The touchscreen controller transforms the gameplay experience

Mar 30, 2012 08:21 GMT  ·  By

Aliens: Colonial Marines may have been delayed recently but developer Gearbox Software is confident that it’s going to deliver a great experience, especially on the Nintendo Wii U, thanks to the special controller fitted with a touchscreen.

Gearbox has worked for quite some time on Aliens: Colonial Marines and, seeing as how both the studio and publisher Sega want to deliver a faithful adaptation of the movie series, delays have been quite frequent.

Now, the studio has pledged to release Colonial Marines at the end of the year on platforms like the PC, PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360, but also on the Nintendo Wii U.

According to Gearbox owner Randy Pitchford, the definitive Aliens experience will happen on the Wii U, mostly thanks to its special controller.

“The Wii U version has so much more to offer. No other platform can do what the Wii U can do,” he told Vox Gaming. “If you love 360 games, you are not used to being in a world where you have this new interface. But once you get used to that, you imagine the possibilities; there are some opportunities that are just not possible on any platform that does not have that device.”

As of yet, however, Pitchford is unable to say just how his studio’s next game will use the Wii U’s features, as Nintendo has yet to reveal the final version of the console.

“A lot of cool opportunities [exist] with that device that are going to make a very unique and compelling experience on that platform. We have given a lot of attention,” he said. “I think it will not be too long [before] Nintendo opens up their kimono a little bit more about that platform and where it is going, we will be there right with them talking about how Aliens is using it.”

Nintendo has pledged to present the final Wii U at E3 2012 in June and, until its fall release, Aliens: Colonial Marines will have plenty of time to present its features.