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According to a recent gamedaily article, Nintendo has no plans to expand western development for the Wii. George Harrison (Nintendo of America’s senior vp of marketing and corporate communications), told Wired that Nintendo isn’t looking to create more games with western dev teams, and that all of the major software decisions are handled by Satoru Iwata and the management team over in Japan.

It’s a bit strange, considering the Wii’s incredible success in North America. One would think that the big N would be looking to capitalize on and continue that trend by creating content that speaks to this brand new audience. Unfortunately, it looks like Nintendo is going to rely on third party titles to perform this function, and so far, third party selection on the Wii has been spotty at best (with a few notable exceptions).

The article does mention the few western-developed 1st party titles, like Metroid Prime 3 (developed by Austin based Retro studios) and Mario Strikers Charged (from Next Level in Vancouver), both fantastic games. Nintendo would be wise to change its tune and give qualified western studios a chance.

Read [Gamedaily]

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