Bethesda: Wii U Skyrim 'definitely a possibility'

by Jordan Mallory on Sep 24th 2011 6:30PM

Now, we don't want you to get your adorable little hopes up, so keep the indefinite nature of the universe in mind when we say that Bethesda's VP of Marketing Pete Hines has told Official Nintendo Magazine UK that a Wii U port of The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim is "definitely a possibility."

Hines said that Bethesda will "look at any platform" that can support the studio's games as they are designed, meaning that Nintendo's latest would have to be able to support the weight of a full port, rather than a system-exclusive approximation. In related news, the world record for simultaneous Skyrim boners was shattered 24 seconds ago as the entire Wii U community joined the tally.

Via: Game Informer
Source: Official Nintendo Magazine

Tags: Bethesda, Bethesda-Softworks, elder-scrolls-5, nintendo, Pete-Hines, skyrim, the-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim, wii-u

Reader Comments (78)

I don't see why the company wouldn't.

@Coldpillow

Maybe the target audience just isn't there. I'm not sure the WiiU is really "different enough" from the Wii to pull Wii owners into the mix very quickly. This platform will develop much more slowly, and games brought to it early on besides the obligatory first party games will probably not get the best sales.

Don't get me wrong, Nintendo will do just fine with the WiiU - I think with all the power they have in the thing, they could easily make a new market for those that weren't ever interested in the Wii (people like myself). Just saying this platform will most likely take time to grow, a lot more than the Wii did. Bring Skyrim to the WiiU maybe a year after release with a lower price, and you have yourself a winner.

this doesn't get my adorable little hopes up because the Wii U's controller looks terrible for real games. I read somewhere that the sticks are just like the slider pads on the 3DS, and the arrangement of the sticks above the buttons as well as the general shape of the controller seem very uncomfortable and not fun.

But, I guess this is cool

@aray48
I believe the Wii controllers (remote + nunchuk, classic controller) are also supposed to work on WiiU.

And I don't know how Skyrim gameplay controls, but the 'tablet' controller could be particularly good for games with many action options such as RPGs; essentially, where you might have needed to go into a menu or inventory screen to choose something or other, that can now be available directly with a single press.

However I suspect the Wii U system was still a bit prototypey when it was shown last, so let's see if they change the controller before release...

More likely to cause a problem is the rumoured Wii U delay. It's probably going to come out a LONG time after Skyrim and by that point will anyone still care?

Basically, I don't think it is really very likely that there will be a Skyrim port to Wii U, but hey, if they prove me wrong, maybe I'll even buy the game (the character designs are still terribly ugly/bland, but apart from that it looks pretty great).

@aray48 damn, so many down votes for thinking the wii u controller is awful for hardcore games? man, i don't know if its fanboys or just people with high hopes. also, i don't like any of the other nintendo controllers for hardcore games. they just don't feel right for it.

@aray48 No, you got downvotes for being another ignorant dipshit downplaying the controller of a console nobody has held or played with yet.

@aray48 Care to explain what entails a "hardcore" game?

@aray48

Most of the press impressions from E3 of the controller were positive, so not sure where you're getting this from.

@religiousjedi
Really? are you that dumb? -_-

@ColorblindMonk and @Raffi256
many people have played with it and held it, clearly you have never heard of this crazy event called E3. I read on a few sites that the sticks are like slider bars, which are not very ideal for most games on consoles today.

@religiousjedi
a hardcore game shows the penetration. softcore does not.

@ColorblindMonk technically the original prototype has been used...

but it was described favorably by just about every body who used it I recall

@Vuvuzelas I haven't read anything particularly favorable other than the fact that it is intuitive. Also, this article is interesting http://wii.ign.com/articles/117/1175666p1.html

It basically explains that the circle pads should be analog sticks and that the triggers are not really pressure sensitive, but are just buttons.

sooooo yeah, everyone who downvoted me is just ignorant -_-

@aray48 There is no such thing as a hardcore game.

@aray48

Bitter much?

You're being downvoted because your entire argument consist of hearsay and second-hand experience of a product that, for all we know, might be completely different at launch.

Just wait until November. That boner record will be shattered.

Gross

@Slomoshun Yeah, that sandwich was pretty bad last night.

@Tommy758

You guys talkin' shit on sandwiches?

Well damn, I'm fairly impressed by Nintendo this time.
The 3DS looks like it'll be pretty great by summer next year and with Arkham City, Assassins Creed, and Skyrim as a possibility for WiiU who knows, I might hop on that too.

@Captaindrek1

But then you can play em THIS year, on your primary console o.O

@Faenix,
which will probably (like 90% of released games this gen) be 720p instead of 1080p. This is something I'm looking forward to with the Wii U, playing games at 1080p instead of 720p.

@Faenix

Did someone just mention Bethesda game and console in the same sentence? Pffffft.

@vmenge

was it stated somewhere that every Wii-U game is going to be 1080p?

@Liquidfingers,
nope, but all games showed up until now were.

Wow. So people who don't own a modern game console are going to wait two years just to play it on a new Nintendo?

