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Luc Bernard discusses his ill-fated WiiWare projects, has plans for Wii U, but not 3DS
A portion of a Nintendo Life interview with dev Luc Bernard...
Nintendo Life: Whatever happened to the Nintendo versions of Eternity's Child and Mecho Wars?
Luc Bernard: They never saw the light of day, sadly. In the case of Eternity's Child, WiiWare publisher Alten8 never finished porting it. Mecho Wars ran on Wii, but WiiWare was simply not profitable enough to make it worth releasing — that's why it ended up on the PSP and PS3 instead.
Nintendo Life: Nintendo has recently changed its stance on indie developers and has become a lot more accommodating — what are your thoughts on this? Have the recent changes encouraged you to revisit Nintendo platforms?
Luc Bernard: I will be honest, I like the Wii U but the publisher I was working for this year was not interested in a Wii U version of the game I was working with them on. As a designer I think it's a neat machine, but it's very hard for most publishers to want to make a financial investment in the Wii U.
As for myself, I have no plans to release the new Mecho Wars on Wii U. However, that doesn't mean I'm ignoring the system — I've recently decided to crowd-fund Imagination Is The Only Escape. Now that I can finally get it out independently, if we raise enough funds I want to do a Wii U version, since I believe everyone has to try that title. It is such a important game for the industry as a whole.
Nintendo Life: What are your future plans for the Wii U and 3DS eShops?
Luc Bernard: As I said, I would like to do a Wii U version of Imagination Is The Only Escape if we manage to meet our funding goal, since it would be a perfect fit for the console. As for the 3DS, sadly I don't think any game I make can run on it. You may think that sounds silly, but games with huge 2D textures take up a lot of memory and then to port it to a platform like the 3DS takes time. If a publisher wanted to port one of my games to the 3DS I would of course say yes, but I certainly couldn't do it alone.
Full interview here
Nintendo Life: Whatever happened to the Nintendo versions of Eternity's Child and Mecho Wars?
Luc Bernard: They never saw the light of day, sadly. In the case of Eternity's Child, WiiWare publisher Alten8 never finished porting it. Mecho Wars ran on Wii, but WiiWare was simply not profitable enough to make it worth releasing — that's why it ended up on the PSP and PS3 instead.
Nintendo Life: Nintendo has recently changed its stance on indie developers and has become a lot more accommodating — what are your thoughts on this? Have the recent changes encouraged you to revisit Nintendo platforms?
Luc Bernard: I will be honest, I like the Wii U but the publisher I was working for this year was not interested in a Wii U version of the game I was working with them on. As a designer I think it's a neat machine, but it's very hard for most publishers to want to make a financial investment in the Wii U.
As for myself, I have no plans to release the new Mecho Wars on Wii U. However, that doesn't mean I'm ignoring the system — I've recently decided to crowd-fund Imagination Is The Only Escape. Now that I can finally get it out independently, if we raise enough funds I want to do a Wii U version, since I believe everyone has to try that title. It is such a important game for the industry as a whole.
Nintendo Life: What are your future plans for the Wii U and 3DS eShops?
Luc Bernard: As I said, I would like to do a Wii U version of Imagination Is The Only Escape if we manage to meet our funding goal, since it would be a perfect fit for the console. As for the 3DS, sadly I don't think any game I make can run on it. You may think that sounds silly, but games with huge 2D textures take up a lot of memory and then to port it to a platform like the 3DS takes time. If a publisher wanted to port one of my games to the 3DS I would of course say yes, but I certainly couldn't do it alone.