Renegade Kid’s Mutant Mudds heading to eShop – 2D platformer, DLC, much more

Nintendo Power has pulled back the curtain on Renegade Kid’s first 3DS title. Actually, some of you may remember that the title was originally going to be a 3D platformer for the DS. Now it’s in 2D, and for the 3DS’ eShop. You can check out a bunch of details on the revitalized project below.

- Heading to the eShop
- 2D side-scrolling platformer
- Renegade Kid publishing the game themselves
- This is the first time Renegade Kid is publishing
- Jools Watsham said that he was toying around with a pixel version of Max when he discovered that a 2D version of the game could work
- Game was redesigned when they found out about the 3DS
- Plot is the same
- Max needs to use his water cannon/water-powered jet pack to defeat monsters that come from the ground
- Go to the foreground and background
- Variety of environments
- Levels include “a dark, wintery land; a fiery temple; a space cosmos; and a fluffy cloudville”
- Collect “Water Sprites” in each level
- Water Sprites unlock new levels
- Secrets and power-ups
- Being made for on-the-go gamers
- Game doesn’t require large chunks of play
- DLC through SpotPass
- Late 2011 release

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