Word that Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 would be coming to Wii U had been circulating for months; it was reported to be the case back in June and was seemingly confirmed when it showed up on a QA tester’s resume in August. It wasn’t until yesterday’s Wii U press conference that we got official word that it was coming, and since then Nintendo has positioned the game as being one of the main ways it will attract hardcore gamers to the system. In reality, I think it’s another third-party game announced yesterday that is far more important in this regard.
Informed that EEDAR analyst Jesse Divnich thinks the Wii U’s price is too high to interest core gamers, Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime told GamesIndustry.biz, “He needs to see Call of Duty that we have here, or Assassin’s Creed.” Asked if he thinks Nintendo has done a good job in convincing Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 owners to pick up the Wii U versions of third-party games, product marketing manager Bill Trinen (read our interview with him here) also highlighted Black Ops 2. He told GameSpot, “We’ve got third-party games like Call of Duty. They’ve done a really good job of integrating the GamePad, particularly having that two player experience on two different screens. You’re no longer playing split-screen; you can play together full-screen. And to me that in and of itself is a reason to go out and say I’m gonna get Call of Duty on Wii U because that’s the way I want to play.
