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Now we know why Nintendo didn’t want to publish Devil’s Third: because it sucks

Devil's Third has turned out to be one of the worst Wii U games ever.

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FallenAngel19843583d ago

It's so jarring to see Nintendo make one of the best exclusive deals with Bayonetta 2 then to later make one of the worst exclusive deals with Devil's Third.

wonderfulmonkeyman3583d ago (Edited 3583d ago )

Well, people complained at Nintendo for initially not announcing they'd be publishing it.
Them turning around and announcing they'd publish it was probably a response to the complainers.

The old adage "be careful what you wish for..." seems appropriate here.

breakpad3583d ago (Edited 3583d ago )

imo is completely Nintendo s fault..they stole(as usual) the game exclusively for its console (the game was previously developed for PS3 ,X360 or current gen) and the creators probably abandoned big segments of previous work and rushed to release it under Nintendo's pressure for a third party exclusive...now Ninty can harvest the results

never4get3582d ago

Hope Tomonobu Itagaki go back making games with plenty big treasure chest and lots of girls.

Geekman3582d ago

@breakpad Dude, if Nintendo didn't want to publish the game period, why would they be rushing it?

N4g_null3583d ago

Hold on arnt you one of the people complaining about nintendo not funding this game 0_o. If you weren't then my fault you sound like one. I think nintendo saw potential and the producer jumped the shark. It sounds like it use to be good then they all broke it. Then rushed it out.

OtakuDJK1NG-Rory3583d ago

I said before. People flip-flip on N4G.

pcz3583d ago

they call you a hater or a troll just because you know a crap game when you see it...

an awful lot of people are eating humble pie right now.

Angeljuice3583d ago (Edited 3583d ago )

No, its a brilliant game, you're just not very good at it. /s

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crazychris41243583d ago

Devil's Third? More like Devil's Turd

gamingpro3583d ago

Wow I've never heard that before, how original lol sarcasm*

Vanfernal3583d ago

Maybe if they released The Devil's First and the Devil's Second this wouldn't have happened!

TheLoCoRaven3583d ago

Way to make the Half-Life fanboys cry, good going.

AAWELLS093583d ago

I thought this game was supposed to revolutionize the gaming industry? What happened? This was a headline that posted a couple months ago where the dev stated this. Did everything go wrong in the last month?

deafdani3583d ago

It was the dev who said it. Not any of us.

Yeah, Itagaki is delusional.

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Hyrule Warriors, Pokken Tournament & Devil's Third running on WiiU emulator, CEMU 1.11.2 available

CEMU 1.11.2 is now available to Patreon members. Below you can find Pokken Tournament, Hyrule Warriors and Devil's Third running on the PC thanks to CEMU.

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Nintendo Officially Shuts Down Server Support for Devil's Third

Nintendo has officially taken down the servers for Wii U shooter Devil's Third developed by Valhalla Game Studios.

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Majin-vegeta3092d ago

Talk about a kick in the nutter butters

naruga3092d ago (Edited 3092d ago )

this game creator payed his idiocy to change the development for exclusive release on a dying hopeless console with the best way ....the game was generally good i liked it and was the closest thing to a hardcore Ninja Gaiden we could get on new consoles ....but literaly its creator was idiot as f..k to undermine his game (it was obviously downgraded for Wii u) and release it exclusively on a underpowered system for some cash,destroyed his name in a moment

rjason123091d ago (Edited 3091d ago )

Oh boo hoo. Someone didn't get a game to come to their system.

@Edmix
Believe me I know the feeling haha, just pushing out a similar statement many others make, just cause.

ShaunCameron3091d ago (Edited 3090d ago )

@ rjason

Apparently.

@ XisThatKid

How did they ask for it? You know the company responsible for the engine used to make the OG game went under forcing Itagaki to scrap it and start over, right? Not to mention THQ, its original publisher, eventually withdrawing support before going under. As for it becoming a Wii U exclusive, Nintendo was the one willing to help Itagaki with the funding to finish making the game.

