There were some pleased retro gamers last year when an ESRB rating suggested that a Karateka remake was coming to Wii U. The original was an action game from 1984 developed by Prince of Persia creator Jordan Mechner; nostalgia went into a minor overload at the thought of an enhanced remake with modern visuals.
And yet the releases on platforms such as iOS, Steam, PSN and Xbox Arcade have been and gone since last December, without a whiff of the Wii U eShop arrival. Sadly the game's producer, Heather D’Evelyn, has now confirmed to nintendoeverything.com that Wii U was considered but "never went into development", with no plans currently in place for the platform.
This Karateka remake has had fairly mixed reviews, but it's a shame that after a good run of small development projects coming to Wii U, this is one that's gone the other way.
[source nintendoeverything.com]
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I played the demo of this and didn't like it. Felt like a super simplistic "Punch-Out!!" without the uniqueness of the opponents.
That "Disappointment" tag seems to be getting used more often these days...
Surprise surprise another game missed out. I personally not fussed but I am getting sick of hearing this kind of news constantly on here. All the Wii U gets is bad news, makes me
damn... this game's pretty fun
I was worried about this game the other day. I was thinking it was scratched by this point Oh well...
Judging by its review scores, I'm unsure if this is a heavy-handed loss to the eShop.
Don't know about the game but anything that gets dropped is gonna effect someone. Sad new indeed.
Had the original in the way back and remember playing it on my dads office computer in the mid 80s. It was kinda fun, but considering this is the first time I'm thinking about it in nearly 30 years, its probably not a big loss for the eShop, re-make or not.
The game has mediocre to bad reviews on the platforms that is on. Don't put disappointment in the tags - but celebration. We don't need bad games on the system bringing the overall metacritic score of the Wii U down.
Good riddance to rubbish.
It's a fun little nostalgia trip if you played the original, but it felt... small. It had some good thought put into it, too. Wouldn't be worth more than $5 on the eShop. It's not a great fit in the current market.
Had play it on Steam and hated it. Glad that it never came to the eShop.
Since it received average reviews at best it doesn't really bother me that it won't get released on Wii U.
demo on psn was cool its a shame the Wii U won't get the game
Hmm, could have been fun! But alas it isn't to be!
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