Runbow details
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A few days ago, Polygon published a preview of Runbow based on a playable demo at IndieCade 2014. You can find a summary of details from the report below.
– Competitively running and platforming game
– 9 players compete against each other in fast and frenzied battles to the death
– Run mode was playable at IndieCade
– This has players sprinting from one side of the screen to the other, punching each other and hopping from platform-to-platform
– Colored gates, platforms and other obstacles are included in each level
– Green, blue, purple, orange colors
– One of those colors sweeps across the game’s background every few seconds
– When this happens, it momentarily deleting all platforms of the same color
– Runbow’s tagline “If you can’t see it, it doesn’t exist”
– If players lag too far behind and fall offscreen, they’ll die
– Sometimes a spiked boulder will come rolling onto the stage
– Power-ups included
– Can punch opponents at any time to momentarily stun them
– A Power Punch pick-up makes punches stronger by launching opponents into the air
– Lightning power-up shocks everyone else for an extended stun
– Another power-up makes everything happen in slow motion
– Other power-up swaps one player’s location with another
– King of the Hill-style mode and a deathmatch battle known as Arena are included
– Ties in Run mode are settled in a version of the game’s deathmatch mode
– This involves bouncing on a floor made of mushrooms while trying to avoid spike pits
– The player using the GamePad can dole out power-ups and switch the background color on the fly in the game’s Colourmaster mode
– In this mode, it’s really a means to torment up to eight friends as they fight among themselves
– 2 players share a Wii Remote-Classic Controller pairing so that the controller essentially becomes two
– Coming to Wii U first
– Nintendo has been “insanely supportive” of the game
– Out in early 2015
– Team is working on color blind options
– The game has a black and white tonal visual option that may serve as the best solution for color blind players
Update: Nope – Pier Solar HD hitting the North American Wii U eShop next week
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Update: In turns out that Nintendo’s listing is inaccurate, which is somewhat of a surprise! It’s one of the rare times as of late that a game page has included an incorrect date. However, a final release date will be announced next week.
Pier Solar HD is coming to the North American Wii U eShop next week, a listing on Nintendo’s website reveals. Watermelon will bring its game out on October 23. Pricing is set at $14.99.
Donkey Kong Country Wii U Virtual Console footage
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Update: “not cancelled” – Oddworld: New ‘n’ Tasty team facing issues with Wii U due to a lack of hard drive
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Update: The official Oddworld Inhabitants Twitter account just issued the following message on Twitter over concerns that the Wii U version has been cancelled:
New 'n' Tasty is not cancelled on Wii U. We are currently having challenges with the platform that we are striving to overcome.
— Oddworld Inhabitants (@OddworldInc) October 17, 2014
Regarding Wii U, while supporting the 8GB model is a consideration, it is neither a dealbreaker nor the only challenge.
— Oddworld Inhabitants (@OddworldInc) October 17, 2014
The Wii U version of Oddworld: New ‘n’ Tasty seems to be facing a bit of trouble.
During the latest episode of the Fragments of Silicon podcast, Oddworld creator Lorne Lanning mentioned that the team is “having challenges without having a hard disk”. However, he quickly added: “we’re trying to overcome those challenges.”
Lanning went on to say that he’s “desperate to be on Nintendo” and feels that “Oddworld will resonate well” with the Nintendo audience.
Read on below for the full transcript of Lanning’s comments.
Stealth Inc 2 is just over 300MB
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Stealth Inc 2 will take up roughly 300MB of space on your Wii U system or external hard drive. A fairly small game, all things considered!
Stealth Inc 2 is a couple of more weeks away from launching. It’s due out on October 30.
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The Voice screenshots
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Video: “Stealth Inc 2: Uncovered Part Two – Gadgets and Gizmos”
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Screenshots of this week’s Nintendo Downloads (10/16/14, North America)
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Paper Monsters Recut footage
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Cosmophony out on October 30 in Europe
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The Wii U eShop confirms that Cosmophony will be released on October 30 in Europe. At launch, the game will cost €3.99. Expect the North American version to arrive at around the same time.
