As people might be aware, LEGO City Undercover released last month on the WiiU, after being announced at E3 2011 for the WiiU. The game sits at a score of 80 on metacritic.
In the beginning, me and many others saw it as just another Lego game and I'm sure many people on GAF still think so. However, if you have been following the official thread, you know that almost everyone who has been playing the game really loves it, especially for its funny writing and the fact that the city is filled to the brim with stuff to do. I almost never get from point A to B without being sidetracked for hours at times. Just exploring the city because something caught my eye while I was driving through the city is just so fun in this game.
In fact, some people in the OT have been saying that the game feels like a Nintendo game in many aspects.
Thanks to Aquamarine we know why people feel like this. Nintendo was heavily involved in the creation of the game, helping TT Fusion in many ways. I'll quote Aquamarines post here which shows Nintendos involvement from the credits of Lego City Undercover:
It is just my personal opinion, but I really think that Lego City Undercover is the best Lego game TT Games have done so far. It has it flaws, mainly the loading times which can be bad at times, the typical Lego handholding and some spots where the framerate doesn't stay at 30 fps, but overall it is and amazing experience. And I am convinced that Nintendos involvement played a huge part in the overall quality of the game.
Which is why I will be looking forward to Nintendo's future collaborations with third party developers on the WiiU. I know that right know the third party situation for the WiiU doesn't really look that hot, but as long as Nintendo can secure awesome exclusives like this one through collaborations with other developers, like they seem to be doing (SMTxFE being a good example), I am sure the future will have some great titles in store for the console.
In the beginning, me and many others saw it as just another Lego game and I'm sure many people on GAF still think so. However, if you have been following the official thread, you know that almost everyone who has been playing the game really loves it, especially for its funny writing and the fact that the city is filled to the brim with stuff to do. I almost never get from point A to B without being sidetracked for hours at times. Just exploring the city because something caught my eye while I was driving through the city is just so fun in this game.
In fact, some people in the OT have been saying that the game feels like a Nintendo game in many aspects.
Thanks to Aquamarine we know why people feel like this. Nintendo was heavily involved in the creation of the game, helping TT Fusion in many ways. I'll quote Aquamarines post here which shows Nintendos involvement from the credits of Lego City Undercover:
Nintendo's involvement in LEGO City Undercover, transcribed from my North American disc:
LEGO® CITY UNDERCOVER
PUBLISHED BY NINTENDO
PRODUCER
MASAKAZU MIYAZAKI
CO-PRODUCER
AZUSA TAJIMA
PROJECT COORDINATOR
TODD BUECHELE
PRODUCT MARKETING
CHIP CHAPMAN
JC RODRIGO
NOA DESIGN
MARK GOETZ
MARKETING SUPPORT
TIM BECHTEL
TODD BUECHELE
CHIP CHAPMAN
JC RODRIGO
ANDY ESTES
BEN NILES
JAMES KOLDEN
LOCALIZATION
NOA LOCALIZATION
REIKO NINOMIYA
DAN OWSEN
CÉSAR PÉREZ
HÉLÈNE BISSON-PELLAND
LAURENCE MILLERIOUX-TANEN
NOE LOCALISATION
ANDY FEY
ANDREA SALVI
MIHAI BARBULESCU
MARCO GUASCO
DANIEL IDOINE-SHIRAI
SARAH RUTHERFORD-BRYANT
GURVAN LE GUEN
PIERRE-GUILLAUME MABBOUX
MARCO MORBIN
SASCHA WEINARD
DANIEL PESTKA
ELIZABETH SÁNCHEZ LEÓN
MOOS BOULOGNE
MARC AMBLER
DMITRII KALOEV
TATJANA GOREVA
ANA REIS
SILVIA MIRA
TÂNIA RODRIGUES
QUALITY ASSURANCE
NOA PRODUCT TESTING
MASAYASU NAKATA
ERIC BUSH
TOM HERTZOG
JIM HOLDEMAN
BRIAN CARLSON
JEFFREY STORBO
TERESA LILLYGREN
JOSHUA NEWMAN
NOE QUALITY ASSURANCE
ÁNGEL MORENO
WOLFGANG WEBER
FRANCESCA VARGIU
GUILLAUME DESCHAMPS
LUCA KELLER
JONATHAN NEHRKE
ANDREW HALL
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
NINTENDO OF AMERICA
MIKE FUKUDA
TOM PRATA
TIM BECHTEL
NINTENDO OF EUROPE
TAKAO YAMANE
TIM SYMONS
SPECIAL THANKS
KENSUKE TANABE
KEISUKE TERASAKI
KAZUYUKI GOFUKU
KIYOHIKO ANDO
KOJI KONDO
TSUYOSHI WATANABE
SOTA KAGINO
TORU INAGE
TOMOHIRO UMEDA
ARIKO KIMOTO
JAMES HELSSEN
JILL WHITNEY
NOA PRODUCT TESTING TECHNICIANS
GENERAL PRODUCER
SHINYA TAKAHASHI
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
SATORU IWATA
Nintendo also bankrolled all of the non-English localized voices for the game by contracting it out to SIDE London. Nintendo had previously worked with SIDE London on The Last Story, Xenoblade Chronicles, Kirby's Epic Yarn, etc.
Go here for more information:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=51707784&postcount=2205
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It is just my personal opinion, but I really think that Lego City Undercover is the best Lego game TT Games have done so far. It has it flaws, mainly the loading times which can be bad at times, the typical Lego handholding and some spots where the framerate doesn't stay at 30 fps, but overall it is and amazing experience. And I am convinced that Nintendos involvement played a huge part in the overall quality of the game.
Which is why I will be looking forward to Nintendo's future collaborations with third party developers on the WiiU. I know that right know the third party situation for the WiiU doesn't really look that hot, but as long as Nintendo can secure awesome exclusives like this one through collaborations with other developers, like they seem to be doing (SMTxFE being a good example), I am sure the future will have some great titles in store for the console.