14 DAY TRIAL // Team Ninja has revealed that it now has an early version of Ninja Gaiden 3 up and running on the new Wii U home console from Nintendo and that it's looking to get as much performance out of the new hardware as possible.
Speaking to VG247 at the Eurogamer Expo event Peter Garza, who is the localization leader for Tecmo Koei, has stated, “It is still there. It’s not being developed in parallel, but we do have the game up and running on the dev hardware. We’re still playing with control schemes to see what would be fun with Wii U, but it’s definitely there and it’s definitely getting worked on.”
Apparently the Wii U hardware has only been recently delivered to developers and the team is not yet very familiar with, looking at how it can be used and what the player can get that's different from the experience on the PlayStation 3 or the Xbox 360.
Garza added that it's not clear exactly how Ninja Gaiden 3 will play on the Wii U, but that “I can tell you that the team being what it is is definitely interested in pushing the hardware as hard as it can. With 3DS, when we brought out Dead or Alive: Dimensions, that was one of the best looking 3DS games out there.”
Nintendo has made it clear that is wants to get as many hardcore gaming experiences as possible on the Wii U, meaning that both first person shooter and action developers are welcomed.
The final hardware specifications have not yet been released and we still don't know the price or the exact launch date.
Ninja Gaiden 3 will be launched during 2012 on the PlayStation 3 from Sony and the Xbox 360 initially and then on the Nintendo Wii U.