Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, Videos, Wii U eShop | 0 comments

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Posted on 10 years ago by Demelza(@ReporterDem) in 3DS eShop, Videos, Wii U eShop | 0 comments

A release teaser has been released ahead of 1001 Spikes coming to the eShop in North America today.

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Posted on 10 years ago by Jarop(@gamrah) in 3DS eShop, Videos, Wii U eShop | 1 Comment

It’s coming today in North America but for those of you who can’t wait, here’s some fresh footage of 1001 Spikes. Will you be picking it up?

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, Screenshots, Wii U eShop | 0 comments

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 2 Comments

Polygon has published a new report on Costume Quest 2, which was just confirmed for the Wii U eShop today. Here’s what we know thus far:

– Similar to the first game
– Play as twins Reynold and Wren
– The two set off on a trick or treating adventure
– Reynold and Wren will fight evil Grubbins in Halloween costumes that grant them superhuman powers
– In the sequel, everything is set in a new suburb in Louisiana
– Double Fine keeping quiet on story details
– Only saying that it’s set right after the DLC add-on Grubbins on Ice

“It’s probably our most requested sequel, besides Psychonauts. People have been asking for it forever. I think it’s that every Halloween you’re reminded about the game. We have a lot of people who are coming back to us saying they replay it every year.” – Greg Rice, Double Fine publishing manager

– Double Fine wants to give fans of the original more of what they loved while addressing some of Costume Quest’s shortcomings
– Battle system is being refined
– Attack combos have been added
– Slight changes in the timing of button presses in battles
– Players will need to press the action button as their character strikes with their attack, not beforehand
– The same is true for defending against enemy attacks
– You can get a follow-up attack (and a third) by nailing the timing on attacks
– More Halloween costumes will be included
– Fan favorite costumes will be back
– At least 4 new costumes: the Clown, the Superhero, the Pterodactyl and the Candy Corn
– Clown: healer, can replenish the hit points of his or her teammates with a move called Laughter is the Best Medicine
– Superhero: looks like the superman of Double Fine’s Middle Manager of Justice, attacks with big punches and can throw a bus for an area of effect attack
– Candy Corn doesn’t do anything
– Unclear what the Pterodactyl does
– Candy Corn costume: player wearing it sits out his or her turn — every single time
– The only action is a message explaining the character’s inaction, something along the lines of “Candy Corn has nothing to prove” or “Candy Corn decides to sit this one out”
– Double Fine hopes to have somewhere around a thousand variations on that line that explains why Candy Corn just stands there idle
– Double Fine has an achievement built into the game for players who wear the Candy Corn costume the entire game, limiting your party to two members, instead of three
– Party’s health won’t automatically regenerate after each battle this time around
– Will need to find water fountains to replenish your hit points
– Cards are being added that players can use to enhance their battle abilities
– Cards are a combination of the Battle Stamps — modifiers that each character could equip — and the collectible Creepy Treat Cards from the first game
– Purchase cards from vendors or earn them by completing tasks
– Bring cards to battle, which will give you an advantage
– Cards will have limited uses in battles
– Some cards may take a few battles to recharge before they can be used again
– Explore the world and take on side quests when you’re not battling
– All kids wear heelys this time around (in the first game, most players opted to wear the Robot costume, as the outfit’s roller shoes let players glide around at high speed)
– For side quests, Rice says that in the first game “a lot of those were a bit fetch quest-y, but in this one they’re a little more [tied to] game mechanics.”
– Side quest example with the Clown’s horn:

The kids wanted to join a group of street musicians as they played some New Orleans-style jazz in the game’s version of the French Quarter. But the band demanded that we rustle up an audience if we wanted to play, so, horn in hand, we chatted up a few tourists milling about. After drawing an audience with an ear for brassiness, the band acquiesced and let us toot along with their street jazz in a simple rhythm game. The reward? Candy, of course, and maybe a little street cred.

– Can hunt down hidden pinatas stuffed with candy
– If you beat up those pinatas rhythmically, they’ll unleash more candy
– Improvements made to Double Fine’s engine

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 0 comments

Costume Quest 2 will be released this Halloween on Wii U, PS4, PS4, Xbox One, Xbox 360, PC, Mac, and Linux.

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 0 comments

Mighty Rabbit Studios has confirmed plans to bring Saturday Morning RPG to the Wii U. The episodic role-playing game is already available on several platforms like iOS devices, though the eShop version should offer a few unique elements.

Mighty Rabbit Studios told Nintendo Force this month that the title will include a number of Wii U-exclusive battle objects that “play entirely to the GamePad’s strengths.” The developer is tinkering around with one idea – an homage to Presto Magix – in which players “have to use the GamePad screen to rub an attack into existence.” Off-TV play is also supported.

