THQ Nordic says de Blob was “a bit underrepresented” on Wii, cancelled online game was similar to Splatoon
Posted on July 6, 2017 by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii
de Blob didn’t achieve massive success, but the series was one of the more interesting experiments on Wii. THQ Nordic business and product development director Reinhard Pollice believes that the franchise has potentially, calling it “the perfect indie game.” Pollice added in an interview with GamesIndustry that de Blob “was a bit underrepresented on Wii,” and it should have been on Steam for the potential of being “a massive success.”
He said:
“De Blob is the perfect indie game. On the Wii, it was a bit underrepresented – it should have been on Steam in the first place, it would have been a massive success. Although it’s not that hardcore, in terms of the visual style, the mechanics are so cool and it’s so relaxing. I remember when we looked into that, I was playing it with a Wii emulator and I felt like I could play it forever.”
Back in the day, THQ was working on a different kind of game involving De Blob. The company was developing an online title that was apparently very similiar to Splatoon.
Pollice noted:
“Before THQ went bankrupt, they had an online De Blob game [in development] which was basically like Splatoon,” says Pollice. “It was never released, but I think they invested a couple of million into it. They were making it for Asia. It was pretty far [through development], it wasn’t far off soft-launch. But it was funny, because when Nintendo announced Splatoon I was like ‘hey, I’ve already seen that – that’s literally De Blob Online’.”
