Lego City: Undercover dev says game would "lose something on other platforms"

In an interview with Official Nintendo Magazine, executive producer Loz Doyle said that he feels LEGO City Undercover is best for the Wii U and wouldn't really fit on another platform. Doyle cites the game's reliance on the GamePad as the reason, explaining that they decided to integrate its features very early on.

LEGO City Undercover would definitely lose something on other platforms. Chase is actually given a LEGO version of the GamePad as his Police Communicator, so it's really woven into the story.

We started with a massive array of ideas [for the GamePad] but in the end we focused on it being a police device. The map is really useful to have on at all times rather than in a small corner of the screen, plus you receive video calls from different characters.

Lego City: Undercover is scheduled for release in North America on March 18th, and Europe on March 28th.

Source: Official Nintendo Magazine


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