SNK Playmore pledges support for Wii, DS

SNK Playmore is throwing its hat into the Nintendo ring, as the publisher today announced that it would begin supporting both the Wii and the Nintendo DS. Previously, the only Nintendo system to see SNK Playmore development was the Game Boy Advance, which played host to Metal Slug Advance and is set to receive a port of the original arcade Metal Slug.

For its first Wii project, SNK Playmore is preparing Metal Slug Anthology. Not to be confused with the recently announce Metal Slug Collection on the PSP, Metal Slug Anthology is being billed as "a full arcade collection." Presumably, that would include the relatively new Metal Slug 6 (the only arcade Metal Slug game missing from the PSP collection). However, SNK Playmore is promising that these won't be straight ports, as the company's president Ben Herman said in a statement that "the Wii controller will be used in a new and unique way that enhances the gameplay."

SNK Playmore also announced its intention to support the DS in America today. Herman also said in the statement that the company would enter the market with SNK vs. Capcom Card Fighters DS.