[2] The team's other projects included Metroid Prime Hunters, 1080° Avalanche, and Wave Race: Blue Storm.
[6] A report revealed that the game was cancelled in 2009 due to creative internal conflicts at Nintendo Software Technology.
The developers reported the Japanese leads, one of them being Katsuhiko Kanno, ignoring their input on how to improve the game in respect to the cultural interests of the game's Western market, a sentiment that would eventually result in multiple developers accusing Nintendo of racism and nationalism.
[3] What would come out of this tumultuous time period is an incarnation of the game titled "Wii Crush" with similar gameplay but a graphical overhaul to be brighter and cuter.
[3] In July 2021, additional information unveiled from the 2020 Nintendo Gigaleak[8] revealed its title internally as "Hammer Man" and spoke about its beat 'em up style resembling musou gameplay.