Platinum Games has posted a very normal photo of director Hideki Kamiya, but the strange time and date on one of the computers seems to suggest that The Wonderful 101 is due for a comeback (via Twitter).
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— PlatinumGames Inc. (@platinumgames) January 31, 2020
In 2018, Platinum Games was “trying to negotiate with Nintendo whether a possible Wonderful 101 Switch release could happen,” and said that if lots of people ask for a Switch port, it might sway the publisher’s stance. “From their perspective obviously there are things they can't talk about, about dealings they have with Nintendo,” explained co-founder and executive director Atsushi Inaba. “Certainly they can say everything they said during the speech, which was, 'Hey, we should do that.' But whether that is a 'we are going to do that', and what the likelihood is of that happening, is just going to have to be something you wait to find out.”
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Fans were stirred into a frenzy when The Wonderful 101 characters were shown playing on the Switch. A Wii U exclusive, players have been waiting ever-so-long for a new game or a port, but they might not be twiddling their thumbs for much more. Apparently, there are two Wii U ports waiting in the wings for the Nintendo Switch. The prevailing theory is that they are Pikmin 3 and The Wonderful 101, but there isn’t a whole lot of evidence. However, with this new photo from Platinum Games, things just got interesting. Kamiya is front and centre, he was the director for The Wonderful 101, and he has a soft spot for the action-adventure exclusive. CEO Kenichi Sato pops up behind him, but everyone’s focus is on the computer. It shows the time to be one minute past one, on the first day of October. Or, the tenth day of January. The point is, that isn’t the correct date, and this was purposeful. Finally, there is a Nintendo Switch on Kamiya’s desk, so people are inferring that The Wonderful 101 is coming to the Switch.
Hold on. This isn’t an outright confirmation. Platinum Games could be winding us up on a little collection of breadcrumbs that will be ultimately hoovered without a trace. But, it is interesting, and it seems that the developer has something up its sleeves. We'll keep you in the loop once we know more.