I mean, don't people who own a Wii already have a PS3 or X360? I don't understand why Nintendo is gonna put out all the games of 2011 on a system that won't be available until waaaay after those same games will be budget-bin for other consoles?

@JonahStein
1) Plenty of people (me included) don't have the other systems. Depends how many games you want to play; if you have other things to do and are cool with playing games only sometimes, not every week, it works out.

2) 'Nintendo' is not going to put out any of the games of 2011 (on a system that probably comes out late in 2012). Those were all third-party games. It's up to third parties if they want to put out those games for it... or not.

3) I suspect that in addition to Skyrim, many of those other claimed games on the third-party-support promo reel will likely not appear on WiiU for the reason you state (people who own other consoles won't be interested). Instead it's possible that the next games in those series will have a WiiU version. We'll see. Probably some of them will happen... (See also the 3DS third-party promo video...)

@JonahStein

The reason why the WIIU is doing that is because they don't want to miss out on any of the awesome games that are coming out this year. and they will most likely still make a profit because there are hardcore Nintendo fans out there that will be willing to wait for the WIIU to come out before they play the awesome games that are coming out this year.

If the WiiU releases around the PS4 / Xbox720 its going to be like the 360, holding back in terms of tech, why can't you just wait nintendo :(

@Aguiluz

Yeah, but no companies like to port from the 360/PS3 to the Wii, so it would probably be a similar situation between the WiiU and the new consoles.

@Aguiluz The iPhone 4 seems successful enough. And everything with a 4G on it.

Warning: Never read joystiq right before giving a presentation to your bosses.

@Andrew12h
Why? Did you look like your icon?

@BPMOmega XBL PSN Steam
Obviously not, 'cause then he'd be smiling and giggling excessively.

I can see some neat stuff being done with the touch screen, not enough to convince me to wait, though.

Skyrim will be the first and last Elder Scrolls on a Nintendo console, as the sequel will be running on NEXT gen hardware, while the there are doubts the Wii U will even be up to PS3 level.

But you can console yourselves with playing all the other great current titles in 3 years' time and all your wonderful updates of Mario 64 and Ocarina of Time.

Fool me once, shame on you...

@Dick Socrates Damn...could you tell me the lottery numbers for the Mega Millions this Tuesday? I didn't know you were psychic and knew what type of hardware the next Playstation and Xbox carried!

@Dick Socrates
I love how people love to go on about how Nintendo is exploiting Mario 64 and Ocarina of Time when in fact, each of those games has been "updated" exactly once, and on a handheld no less. Or was that a backhanded jab at their sequels? Because if that's the case, I hope you hold every 5+ year old franchise under similar scrutiny.

The last console I bought was a ps2.

There have been many good games on the ps360 but so far I have yet to buy either of them.

@Captaindrek1

Really? Wow, I pity you.

@Ashitaka

I don't know why you should pity him, there are enough great games on the previous gen of consoles to last the average player (who doesn't buy 10 new games every month) through this one, at least. And nearly all the best games this gen that aren't Nintendo games are on the PC, anyway. In fact now that I think about it, if you have a Wii and a PC you're pretty much covered.

So yeah. No need for pity.

Interesting. It seems that Nintendo will get back into the mature gaming society with their next system. I mean there's only so much Mario games one man can play

Dialogue on the controller's screen, perhaps.

And in most cases I'm all for the HUD getting on to that tablet for the sake of a visually cleaner game.

I'd be pretty neat if they arranged for the inventory to take up the touchscreen.

This isn't really exciting at all. What's the point in waiting for a Wii U version when I can just buy it immediately when it launches on my PS3, 360, or the best version on the PC?

Third party support is great, but only when all the consoles are on even footing. Like in 2006, when we were choosing between all three consoles and they were all on equal footing, all fighting for your attention in getting new games that could not be played on hardware you (likely) didn't already own. Getting third party support on a new console for games you can play on consoles you already own isn't anything to celebrate about. I'm still getting the games on the consoles I already own, no need to buy a new one.

@PointlessPuppies
A year delay won't matter.
BioShock and TES4: Oblivion came out for PS3 a FULL YEAR after the PC/360 versions did. People still bought them.

@BPMOmega XBL PSN Steam

i'm sure 60%+ of those who bought Oblivion/Bioshock didn't own a xbox 360

@(Unverified)
While that may be the case, the point remains that people will wait for a game to come to a different system.

Plus, it'd be likely to be the "GotY Editions" of the games, if they're coming out on Wii U a year after the PS3/360 versions.

@BPMOmega XBL PSN Steam

You missed his point. They only wait for a game to come to a different system if they own the hardware that's getting the delayed release. It makes absolutely no sense to wait for a console to release so you can buy a game that's got a delayed release on it as well, especially when you already own hardware that will be able to play it on launch date.

Nobody in their right mind would say today "I already have a gaming PC/PS3/360. I'm mad excited for Skyrim...but I'll wait until the Wii U version comes out".

I don't see why the "60% didn't own a 360" even matters if it still sold well. A sale is a sale.

Assuming that this would come out perhaps a year after the original release, it would probably be a GOTY edition. That sounds pretty sweet, actually.

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