Wii U eShop

Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News, Wii U eShop | 8 Comments

Midora has gone through its fair share of financial issues since it achieved funding on Kickstarter back in July 2014. That’s all culminated with Epic Minds essentially cancelling the project for the time being and offering refunds to those who pledged to the original campaign. The developer felt this would be the best way to go about the situation after being unable to strike a deal with investors or publishers last month.

Epic Minds wrote in a Kickstarter update:

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 6 Comments

Log Games has announced Epic Dumpster Bear as its next game for the Wii U eShop. The action-platformer takes inspiration from the 16-bit era and has players taking on the role of a dumpster bear with a chip on his shoulder. After an evil corporation destroys his forest – forcing him to eat dumpster food to survive – it’s now the bear’s turn to take out the trash.

Log Games promises over 70 levels containing bosses, secret exits, and unlockable puzzle levels. Here’s a rundown of the title’s features:

– Classic platforming action
– Smooth 60fps gameplay and precise control
– 7 worlds and over 70 levels to complete
– Off TV play
– Bonus levels that take advantage of the Wii U GamePad
– Unlockable Miiverse Stamps

Epic Dumpster Bear will be released on the Wii U eShop in North America, Europe, and Oceania this spring. Watch a trailer below.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 10 Comments

In a new developer blog, Juicy Beast stated that Toto Temple Deluxe “didn’t sell very well”. The developer shared some potential reasons as to why the game didn’t perform as well as the studio had hoped.

Here’s a notable excerpt from the piece:

There’s a good possibility that the game didn’t have good enough “hooks” to captivate people’s attention. Sure, “fighting your friends to put an egg-laying goat on your head” sounds funny and weird, but it doesn’t really give you a clear idea of what it’s like to play Toto Temple Deluxe.

At the end of the day, we think the biggest factor is because it’s a local-multiplayer game with no online play. The game is aiming at a pretty niche audience by requiring actual human friends to play, and we can’t ignore the impact it has on sales. A quick look at comments on YouTube, Reddit and such, and it’s obvious that a lot of people are simply not buying the game for this very reason (that along a lack of solo experience).

On top of all this, we also think the game came out almost 2 years too late. Back in 2014, when the local-multiplayer boom was happening, Toto Temple Deluxe’s development felt more logical. Today, it feels a bit out of place, as we think a lot of player might have bought popular local-multiplayer games in the past, then realised that they would play them less and less frequently. We definitely can’t blame them, since it’s pretty much the same for us.

There’s plenty more about the creation of Toto Temple Deluxe in Juicy Beast’s post. You can read the full thing right here.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News, Wii U eShop | 0 comments

Lightwood Games announced today that Word Puzzles by POWGI will be available on the European eShop on January 28 (North America to follow). The title was only previously confirmed for 3DS, but a Wii U version has now been revealed as well. It’ll be launching for both platforms on the same day.

Word Puzzles by POWGI features a collection of six different word games and allows users to generate custom puzzles by tapping an amiibo. This marks the first independent game to support every single amiibo figure and card.

Below are trailers for the two versions:

Source: Lightwood Games PR

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Posted on 8 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in 3DS eShop, News, Wii U eShop | 0 comments

This week’s European Nintendo Downloads are as follows:

Wii U Virtual Console

Megaman Battle Network 6: Cybeast Falzar – €6.99 / £6.29 / CHF 9.80

Megaman Battle Network 6: Cybeast Gregar – €6.99 / £6.29 / CHF 9.80

3DS Download

FINAL FANTASY EXPLORERS (available from January 28th, pre-purchase available from January 14th; Bonus for purchasing on Nintendo eShop until 28/01/2016: Download Code for the for the Nintendo 3DS HOME Menu theme “FINAL FANTASY EXPLORERS Legendary Characters” included with every pre-purchase from Nintendo eShop.) – €39.99 / £29.99 / CHF 51.90

3DS DLC

Nintendo presents: New Style Boutique 2 – Fashion Forward: Peach’s Yukata – free

Nintendo presents: New Style Boutique 2 – Fashion Forward: Rosalina’s Yukata – free

