted to work with Nintendo. The Lego and Nintendo brands are a very natural fit, I think anyone would agree. When we were first shown an early version of the Wii U, we knew they Lego City Undercover was the perfect match for the console. The available RAM on board meant we could create the city we wanted to, and the GamePad just opened up so many gameplay opportunities. We had to reign in the design team because they were coming up with so many uses for it.”
