EA mocks Wii U then apologises

On April Fool’s Day 2014, EA’s official Frostbite Twitter account (@FrostbiteEngine) took to mocking the poor little Wii U.

The tweets have since been removed, but not before being recorded for posterity:

Frostbite now runs on the #WiiU since it is the most powerful Gen4 platform, our renderer is now optimized for Mario and Zelda. – @FrostbiteEngine, 1 April 2014.

Frostbite will power #HalfLife3, coming out summer 2014! #WiiU exclusive. – @FrostbiteEngine, 1 April 2014.

Good news, we have finally fixed and optimized our ‘netcode’. Uses quantum entanglement for Zero Latency connections. Exclusively on #WiiU. – @FrostbiteEngine, 1 April 2014.

Nintendo fans didn’t take to kindly to this, and as the backlash gained momentum, the tweets were removed.

EA executive Peter Moore has publicly apologised for the bungle:

“Our apologies to partners @NintendoAmerica & fan @FrostbiteEngine ‘s poor attempt at April Fools not condoned by EA: unacceptable/ stupid.”

EA and Nintendo haven’t had much of a working relationship lately, since back in May 2013 EA coldly announced they were no longer developing games for the platform due to its poor sales numbers.