Kickstarter promises, years after many campaigns have buckled under them, are still messy as hell. The Wii U really threw a wrench into things after crashing and burning, leaving many developers who previously promised/teased Wii U editions to either swap to Switch or abandon Nintendo entirely.
A few, miraculously, dealt with tough porting issues and squashed bugs to eventually meet their goal and deliver -- Yooka Laylee's long-delayed Switch port is a most famous example. In the case of studio Gears for Breakfast' creation A Hat in Time a Wii U version was never promised per se, but hinted at being in the works -- "We have also discussed the possibility of releasing the game on the Wii U, however the game is still early in development, so it is difficult to make that call until the game progresses further."
Although it was basically confirmed months ago, studio Gears for Breakfast made double sure to eliminate any hope of a Hat in Time Nintendo port this past week. Previously the company had picked up dev kits and made a "no promises" announcement of them, leaving many to speculate that perhaps it would happen one day. But nope! "A Hat in Time is not coming to the Switch" weeks after the fact is pretty much it.
It's a shame for the backers who held out hope and for people who are Switch-only folks, as it's a great game.
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via destructoid https://www.destructoid.com/a-hat-in-time-is-definitely-not-coming-to-switch-despite-hope-487373.phtml