Criterion Almost Made F-Zero Wii U

<p>Nintendo asked Criterion&comma; the studio behind the <em>Burnout<&sol;em> franchise&comma; to work on an F-Zero game for the Wii U&period; The  console manufacturer wanted to show a demo of the game at E3 2011&period; Unfortunately&comma; Criterion was busy working on <em>Need for Speed&colon; Most Wanted for EA<&sol;em> and had no time to make <em>F-Zero<&sol;em>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;The objective was to show off a playable vertical slice of the game at E3 which would give fans a taste of what the full release would entail&comma;&&num;8221&semi; said an anonymous source&period; &&num;8220&semi;A quick turnaround was essential&comma; but sadly Criterion was hard at work on bringing<em> Need for Speed&colon; Most Wanted<&sol;em> to multiple platforms and therefore couldn&&num;8217&semi;t spare the resources at the time&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This report was later confirmed by Alex Ward&comma; founder of Criterion&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The <em>F-Zero<&sol;em> franchise has been dormant for some time now but these latest revelations show that Nintendo has not forgotten the series&period; Would you be interested in an <em>F-Zero<&sol;em> Wii U game from Criterion&quest; Let us know in the comments section below&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Via <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;nintendolife&period;com&sol;news&sol;2015&sol;06&sol;exclusive&lowbar;we&lowbar;almost&lowbar;got&lowbar;a&lowbar;wii&lowbar;u&lowbar;f-zero&lowbar;created&lowbar;by&lowbar;burnout&lowbar;studio&lowbar;criterion">Nintendo Life<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;