In most cases Japan is getting Wii U releases a couple of weeks before the West. Pikmin 3, for example, will be start in Japan on July 13 then go to PAL territories the following week and then North America.

The Wonderful 101 from PlatinumGames has a release date on Wii U.

“The idea is rooted in that you shouldn’t pad your game with content users won’t enjoy in order to control play time to the end of the game,” says PlatinumGames’ Atsushi Inaba.

PlatinumGames president Tatsuya Minami used to work at Capcom, like a lot of other Platinum staff members.

Bayonetta 2 is a ways off, but this year, PlatinumGames and Nintendo will release The Wonderful 101.

Along with release dates for Luigi’s Manion: Dark Moon and Rayman Legends, Nintendo also mentioned three Wii U games have been pushed back from a planned March release.

Nintendo of America have put out a release schedule of games headed to the Nintendo 3DS and Wii U in the first half of 2013.

“I am trying to meet with the game developers individually for this matter,” Miyamoto says.

Kamiya talks ninjas from Kyoto, Smash Bros. creator, Masahiro Sakurai, and more.

Bayonetta 2 is headed exclusively to the Wii U, but that doesn’t mean Nintendo have forgotten about their other collaborative title with PlatinumGames.

This afternoon, PlatinumGames writer and International Coordinator, Jean Kellams, posted his thoughts on the state of Japanese games.

PlatinumGames’ two most recognized staff members share their philosophy on developing games and keeping things running at the studio.

Nintendo are willing to enter “unprecedented” partnerships with third-parties who come up with unique Wii U games, says company president, Satoru Iwata.

Platinum Games is working on a Wii U launch title called P-100 where you control a group of heroes using the Wii U gamepad.

I played P-100 with the Wii U controller and moved the rag tag band with the left analog stick. Pressing A makes the heroes do a weak scramble attack. Basically, they’ll hit what ever is in front of them, but the heroes are much more effective when they “unite.”

Watch a trailer for the PlatinumGames title inside.