Developer Slightly Mad Studios has announced that Project CARS for Wii U has been cancelled. The confirmation originally came from Nintendo Life, in which Slightly Mad Studios confirmed the cancellation.
The developer noted that the Wii U release was always a “maybe”, and the release of the Wii U version was not part of the original crowdfunding goal. Slightly Mad Studios was also waiting to see if Nintendo would announce new hardware at this past E3, but as we know, no announcement was made.
Later, publisher Bandai Namco confirmed to Polygon that the Wii U version of Project CARS has been shelved.
Despite much perseverance on the Wii U version of Project CARS we will no longer be actively pursuing development on it as the quality does not meet our own high standards nor our intended vision for the title on this platform. We eagerly look forward to any announcement of further hardware from Nintendo but right now Project CARS is simply too much for Wii U despite our very best efforts. Apologies to our Nintendo fans out there that have been waiting for further news on this but have no desire to release a product that isn’t at the very least comparable with our highest-rated versions on other platforms. We optimistically look forward therefore to what the future may hold.
So there we have it, the Wii U version of Project CARS is no more. Were you looking forward to the game? Let us know in the comments.
(Source: Nintendo Life, Polygon)
