Screenshots of this week’s Nintendo Downloads (8/1/13)
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Pro Pinball: Timeshock! dev hopes to bring game to Wii U, 3DS eventually
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Indie developer Barnstorm Games just launched its Kickstarter for “Pro Pinball: Timeshock!” yesterday. The campaign has already raised over £17,000 of the £40,000 goal.
The campaign doesn’t have any Wii U or 3DS stretch goals at present (that could change in the future), but Barnstorm has interest in bringing Pro Pinball to both platforms “eventually”.
You can support Pro Pinball: Timeshock! on Kickstarter here. Barnstorm intends to include realistic tables, worldwide leaderboards, and more.
Breath of Fire II coming to the Wii U VC “in the coming months”
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Capcom is bringing Breath of Fire II to the Wii U Virtual Console. Now it’s just a matter of when.
In a new blog post, the company said that it will be available “in the coming months.” Not exactly a specific date there!
Cloudberry Kingdom footage
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Mysterious Cities of Gold: Secret Paths officially announced, out in October
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We first heard about Mysterious Cities of Gold: Secret Paths in late May when Neko Entertainment revealed the game for Wii U and 3DS. Today, the company has made an official announcement and confirmed an October release.
Here’s everything we know about today based on a press release distributed a short while ago:
– Working closely with the creators of the series
– Family adventure-puzzle game
– Features Esteban, Tao and Zia in their quest for the Cities of Gold throughout the World, till the very ends of Imperial China.
– Play the levels that unlock for free at the same pace the episodes air on television
– Environments include the deep asian forests, heart of the Forbidden City, mythic Chinese City of Gold
– Use the specific skills and attributes of the three friends to your advantage when facing the multiple traps and hurdles thrown in your way
– Players will need to escape Zares and his men by untangling the riddled paths to discover the secret of the Mysterious Cities of Gold
– Gameplay has been fully imagined for modern touch platforms
– Provides depth for advanced players through tricky levels that require tactical swapping between the three heroes
– Has main characters, theme music, cinematic excerpts from the cartoon series
– New chapters will be added for free throughout the second season of the TV show
– Localization and voice-dubbing of cinematics and dialogues to English and extra languages will be soon proposed to international fans through Kickstarter
Source: Neko Entertainment PR
Nintendo Download (8/1/13, North America)
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This week’s North American Nintendo Downloads are as follows:
Wii U retail
Pikmin 3 – $59.99 – available August 4
Disney’s Planes – $49.99 – available August 6
Wii U download
Cloudberry Kingdom – $9.99
Wii U VC
Harvest Moon – $7.99
3DS VC
Kirby’s Dream Land 2 – $3.99
3DS retail
Disney’s Planes – $39.99 – available August 6
3DS download
Bike Rider DX – $5.99
My Farm 3D – $7.99
Family Kart 3D – $4.99
Nintendo eShop Special
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Source: Nintendo PR
Project Ravensdale has “a good chance” of coming to Wii U
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Project Ravensdale, an “outrageous run&gun platformer” from Black Forest Games, may come to Wii U. The studio recently told us that “there is actually a good chance” of the game being brought over to the console.
Black Forest launched its Kickstarter for Project Ravensdale earlier this month. Currently, $43,000 of the $500,000 goal has been raised with 16 days remaining.
It’s not clear how a potential Wii U version would be affected if the title isn’t funded by August 16.
Project Ravensdale wouldn’t be Black Forest Games’ first Wii U title. The company is on the verge of releasing Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams for the eShop.
Denis Dyack on what drew Precursor to Wii U, says console race “is way, way too early to tell”
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Precursor Games pledged support for Wii U in a big way when it announced Shadow of the Eternals for the console (and PC, later followed by PS4). Yet not all companies are willing to put out new titles for Nintendo’s system. There’s no denying that the Wii U is struggling, which is one of the big reasons why third-party support has been slim.
So what is it about the Wii U that drew Precursor to the console? Chief creative officer Denis Dyack pointed to a number of reasons in an interview with GameSpot:
“We like the Wii U. …Well, I think first of all we’re great friends with Nintendo. We love Nintendo. Also, Eternal Darkness got its roots with Nintendo and I think a spiritual successor should follow those roots and I think that was just natural. I also think that the controller and the system itself is very, very unique and leaves a lot of possibilities for us.”
Later in the interview, Dyack went on to speak about Nintendo’s recent struggles and said of the console race: it’s “way, way too early to tell.”
“I’m always very cautious about saying Nintendo’s put themselves in a corner or made a lot of huge mistakes because I’ve never seen a company surprise so many people and come out of nowhere to win and I think certainly this console race with the Wii U is way, way too early to tell. The people at Nintendo are extremely smart, really great people. We’ll see where it goes. I think it’s just too early to tell…”
Nintendo now says Art Academy: SketchPad date is TBA
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Art Academy: SketchPad won’t be available on the North American Wii U eShop after all. Nintendo has updated its official listing, which now includes a “TBA” date. Previously, the page said that Art Academy for Wii U would launch on August 8.
20-30 new indie games expected on Wii U by the holidays; Adelman talks indies, Wii U install base, competition
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Joystiq caught up with Dan Adelman, who you’ve likely heard about before. His official title is business development manager at Nintendo of America, but gamers should know him as the main man behind the company’s indie efforts.
In the new interview, Adelman spoke about indie content on Wii U, as well as the console’s install base and competition. Head past the break for a roundup of his responses.