Saturday Morning RPG should be hitting Wii U in Q4 2014. At launch, players can get their hands on the first five full episodes from the iPhone version. A sixth episode will be made available for free through a future update.

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Posted on 10 years ago by Jarop(@gamrah) in 3DS eShop, News, Wii U eShop | 0 comments

This week’s European Nintendo Downloads are as follows:

Wii U

How To Survive – €13.99/£12.59/CHF 19.60

Wii U VC

Wario Land 4 (GBA) – €6.99/£6.29/CHF 9.80

3DS

Tomodachi Life – €39.99/£34.99/CHF 51.90 (From June 6)
Farming Simulator 14 – €34.99/£29.99/CHF 44.90
Color Zen – €2.99/£2.99/CHF 3.99

3DS VC

Super Dodge Ball (NES) – €3.99/£3.59/CHF 5.60

DSiWare

Jewel Match – €4.99/£4.49/CHF 7.00/ 500 Nintendo Points

Special offers

Wii U

Adventure Time™: Explore the Dungeon Because I DON’T KNOW! – €14.49 / £12.19 until June 29th
Ben 10 Omniverse – €9.99 / £6.69 until June 29th
Family Party: 30 Great Games® Obstacle Arcade – €9.99 / £9.99 until June 29th
PAC-MAN and the Ghostly Adventures – €19.99 / £16.29 until June 29th
Rise of the Guardians – €15.49 / £11.99 until June 29th
Tekken Tag Tournament™ 2 Wii U Edition – €9.99 / £14.99 until June 29th
The Croods: Prehistoric Party! – €9.99 / £6.59 until June 29th
Turbo: Super Stunt Squad – €14.49 / £12.19 until June 29th
TNT Racers – Nitro Machines Edition – €4.99 / £4.49 until June 19th

3DS

Adventure Time™: Explore the Dungeon Because I DON’T KNOW! – €9.99 / £8.29 until 29th June
Ben 10 Omniverse™ 2 – €14.99 / £12.19  until June 29th
Madagascar 3 & The Croods: COMBO PACK – €14.99 / £12.19  until June 29th
One Piece Romance Dawn – €14.99 / £12.19  until June 29th
PAC-MAN and the Ghostly Adventures – €17.49 / £14.19  until June 29th
Power Rangers Megaforce – €9.99 / £8.29 until June 29th
PROJECT X ZONE – €17.49 / £13.99 until June 29th
Regular Show™: Mordecai & Rigby in 8-Bit Land – €9.99 / £8.29 until June 29th
Turbo: Super Stunt Squad – €9.99 / £8.29 until June 29th
The Croods: Prehistoric Party! – €9.99 / £8.29 until June 29th
Hometown Story – €19.99 / £19.99 until June 12th
Monster Shooter – €2.10 / £1.99 until July 3rd
WAKEDAS – €1.99 / £1.79 until June 26th
Witch & Hero – €1.99 / £1.79 until June 26^th
World Conqueror 3d – €3.99 / £3.59 until June 26^th

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Posted on 10 years ago by Jack Johnson(@tupachologram96) in Features, Reviews, Wii U, Wii U eShop | 1 Comment

System: Nintendo Wii U
Release Date: May 15th, 2013 (NA, EU)
Developer: Dakko Dakko
Publisher: Dakko Dakko

Author: Jack

I hate it when people label things incorrectly. It makes me very sad and upset. I can’t tell you how much compound irritation I’ve had to repress when, say, someone would write the wrong name down on an online order at work and offer me the duty of rectifying the situation over the phone with Mrs. Jihnson and her missing mail-order appliance, or when a past roommate not-to-be-named would intentionally label the cat food ‘dog food’ just to try to make me sick the next day.

This is why I possess such a vitriol for relatively new Welsh developer Dakko Dakko and their latest attempt at capturing the burgeoning Wii U indie scene (think Mutant Mudds, Cloudberry Kingdom, and all of the other titles I’ve referenced way too much in writing and on the podcast), Scram Kitty and his Buddy on Rails, a 2D shooter with strong open-world platforming elements. The ‘On Rails’ signifier at the end there implies imprison-y, limited bounds and pointed, one-dimensional gameplay design, whereas Scram Kitty, in its comparative sense of freedom to the recent litany of top-notch platformers we’ve seen reach the eShop, feels anything but. Scram Kitty, though confusing in name, scratches an itch not satiated fully by its contemporaries on the platform. By not being as singularly masterful in its level design elements as, say, VVVVVV or Mighty Switch Force!, Scram Kitty feels a little less uptight and neo-retro, yet crucially still achieves the same level of “old-school hardcore” as those luminaries do. I will not use any cat puns in this review.

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 0 comments

A quick heads up about the recently-released Wii U eShop title Gravity Badgers. The game takes up 344.8MB of space, which seems quite manageable. You shouldn’t need to reserve much space fortunately!

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