_-EDMIX-_3091d ago

This is easily one of the stupidest investments I've ever seen any company ever make for an exclusive by a third party. I'm surprised you think the game is any good at all because I don't really believe the Wii U made this game bad, believe it was going to be bad regardless of where it was. The Wii U has a handful of really great games please do not blame the hardware for how crappy this game actually is. To my understanding when you create a game for a specific piece of Hardware your job is to adapt. So do not blame the hardware for why this game was horrible blame the developer for even downgrading the game in the first place as opposed to adapting to their situation. If you have to downgrade a game so significantly that it begins to affect the design and quality you're probably not supposed to be downgrading it in the first place to such a platform. I don't blame the platform in this respect I blame the developer because they chose to continue despite knowing the hardware differences. The regular Wii U exclusives don't have that problem because they were made to actually work on that platform...

@rjason- could be because it sounds to me like he basically likes the game but he's angry at the decision of it being exclusive somewhere else

XisThatKid3091d ago (Edited 3091d ago )

I have not felt so selfish about a game before. I like many waited and waited patiently since this games release and out of no where Wii U exclusive. At the time i didn't have a Wii u and honestly i wanted it for ps3 but that never happened nor for 4. Anyway i honestly am glad this happened. Save for the innocent dev and people involved But i never wanted a game to fail so badly. Not to mention when i finally played it i think it sucks imho. I'm fine with exclusives but when a game's announced for your console or platform of choice then retracted they're asking for it.

bouzebbal3090d ago

he had no big name to start with.. this same guy did the same to DOA4 and Ninja Gaiden for 360 and in the end he talks s### about Team Ninja about NG3 and DOA5. He's a loser !

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blackblades3091d ago

Ikr it looked interesting in the beginning before it became an nintendo exclusive. Don't know what happened when it became an exclusive.

_-EDMIX-_3091d ago

Who knows , it was probably always going to be bad.

Ravenor3090d ago

A lot happens when a game gets developed. A proof of concept demo or pre rendered video being received well doesn't necessarily equate to a game game being good.

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BLKxSEPTEMBER3091d ago

I'm still looking to buy a copy at a reasonable price.

ocelot073091d ago

Depends on where you are located. Here in the UK you can pick this up for around £12.

BLKxSEPTEMBER3091d ago

I'm in California. I haven't seen a hard copy yet.

xMANB3ARP1G3090d ago

bro you wont they made so few copies they are mostly locked in cages atm in ppls collections waiting for the value to skyrocket.

BLKxSEPTEMBER3090d ago

Yeah that's what I figured.

xMANB3ARP1G3090d ago

i only say that because im in the same boat all physical copies near me were scooped up day one and ebay had a field day

alfcrippinjr3091d ago

and this is why we should not support nintendo any more
they done it with the wii and they killed the ds off for no reason.

total bad for business

ShaunCameron3091d ago

Um. You can still get the main D3rd game, albeit digitally. The only thing they killed here was the online multiplayer.

OtakuDJK1NG-Rory3091d ago

Wait why are peopole acting like they care now? You didn't when it was released.

gangsta_red3090d ago

Yea, I haven't heard a peep or a whisper of this game since its debut.

gamer78043090d ago

its the principle of it, i don't like seeing any games shut down so quickly

Chaos_Order3090d ago

I don't think Itagaki is crazy for making a Wii U exclusive.

I think he's crazy for pushing out a half baked, flawed as all hell, generic gore fest on the Wii U without making use of any of the console's specific features, and throwing his toys out of the pram when people criticise it.

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The ups, downs and future of Tomonobu Itagaki's Devil's Third

Tomonobu Itagaki, outspoken former leader of Tecmo's Team Ninja and current leader of Valhalla Game Studios, has spent the last eight years of his life working on the action game Devil's Third.

PhoenixUp3139d ago

Sucks to spend eight years on a project only to have it flop

MilkMan3139d ago

Love the interview. He's a great developer and I liked Devils Third.