3DS Demo

Etrian Odyssey 2 Untold: The Fafnir Knight

3DS Themes

Animal Crossing: Winter Frolics – €1.99 / £1.79 / CHF 2.80

eShop Sales

Wii U

Bombing Bastards – €4.99/ £4.49 / CHF 7.49 until January 21st, regular price €6.99 / £5.99 / CHF 9.99

Cubemen 2 – €3.99/ £3.49 / CHF 5.49 until January 28th, regular price €7.99 / £6.99 / CHF 10.99

Family Tennis SP – €3.74/ £2.99 / CHF 4.49 until February 4th, regular price €4.99 / £3.99 / CHF 5.99

FullBlast – €2.99 / £2.69 / CHF 4.20 until February 11th, regular price €5.99 / £5.39 / CHF 8.40

Kung Fu Rabbit – €1.99 / £1.79 / CHF 2.80 until January 28th, regular price €4.99 / £4.49 / CHF 7.00

Puddle – €2.99 / £2.83 / CHF 4.41 until January 28th, regular price €6.99 / £6.29 / CHF 9.80

Rock ‘N Racing Off Road DX – €4.95 / £4.45 / CHF 6.94 until February 11th, regular price €7.99 / £7.19 / CHF 11.20

Rock Zombie – €3.99 / £3.59 / CHF 5.60 until February 11th, regular price €6.99 / £6.29/ CHF 9.80

Runbow – €10.49 / £8.24 / CHF 14.24 until January 30th, regular price €13.99 / £10.99/ CHF 18.99

Spot The Differences: Party! – €2.99 / £2.69 / CHF 4.20 until January 21st, regular price €5.00 / £4.49/ CHF 7.00

Tetrobot & Co. – €4.99 / £3.74 / CHF 5.99 until January 28th, regular price €9.99 / £7.49/ CHF 11.99

Unepic – €4.99 / £4.40 / CHF 7.00 until February 11th, regular price €9.99 / £8.99/ CHF 14.00

Wooden Sen’SeY – €3.99 / £3.20 / CHF 4.80 until January 28th, regular price €9.99 / £8.00/ CHF 12.00

3DS

Kung Fu Rabbit – €1.99 / £1.79 / CHF 2.80 until January 28th, regular price €4.99 / £4.49 / CHF 7.00

Fantasy Pirates – €0.99 / £0.99 / CHF 1.00 until February 11th, regular price €4.50 / £4.50/ CHF 4.60

TOYS VS MONSTERS – €0.99 / £0.99 / CHF 1.22 until February 11th, regular price €3.99 / £3.99/ CHF 4.99

VAN HELSING SNIPER ZX100 – €2.99 / £2.99 / CHF 4.10 until February 11th, regular price €6.66 / £6.66/ CHF 9.20

Source: Nintendo PR

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Posted on 8 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in 3DS eShop, Screenshots, Wii U eShop | 0 comments

Check out some screenshots of this week’s European Nintendo downloads:

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii U eShop | 6 Comments

The Perplexing Orb is slated for release on the North American Wii U eShop this Thursday. Check out the video below for a brief look at the download.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 5 Comments

RCMADIAX has sent out a notice stating that Avoider will soon be temporarily removed from the Wii U eShop. The indie developer explained it was “unaware that the audio track provided to us was a close copy of audio in another released title”.

RCMADIAX already reached out to Nintendo so that the game can be redistributed without the aforementioned track. Those who purchase the game before Avoider’s removal will receive an update to the latest version as soon as it’s available.

Source: RCMADIAX PR

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 1 Comment

Yet another game has been confirmed for release on the North American eShop, this time on Wii U. The Perplexing Orb from TreeFall Studios is slated for January 14.

The Perplexing Orb is all about rolling a ball through different courses. TreeFall promises “insane challenges and unique levels”.

To get a brief look at The Perplexing Orb, check out the trailer below.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii U eShop | 0 comments

A couple of days ago, Drill Dozer saw release on the European Wii U Virtual Console. More footage of the GBA game is posted below.

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