{"id":108598,"date":"2020-02-03T21:27:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-03T21:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamasutra.com\/view\/news\/357547"},"modified":"2020-02-03T21:27:00","modified_gmt":"2020-02-03T21:27:00","slug":"platinumgames-turns-to-kickstarter-to-self-publish-the-wonderful-101-on-switch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/02\/03\/platinumgames-turns-to-kickstarter-to-self-publish-the-wonderful-101-on-switch\/","title":{"rendered":"PlatinumGames turns to Kickstarter to self-publish The Wonderful 101 on Switch"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Nintendo Switch has offered a number of previous Wii U exclusives an opportunity to rise beyond the less-than-stellar last generation platform, and PlatinumGames is looking to give The Wonderful 101 <\/em>its own second chance through a (rapidly funded) Kickstarter campaign<\/a>.<\/p>\n

PlatinumGames has already landed some former Wii U games on the Switch, namely the former-Wii U exclusive Bayonetta 2<\/em> and its multiplatform predecessor, though Nintendo was brought on to publish those titles. This time around, PlatinumGames is soliciting funds to bring The Wonderful 101<\/em> to Switch with Nintendo\u2019s blessing as a self-published game, and potentially other platforms as well if certain stretch goals are met.<\/p>\n

Platinum itself recently grabbed an investment from Tencent<\/a> to further its self-publishing goals, though the studio notes its plans for The Wonderful 101 <\/em>\u201dprecede that agreement, and capital received from the investment will not be used to fund the development costs associated with the project.\u201d<\/p>\n

The campaign has already exceeded its initial ask of $50,000 for development of a Switch version of the game and surpassed the $250,000 stretch goal for a Steam release as well. If the Kickstarter manages to surpass $500,000 at some point in the next 31 days, a PlayStation 4 version will also be in the cards, with more stretch goals to be announced as the campaign goes on.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlthough PlatinumGames has been able to grow over the years thanks to the players and our fans, we still haven\u2019t been able to fully realize our long-time dream of self-publishing our own IPs,\u201d explains the campaign\u2019s FAQ. \u201cWith your support, we hope not only to bring The Wonderful 101 <\/em>to a wider audience on a variety of platforms, but also to add some content that will enhance the experience even more! This campaign is your chance to empower us to pursue self-publishing and take our destinies into our own hands.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Nintendo Switch has offered a number of previous Wii U exclusives an opportunity to rise beyond the less-than-stellar last generation platform, and PlatinumGames is looking to give The Wonderful 101 its own second chance through a (rapidly funded) Kickstarter campaign. PlatinumGames has already landed some former Wii U games on the Switch, namely the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":108599,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-108598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108598"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108598\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}