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ATV Wild Ride hitting eShop, looking towards Summer 2012 release, Mutant Mudds sillyness
A portion of a Nintendo Life interview with Renegade Kid's Jools Watsham...
NL: The first ATV Wild Ride on DS was obviously a retail title. Why the decision to go eShop with this 3D rendition?
JW: The retail market has always been incredibly difficult, and it continues to get increasingly more challenging for publishers. I think a game like ATV Wild Ride 3D could do really well at retail if handled by the right publishing partner. It would need to have wide distribution, reaching all of the major retail stores.
However, instead of walking down that prickly path we have decided to go solo and make the game exclusive for the eShop. I think the eShop audience may like to see a retail-quality arcade racer available on the eShop for a fraction of the price.
NL: Any idea when we might see the game released in North America and is there a European release planned?
JW: We’re not quite finished with the game, so it is difficult to say when it will be released. I hope to have it released summer 2012. I will make every effort to make the US and European releases as close as possible. There has been a huge delay in release with Mutant Mudds in Europe, which is my own fault, and I’m not happy about that. I intend to improve upon this with our future eShop releases.
NL: Rumor has it that this game is just a set up for a Mutant Mudds kart racing game that's rumored to be in development. Any truth to this?
JW: Anything is possible!
Full interview here
NL: The first ATV Wild Ride on DS was obviously a retail title. Why the decision to go eShop with this 3D rendition?
JW: The retail market has always been incredibly difficult, and it continues to get increasingly more challenging for publishers. I think a game like ATV Wild Ride 3D could do really well at retail if handled by the right publishing partner. It would need to have wide distribution, reaching all of the major retail stores.
However, instead of walking down that prickly path we have decided to go solo and make the game exclusive for the eShop. I think the eShop audience may like to see a retail-quality arcade racer available on the eShop for a fraction of the price.
NL: Any idea when we might see the game released in North America and is there a European release planned?
JW: We’re not quite finished with the game, so it is difficult to say when it will be released. I hope to have it released summer 2012. I will make every effort to make the US and European releases as close as possible. There has been a huge delay in release with Mutant Mudds in Europe, which is my own fault, and I’m not happy about that. I intend to improve upon this with our future eShop releases.
NL: Rumor has it that this game is just a set up for a Mutant Mudds kart racing game that's rumored to be in development. Any truth to this?
JW: Anything is possible!