More footage of the Nintendo Game Seminar 2013 titles
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More ZaciSa’s Last Stand footage
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Yacht Club on what’s next for Shovel Knight, possibility of sequels, interest in original titles
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Shovel Knight designer/director Sean Velasco and pixel artist Nick Wozniak recently spoke with Hardcore Gamer and gave some lengthy insight into what the studio has planned next for the game. Additionally, Yacht Club discussed the possibility of sequels – again touching on ideas like a 16 bit version or N64-styled game with 3D visuals – as well as interest in pursuing original titles as well.
You can find Velasco and Wozniak’s comments below and the full interview here.
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The Game Bakers talks more about Squids Odyssey’s cross-buy option in Europe
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News, Wii U eShop | 2 Comments
Squids Odyssey is one of the first titles to make use of a “cross-buy” feature on Nintendo platforms. However, there are some limitations.
For one thing, the promotion is for Europe only. The Game Bakers has additionally confirmed that this is a one-way street for now – you need to buy the 3DS version before you can download the Wii U title for free, and it doesn’t seem to work the other way around.
“Indeed this is something new for Nintendo, they call it conditional sales. They asked us if we’d be interested in this kind of operation and we said yes. I believe Squids Odyssey is one of the first titles or the first title to support this.”
“Unfortunately, it’s only 3DS -> WiiU for the moment, even though I know they would like to see this work the other way round (and we’d like it too!).”
The Game Bakers did ask Nintendo of America about the cross-buy option as well. Sadly though, they were informed that it’s not currently possible.
“Yes we did ask, we really like this promotion and wished to make it happen for all gamers, but NOA could not support this kind of promotion.”
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Mighty No. 9 – work-in-progress gameplay footage version 1.5
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Squids Odyssey is cross-buy, but only in Europe
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We found out via today’s European Nintendo Downloads that Squids Odyssey is the first cross-buy title on Nintendo platforms. If you buy the game on 3DS later this week, you’ll also get the Wii U version free.
Unfortunately, it turns out that this offer only applies to Europe at the moment. The Game Bakers’ Emeric Thoa explained:
“We are very excited by this promotion as it’s the first time this happens – as far as I know. It’s a proof that Nintendo is making efforts in giving more control to the developer on its pricing and promotions. I’m glad that our players will be able to play on 3DS and WiiU for the price of one game. It’s a shame that it’s only in Europe yet but hopefully this cross buy operation will be appreciated and the technical contraints that prevented it to happen in the US will be fixed.”
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Nintendo Download (Europe, 07/02/14)
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This week’s Nintendo Downloads for Europe are as follows:
3DS
Chibi-Robo! Let’s Go, Photo! – €12.99 / £11.69 / CHF18.20
Quell Reflect – €3.99 / £3.49 / CHF5.00
Squids Odyssey – €12.99 / £9.99 / CHF15.99 *
*Special offer – If you download Squids Odyssey on Nintendo 3DS, you can download the Wii U version for free
Pokemon Art Academy – €34.99/ £29.99 / CHF44.90 (From July 4th)
Wii U
Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition – €13.99 / £11.99 / CHF17.25 (From July 2nd)
Armillo – Introductory price of €4.50 / £4.00 / CHF6.50 until July 24th
Flowerworks HD: Follie’s Adventure – Introductory price €2.50 / £2.00 / CHF3.50 until July 31st
Wii U VC
Adventure Island (NES) – €4.99 / £3.49 / CHF7.00
Special offers
Tappingo – €1.99 / £1.69 / CHF2.69 until July 17th
Doodle Jump Adventures – €12.99 / £9.99 / CHF16.00 until July 17th
Kung Fu Rabbit (3DS / Wii U) – €2.49 / £2.19 / CHF3.50 until July 10th
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[Developer Musings] Hands-off Helpfulness: three independent developers talk about working with Nintendo
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Being a developer that works with Nintendo has, in the past, been considered something of a novelty for independent companies. Before WiiWare existed on Wii there wasn’t much of a way to get your game published on a Nintendo platform without a “proper” publisher, and even with Nintendo’s digital offerings on Wii and DSi things remained relatively closed off.
Now, with Wii U and 3DS, game development is open and independent developers have brought out masses of titles to the two platforms. But what’s it like to work with Nintendo? Is there any hint of their shielded past nowadays, or have things loosened up so much that such a past is indistinguishable?
“Willing to help” seems to be the common theme across all three of our entries in this week’s ‘Developer Musings’ series. Of course, there does seem to be some of that traditional red tape still involved– head past the break for comments from Dakko Dakko (Scram Kitty), Ludosity (Ittle Dew), and Nyamyam (Tengami).
(Unsure as to what Developer Musings is about? Check out our first entry here for an explanation.)
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Nintendo conducting eShop maintenance tomorrow; online stores currently experiencing issues
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The Wii U and 3DS eShops will be affected by maintenance on Monday. Between 4 PM ET and 8 PM ET (1 PM PT and 5 PM PT), both stores will be inaccessible, as will the Wii Shop Channel and DSi Shop.
We’ll also mention quickly that all of Nintendo’s online shops have been experiencing issues since 5:59 PM ET / 3:59 PM PT. The company is working on the situation and hopes to have all services completely restored soon.
