Why isn't there a Borderlands game for the Wii U? Developer Gearbox Software has answered this question before, but this time there's a new answer.

In an interview with GamesMaster magazine (thanks NintendoEverything) Gearbox chief Randy Pitchford said the developers couldn't come up with an OMG feature that makes use of the Wii U's uniqueness for the Borderlands experience.

We get asked if there is going to be a Wii U version of Borderlands, and the reason why there's not is because we couldn't think of a natural, obvious, 'OMG, I want that for what the Wii U brings to the table' feature, he said.

Of course, there is one Gearbox game in the works for Wii U: Aliens: Colonial Marines. So why is it Aliens is right for Wii U?

But with Aliens, the first thing we thought was 'Holy sh*t, I can have a motion controller in my hands!' Pitchford explained. When it's there in my lap it feels like I'm part of the movie.

Back in July Gearbox's Brian Martel offered a different reason for the lack of a Borderlands game on Nintendo's two-screen HD console, saying the Texan studio will employ a wait and see approach.

We really like the Wii U, I think it's a really cool platform, he told Dealspwn. I like what they're doing - obviously with the touchscreen - and it will be interesting to see what Microsoft do with their approach to that idea. It's one of those problems of the Wii: the only people who have ever made a lot of money on the Wii is Nintendo.

So we're really excited to bring Aliens: Colonial Marines to it. And we're going to do a wait and see approach, our publisher 2K is going to see whether they're going to go with that.

Martel said if Borderlands was to hit Wii U it would probably put the inventory on the GamePad, as other games have.

But if Borderlands 2 was on the Wii U, the thing I would be most excited about is inventory management: it would be amazing on that, it would just be fantastic. And I think the artwork would look really good, with the way they can deal with the resolutions and textures, I think it's a really good console.