Take-Two Can’t Comment on GTA Coming to Wii, but Has Other Wii Plans

Just a few days ago, Reggie Fils-Aime commented on Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto franchise, saying that he’d like to see an iteration of it on Wii. Sadly, in the same breath, Reggie confirmed that Nintendo is currently not in discussions with Rockstar or publisher Two Two to bring the series to Wii. Strangely enough, though, during a recent interview with GameDaily, Take-Two’s Ben Feder could not comment on the topic of GTA on Wii.

BIZ: What about GTA on the Wii, or is that being considered for the future? If the hardcore market is underserved on the Wii, maybe bringing GTA to Wii would be perfect for it…

BF: I can’t comment on it, but obviously we have one of the best selling third–party games on the Wii in Carnival Games from 2K Play, so we know the Wii pretty well. We’re building up assets to develop for the Wii and we’re excited about its growth. I can’t comment on GTA specifically on the Wii… — GameDaily

Interesting. If Reggie could so easily state that there is no plan to bring GTA to Wii, why can’t Feder? Has something changed since Reggie made his comments about the series on Wii?

As for those Wii plans of Take-Two, I wonder if Feder is just talking about more Carnival Games-caliber software. His statement definitely doesn’t rule it out. “You need to create a game for that platform and that’s what we expect to do with GTA: Chinatown Wars for DS.”