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Maestro Interactive talks Percy's Predicament status, other Wii U projects
A portion of a Dromble interview with Maestro's Monty Goulet...
D: In early September, Percy’s Predicament had been submitted to lot check and was awaiting approval. Now that it’s late October, could you give us an update on the game’s release? Is it still coming this fall?
MG: Absolutely, it is still coming out this fall as we want it available for the holiday season. We simply have marketing stuff we want all in place before it comes out. (Trailers, Screenshots, Website, Soundtrack, etc.) We will be announcing in the next couple of weeks the actual release date for Percy’s Predicament, which is still at this time “Fall 2013” as everything went well.
D: What is Maestro Interactive’s next project after Percy’s Predicament? Can you tell us about your plans for 2014 in relation to Wii U?
MG: We have learned some interesting things about gameplay thanks to the Wii U. With the GamePad, we can explore asynchronous gameplay in a way that we have not been able to on a console before, particularly right out of the box. Sony and Microsoft are incorporating it with Vita and SmartGlass but that requires the consumer to get something more, Wii U provides it for instant gratification. We believe in Nintendo. Nintendo is a company that has proven in the last 30 years that they are able to fascinate tens of millions of gamers. Nintendo is a great game creator; they are magic to a lot of gamers. And we’ve had a lot of great experiences with Nintendo in the past, gaming wise, and work wise.
In 2014, we look forward to giving gamers even more eShop titles. We have already have Cosmic Highway nearing completion and we have another title as well that is being conceptualized currently. Be sure to follow our Twitter and Facebook for more as we will be putting up Cosmic Highway videos on a regular basis, and we will be testing our next title very shortly. In the meantime, here is a piece of concept art from the upcoming unannounced title.
Maestro has also become a licensed 3DS dev. Check out the full interview here
D: In early September, Percy’s Predicament had been submitted to lot check and was awaiting approval. Now that it’s late October, could you give us an update on the game’s release? Is it still coming this fall?
MG: Absolutely, it is still coming out this fall as we want it available for the holiday season. We simply have marketing stuff we want all in place before it comes out. (Trailers, Screenshots, Website, Soundtrack, etc.) We will be announcing in the next couple of weeks the actual release date for Percy’s Predicament, which is still at this time “Fall 2013” as everything went well.
D: What is Maestro Interactive’s next project after Percy’s Predicament? Can you tell us about your plans for 2014 in relation to Wii U?
MG: We have learned some interesting things about gameplay thanks to the Wii U. With the GamePad, we can explore asynchronous gameplay in a way that we have not been able to on a console before, particularly right out of the box. Sony and Microsoft are incorporating it with Vita and SmartGlass but that requires the consumer to get something more, Wii U provides it for instant gratification. We believe in Nintendo. Nintendo is a company that has proven in the last 30 years that they are able to fascinate tens of millions of gamers. Nintendo is a great game creator; they are magic to a lot of gamers. And we’ve had a lot of great experiences with Nintendo in the past, gaming wise, and work wise.
In 2014, we look forward to giving gamers even more eShop titles. We have already have Cosmic Highway nearing completion and we have another title as well that is being conceptualized currently. Be sure to follow our Twitter and Facebook for more as we will be putting up Cosmic Highway videos on a regular basis, and we will be testing our next title very shortly. In the meantime, here is a piece of concept art from the upcoming unannounced title.