Konami mostra l'amore per Nintendo

In una recente intervista al PR USA di Konami Marc Franklin, viene messa in risalto l'amore che Konami ha verso le piattaforme Nintendo (sarà ma a me sembra che da qualche mese tutti amano Nintendo per via dei guadagni su Wii e DS - HyperCAT), dichiarando sotto le righe che presto vedremo arrivare nuovi titoli d'impatto su Wii. Viene fatto notare l'arrivo di Dance Dance Revolution: Hottest Party in esclusiva, che permetterà di giocare con un movimento completo del corpo e non più con la sola pedana.

A portion of a Gamasutra interview with Konami’s U.S. PR head Marc Franklin…

GS: Konami is having a lot of Wii and Nintendo console support right now, moreso than big-budget stuff. What is the rationale behind that?

Marc Franklin: Konami has always been a strong supporter of Nintendo platforms. We were one of the first companies to come out with original titles on the DS, we were a supporter of the GameCube, and made lots of titles for the GBA.

The Wii, I think, embraces a lot of the innovation and creativity that Konami is known for, and provides an amazing outlet for our developers to design incredible games. You’re seeing games like the next generation of DDR come out on the Wii — called Dance Dance Revolution: Hottest Party — to provide full-body immersion in a dance game.

We also partnered with Hudson recently to do some Wii games like Wing Island, and Marblemania, which is doing well. The Wii platform in and of itself echoes and provides really great creativity for Konami developers.

GS: Do you find that it’s difficult to make multiple titles on the larger consoles, given the prices associated? Or is that not a factor?

MF: We look at every franchise and console, and make our decisions appropriately based on the market and how well we can do with the business. Konami is a multiplatform publisher. We make games for every system, and when we make the games, we come out with high quality content backed up by innovative marketing.

We believe in the titles that we publish. We’ve got strong games on the 360 like Winning Eleven, and we’ve got strong games coming out for the PS3 like Hellboy and Metal Gear Solid 4. We’ve also got lots of games coming out for the Wii.

Full interview here

Fonte: GoNintendo