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Nigoro blames themselves for La-Mulana cancellation, want to work on 3DS
A portion of an IndieGames interview with Nigoro's Takumi Naramura...
IG: Did anyone neglect their duties as developer or publisher?
TN: We have responded quickly and in good faith, while we are puzzled that the matters pointed out received a lot of checks. NOA and NOE are different from Nintendo Japan. I believe Nicalis had a sense of responsibility as a publisher in good faith, too.
Unfortunately we wanted to release DLC, but we were supposed to cancel the DLC because of a number of factors and Nicalis's request. If there is a person who has neglected their duties, it would be us. We are sorry that we could not publish any information for several months because of the contract and circumstances with Nicalis.
It has happened like this, and we should have talked to fans about it all sooner. In this regard we want to apologize obediently. We must keep an NDA (non-disclosure agreement) with Nintendo and Nicalis, naturally, so we could not speak details even if you wanted to talk about it.
IG: Are you developing or considering a game for 3DS/eShop or Vita/PSN?
TN: I want to do so, if possible. It is very difficult for a game development team of three people to make consumer games. I should be very grateful if there is a publisher who says, "We want to port NIGORO's games to the consumers and publish them!"
Full interview here
IG: Did anyone neglect their duties as developer or publisher?
TN: We have responded quickly and in good faith, while we are puzzled that the matters pointed out received a lot of checks. NOA and NOE are different from Nintendo Japan. I believe Nicalis had a sense of responsibility as a publisher in good faith, too.
Unfortunately we wanted to release DLC, but we were supposed to cancel the DLC because of a number of factors and Nicalis's request. If there is a person who has neglected their duties, it would be us. We are sorry that we could not publish any information for several months because of the contract and circumstances with Nicalis.
It has happened like this, and we should have talked to fans about it all sooner. In this regard we want to apologize obediently. We must keep an NDA (non-disclosure agreement) with Nintendo and Nicalis, naturally, so we could not speak details even if you wanted to talk about it.
IG: Are you developing or considering a game for 3DS/eShop or Vita/PSN?
TN: I want to do so, if possible. It is very difficult for a game development team of three people to make consumer games. I should be very grateful if there is a publisher who says, "We want to port NIGORO's games to the consumers and publish them!"