Rune Factory series heads to Wii, Marvelous Interactive games may end up on VC, and more

A portion of a C3 interview with Yasuhiro Wada, Creator of Harvest Moon…

C3: And with Rune Factory 2 now announced for DS in Japan this year, is that set to become a long-term series that will eventually appear on the Wii?

YW: Yes, of course. We’ve already removed the subtitle of “Harvest Moon” from the game title in Japan and Rune Factory is now independent game, working as an original series. I can’t explain the details, but a new angle will be added to Wii version and Rune Factory will grow up as an original series.

C3: Graham Markay of Natsume told Cubed³ that they are pushing for older Natsume properties to appear on the Wii’s Virtual Console. Is Marvelous Interactive fully behind VC support? Will fans get their wish to see earlier Harvest Moon games and the likes of Lufia again?

YW: I’m thinking positively but I can’t answer anything concretely at the moment.

C3: Will Rising Star Games be bringing No More Heroes over to Europe? And if so, when can this be expected?

YW: Yes, RSG will. Compared to Harvest Moon series, we can shorten the translation time as the in-game text is less, so I believe RSG will hopefully be able to release No More Heroes around the beginning of 2008, before spring.