Find out what's in store for Pelican and Nintendo. And what's this about a new handheld?
N-Philes: What exactly do you have planned for the Wii?
Pelican: There is nothing specific that I can talk about right now until everything is signed and official.
N-Philes: What would you like to develop for the Wii?
Pelican: Definitely controllers to another level. Basically when someone is buying it, it may have an extra feature that a fan is getting for a specific game maybe.
N-Philes: We've seen Pelican make controllers catered specifically toward movie licenses. For example, you have a Pirates controller and DS Lite kit/pack based on the upcoming Pirates of the Caribbean movie and a similar Cars package based on its movie. Do movie production companies come to you to develop these peripherals or do you come to them to reach a license agreement?
Pelican: Usually we go out. Pelican is mainly known for regular standard controllers with additional features such as "glow", but this is a new niche we are looking into. I believe once other companies do see our license products, they will come to us as well.
N-Philes: Wii's unique controller allows it to "morph" into different things for different games. For example, Duck Hunt may be played with a peripheral that turns the remote into a gun. Red Steel may turn the remote into a sword. Do you see Pelican making these types of Peripherals?
Pelican: I definitely imagine this is something we may do – some cool accessory that can help the gameplay.
N-Philes: How unique are your product designers looking to be when you make your controllers?
Pelican: We are definitely looking for more than just a "standard" controller. Are you familiar with the Resident Evil 4 chainsaw controller? We definitely want to, very possibly, move in that direction – with collector editions.
N-Philes: We noticed portraits of future handheld gaming units that you are coming out with. One of the games being played on it was Castlevania. Is this the NES version?
Pelican: You know what, actually this is something we're still not allowed to talk about until it's all final.
N-Philes: Can we ask, do you plan on bringing other games besides Castlevania to this new handheld?
Pelican: Absolutely. We're working with other developers.
N-Philes: When can we expect this handheld to come out?
Pelican: Christmas.
At this time, more details and specifications were discussed about the handheld, but upon the request of Pelican, we cannot disclose this information. Pelican says that this a feature focus of their department at this time, and that gamers should be excited about it.
N-Philes: Where does your priority lie with Nintendo in terms of developing peripherals on each console – Xbox, Playstation 2, 360, etc.?
Pelican: We try to do as much as we can for [Nintendo]. It depends how easy they are willing to work with us. With the 360, we would like to do a lot more, but we are not able to because [Microsoft] is not allowing anyone to do wireless controllers. I think it depends on Nintendo's side. We would love to put our focus there.
N-Philes: Thank you very much for your time.
