Dead Island Riptide Skipping Nintendo Wii U Due to Game Engine Issues

The next chapter in the Dead Island series won't be coming to Nintendo Wii U for the moment due to additional work on the game engine.

Pitched as a spin-off to the original Dead Island, Riptide is a sequel/expansion, taking place after the events of the first game as four survivors end up on a zombie tarnished island of Palanai.

The game is heading to PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, but currently isn't planned for Nintendo Wii U.

Speaking to DigitalSpy earlier this week, producer Alexander Toplansky explained that the studio would have to work to adapt the engine to Nintendo's new system - to either "really get to be integrating it deep into the engine, or you've got to do a port."

Whilst developer Techland isn't ruling out a Wii U release in the future, "there are no plans for the moment".

What do you think of the news - would you buy Dead Island Riptide on the Nintendo Wii U?