Runbow features guest appearances from a bunch of other indie titles. The lineup includes Rusty from SteamWorld Dig, Shovel Knight from Yacht Club’s indie hit, and plenty more.

13AM Games spoke about how these collaborations came to be in an interview with Toronto GameDevs. The studio explained:

It all started at IndieCade 2014, where Nintendo invited us to demo our game. At the event, our booth was next to developers like Yacht Club Games and Ronimo Games. Our character at the time, Hue, had a pretty similar facial structure to Shovel Knight and the we jokingly asked if we could throw him in our game. After hearing the idea out loud, both sides realized it was actually an interesting proposition. They agreed and we used this show of faith and a little help from Nintendo to reach out and contact as many indie Wii U developers we could. Due to the awesome nature of indie developers, we received a bunch of positive feedback and quickly assembled a pretty large cast of interesting characters. From there, it was just on our artist’s to realize these other characters in our art style and make them all work, and I think they nailed it.

Runbow is due out sometime in Q3. No specific release date yet, though we’ll let you know as soon as we hear something on that front.

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Kirby Squeak Squad, Kirby’s Return to Dream Land, Kirby 64 hitting the NA Wii U eShop tomorrow

Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 17 Comments

Yesterday, Nintendo teased three classic games for release on the Wii U eShop this week. Those titles have since been revealed.

Listings on the ESRB indicate that Kirby Squeak Squad, Kirby’s Return to Dream Land, and Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards are coming to the North American Wii U eShop. Each one should be available starting tomorrow.

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Bike Rider DX games are coming to Wii U

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Spicysoft brought two Bike Rider DX games to the 3DS eShop. It’s now looking like these same titles are making their way to Wii U.

In Nintendo’s latest financial report, a couple of Bike Rider games are listed for its console. “Bike Rider Ultra DX – Galaxy Tour” and “Bike Rider Ultra DX – World Tour” are mentioned in the report. We don’t have any details about how they’ll play on Wii U or when they’ll be available, sadly.

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EDGE #283 scores

Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 1 Comment

This month’s EDGE review scores are as follows:

Her Story – 9
The Magic Circle – 7
The Swindle – 7
Rise of Incarnates – 6
Yatagarasu – 7
Fallout Shelter – 5
Tembo The Badass Elephant – 5

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ZaciSa: Defense of the Crayon Dimension! out in Europe next month

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ZeNfA Productions has announced that ZaciSa: Defense of the Crayon Dimension! is coming to Europe on August 20. Pricing is set at €1.49 / £1.14 for the first week, and it will then go up to €2.99 / £2.29 following the promotion period.

ZaciSa: Defense of the Crayon Dimension! came to North America as ZaciSa’s Last Stand last year. The developer has since added in “several new maps, game modes, weapons, enemies, online leaderboard, Miiverse integration, stable 60 FPS gameplay and more additions”.

Check out a trailer for ZaciSa: Defense of the Crayon Dimension! below.

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Muramasa: The Demon Blade, Trauma Team hitting the Japanese Wii U eShop next month

Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 6 Comments

Atlus is bringing a pair of Wii titles to Wii U in Japan next month in the form of eShop downloads. Muramasa: The Demon Blade and Trauma Team are both due out on August 19, Nintendo’s website confirms. Pricing is set at 2,700 yen each.

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Girls Like Robots footage

Posted on 9 years ago by Dennis Gagliardotto(@LyonHart_) in Videos, Wii U eShop | 0 comments

Girls Like Robots just launched in the Japanese eShop today along with a bunch of other titles you can find here. Check out some footage for the game below!

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Zombie Defense trailer (Japanese)

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Teyon has released a trailer for Zombie Defense, which is heading to the Japanese Wii U eShop next week. View it below.

We originally heard about Zombie Defense last December. The game was rated in Germany, and it now looks like it’s ready for launch on the eShop. Zombie Defense should be coming to the North American and European Wii U eShops eventually.