October 10th, 2012

Why is Rayman Legends a Wii U exclusive?

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Rayman Legends has been delayed, but it’s still an exclusive for the Wii U. Why is this though? According to Chris McEntee, a level designer for the game:

Well, technically we could to it with SmartGlass [for Xbox 360] and with the Vita being linked to the PlayStation 3. The possibility could be there, but we chose to really focus on Wii U specifically because it has a special toolset, and because everyone that buys it gets what they need to play the game.

And:

We don’t want to have the player dependent on other technology that they have to purchase to make sure they can play the full experience. Here you buy the Wii U system, you buy the game, and you can experience all of the content without extras. And we didn’t want to give somebody half of the experience just for the sake of getting it out on another console. We want the player to get everything that we have to offer them from this game.

It still wouldn’t surprise me though if the game appears elsewhere in the future.

(via nintendoeverything.com)

  • mr L

    David, y u no be surprised if this no an exclusive?

  • non silly person

    im sorry but technically thats a LIE nether smart glass or vita are like wiiu that is technically lying massive lag and massive screen lag and all manner of other issues

    vita own screen lags like hell and vitas ps3 link lags like hell smart glass lags like hell on steroids and nether the vita or a smart glass tablet can be held in the hands in the same way gamepad is

    lol at vita acting likev a wiiu gamepad in real time AINT EVER GUNA HAPPEN TECHNICAL FACT

    and smart glass ARE U KIDDING Mii NEXT THEY WILL TRY TELL ME KINECT IS IN ANY WAY RELEVANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    ubisoft technically u stink!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • Ziggy

      The Ps Vita probably has a high refresh rate screen, but just decent. Smart Glass is ok.

      But they all have something in common.

      Smart glass controller = Phone (Windows Phone?) but currently not used for gaming

      Ps Vita and PS3 could work very good

      Wii U will work

      Dual Screen = Same Concept

    • BellaKazza

      Wait, wait, wait.
      Smartglass isn’t even avalable yet, is it?

    • Ziggy

      That’s why I said Currently

    • batman

      You probably have no idea of smart glass or vita, both could be used nearly without lags if the software connecting the devices is written well. Actually Vita – Ps3 is the better Version of the Wii U Concept since it’s a handheld,too and smart glass is a different approach since it uses the devices most of the people own, there are over 400 million devices that will support smart glass. The problem with smart glass is, that it is only a touchscreen, not a controller and you can’t play with a tablet and a controller at the same time without switching all the time between those two. That would be pretty annoying. Ps Vita + Ps3 and Wii u would work the same, but it would be a gimmick used by a few million people who own a vita and ps3.

    • lonewolf090

      400million devices i don’t have and think are pointless ill stick with a pc instead of buying tablets

    • http://www.facebook.com/JonathanRider Johnny Rider

      Vita/Ps3 isn’t better, the connection between Wii U and the Gamepad means little to no lag. Vita would have quite a bit as it connects by wifi. The same goes for Smart Glass and as you pointed out with the latter you’d also have no buttons/analog sticks. Wii U is and probably always will be the best option for touchscreen game play. Not to mention the Wii U Gamepad is made specifically for this type of game play the other aren’t.

  • Ziggy

    This came form Nintendo Power

  • Luciano Fran

    hmmmmm……
    looks like its compensating for something

  • Carlos

    Sooo, is exclusive because Nintendo make the technology a standard while Sony y ME make it a gimmick.

    I´m cool with that

    • lolatqwop

      How did Sony make it a gimmick?

    • Tails the Foxhound

      What games still support Sixaxis again?

  • Hybrilynx

    i remember kid icarus was supposed to be like the 3ds game. then it came out 1 year later.

    • DonnyKD

      What?

    • hhuhhu

      I REMEMBER KID ICARUS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE THE 3DS GAME. THEN IT CAME OUT 1 YEAR LATER!

    • Total911

      Also this is hilarious. XD

    • Total911

      I think you mean the Kid Icarus NES game for the 3DS virtual console was supposed to come out the same day as the 3DS game, but that’s not what it meant at all. People who PRE-ORDERED Kid Icarus Uprising got Kid Icarus as a free reward, and people who didn’t had to wait to buy the NES game until it was released on the Virtual Console service.

  • http://www.facebook.com/JonathanRider Johnny Rider

    This is quite admirable, in this day and age of big companies doing anything to squeeze a little extra out of customers I wouldn’t be surprised if some companies brought out games that forced people to have to buy a tablet or a Vita to play the game.

  • Rayman Rules

    You forgot that it sold best on Wii because of the lack of good games for a while. heck i bought it. was stunned by it’s great graphics and art style ad this one looks just as interesting. Meaning i won’t finish it.

  • Tails the Foxhound

    Ubisoft, aiming straight for the hearts and wallets of the Nintendo faithful.