But McMillen tells Ars Technica that Nintendo's decision only came after months of discussion. During that time, the company expressed a serious desire to release a port of the PC game. ...
"Honestly, a lot of people [said] 'Oh, there's no way, it's so obvious they would say no,' but... they were saying yes for a long time and they were very confident that it was going to be approved for a long time," McMillen said. "For two months I was told it was looking really good and it was something they wanted for the platform... and it just moved up the ranks but it was just one of those things that seemed to be on the fence because they weren't sure if this would cause controversy for them..."