Japanese Bahamut Lagoon, Mighty Bomb Jack Wii U Virtual Console trailers
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ReVeN successfully funded on Kickstarter
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Indie project ReVeN has been successfully funded on Kickstarter. Varia Games managed to reach its $18,000 funding goal just a short while ago, meaning the team’s new game will make its way to Wii U sometime in the future.
If ReVeN raises $100,000 before February 22, Varia will hire a programmer so that the game can take full advantage of the Wii U GamePad and features in general. A second programmer will also be brought in so that the title can be polished further.
You can find ReVeN on Kickstarter here.
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Mighty No. 9 live adaptation on the way
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Believe it or not, Mighty No. 9 will be seeing a live action adaptation of some kind.
Tim Carter, writer and producer over at Contradiction Films, told The Electric Playground that he’s currently working on the story. It’s unclear if the project will be a web series, film, or something else entirely.
Carter stated:
“We are building the story right now. Inafune-san created [Mega Man], and he has now created Mighty Number 9. We don’t have the rights to Mega Man, obviously, but we are working with him on a live action adaptation of it.”
On the topic of Keiji Inafune, Carter said, “I was a little apprehensive about it at first until I got his notes, and thought ‘Dude, you should be working at Pixar!'”
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Gargoyle’s Quest II rated by the OFLC
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Gargoyle’s Quest II: The Demon Darkness has been rated by the OFLC. That should hint at a new Virtual Console release, though Capcom hasn’t made any official announcements as of yet. Since the Game Boy version of Gargoyle’s Quest II never launched outside of Japan, OFLC’s rating likely pertains to the NES version.
FAST Racing Neo details coming after Shin’en’s next Wii U game reveal
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Shin’en announced FAST Racing Neo towards the end of last year, but we never received any concrete details about the game. So when can fans expect actual information?
According to Shin’en, details will be shared after the studio unveils its second new Wii U title. Based on a previous tease, that should be happening soon.
@ProchenoS We currently prepare our 2nd Wii U game announcement. After that we will release more details to FAST RN.
— Shin'en Multimedia (@ShinenGames) February 3, 2014
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Development of The ’90s Arcade Racer on Wii U discussed, likely 60FPS at 720p, out in mid-2014
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Over on its blog, Nicalis provided an update on the Wii U version of The ’90s Arcade Racer.
Bringing the game over “from PC/windows environment to Wii U has been a straight forward process since the project is being built on top of Unity and the team porting Unity to Wii U have obviously been doing a great job,” it was explained.
And regarding the game’s technical aspects:
Without getting into minutia that we’re probably not allowed to share in great detail, some things that worked on PC couldn’t be ported exactly Wii U without having affecting how the game performs on the Nintendo console–and probably other consoles, too. However, we’re very happy with the results. Fidelity, image quality and a smooth framerate are our priorities. Detractors note, Wii U is proving very capable of running the game at 60fps at 720p with 4xMSAA and FXAA resulting in a crystal clear image. It’s simply beautiful.
The lead programmer on ’90s Arcade Racer has been busy working on the game’s AI, among other elements. Ultimately, the goal is to support 30 cars in each race.
The ’90s Arcade Racer doesn’t have a release date at this time, though mid-2014 is currently targeted.
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A World of Keflings hitting Wii U within the next couple of months
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A World of Keflings’s arrival on Wii U isn’t far off. According to developer NinjaBee, the game will be available sometime within the next couple of months.
NinjaBee is also tinkering around with some ideas for new projects. You can find information about the studio’s plans here.
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Nintendo Download (2/6/14, Europe)
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This week’s European Nintendo Downloads are as follows:
Wii U
My Farm – €7.99 (£7.19)
Wii U VC
NES Open Tournament Golf – €4.99 (£3.49) – 60Hz Version
3DS
Animal Hospital Demo
DSiWare
Hidden Expedition Titanic – €7.99 (£7.19)
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Price Reductions
3DS
BIT.TRIP SAGA €9.99 (£8.99) until 06/03/14, 23:59 UTC
Girl’s Fashion Shoot €14.99 (£14.99) until 06/03/14, 23:59 UTC
Virtue’s Last Reward €12.49 (£9.99) until 06/03/14, 23:59 UTC
Shifting World €9.99 (£8.99) until 06/03/14, 23:59 UTC
Super Black Bass 3D €9.99 (£8.99) until 06/03/14, 23:59 UTC
Hakuoki: Memories of the Shinsengumi €16.99 (£14.99) until 06/03/14, 23:59 UTC
Jewel Master Cradle Of Rome 2 €9.99 (£8.99) until 06/03/14, 23:59 UTC
Jewel Master Cradle Of Egypt 2 €9.99 (£8.99) until 06/03/14, 23:59 UTC
Beyblade Evolution €14.99 (£14.99) until 06/03/14, 23:59 UTC
URBAN TRIAL FREESTYLE €3.49 (£3.15) until 13/02/14, 23:59 local time
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Space Pioneer guaranteed for Wii U
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Space Enigma Studios has guaranteed Space Pioneer for Wii U. That means we’ll definitely be seeing the game on the eShop – regardless of the project’s performance on Kickstarter. More indie support is always a good thing!
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Spearhead was interested in releasing Wii U version of Tiny Brains, but had issues communicating with Nintendo
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In recent memory, almost all feedback concerning Nintendo’s approach to indies has been positive. So it’s a bit surprising to learn that one developer had a disappointing exerpeice with the company, and ultimately wasn’t able to launch its game on the eShop.
Spearhead’s Simon Darveau and Malik Boukhira told Destructoid that the studio originally hoped to bring Tiny Brains to Wii U. Darveau explained that Spearhead “never seem to find an avenue to get on the Wii U,” in large part due to the difficulties in getting in proper contact with Nintendo.
Darveau and Boukhira said:
