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Originally posted by: Adrock
I honestly think that nothing short of Nintendo asking for the game specifically would convince Konami otherwise.
Nintendo fans give IGA and Konami sh*t for their lack commitment on Nintendo consoles, but really, can you blame them? Think about it not as Nintendo fans. The Playstation brand has been very good for them. Only now, with Wii, is there really a reason to reconsider Nintendo hardware.
Then explain why they took Symphony of the Night to the 360 for it's first port? Nintendo has done just as much, if not more for Konami as Sony has. I think the truth is that Konami is still mad at Nintendo from the NES games, and they're taking it all out on them now. And yes, I think that's a poor decision as far as Konami goes. After all, Konami was actually one of the better treated NES developers, being allowed to publish extra NES games under the label of Ultra and all. Even Namco didn't get that treatment, and had to opt to release some titles on unlicensed cartridges. So no, Nintendo didn't treat them well then, but they didn't treat them as bad as possible.
Then, the GBA comes along, and Konami isn't forced to jump through the same hoops Square-Enix has to to publish content on the device. They don't have to commit to anything, whereas SE is forced to create an FF game on the Cube. Konami is allowed to do whatever they want. Now the DS comes along, and what happens? They develop for it, and it becomes a top selling and top rated franchise for the system. You'd think they'd recognize that kind of demand pretty easily, instead opting to move on to an untested market that offers them at best half the success that the DS could. Why? And why don't they choose to offer a Castlevania collection for the Wii, either? There would be a pretty good demand for any game featuring SotN, too. Do they really not like large profit?