Yacht Club on how Nintendo helped out with Shovel Knight, more games for their systems
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, General Nintendo, News, Wii U eShop | 2 Comments
GameSource recently had the opportunity to interview David D’Angelo from Yacht Club Games. The discussion isn’t in English, but we were presented with a couple of noteworthy translations.
Here’s what D’Angelo shared regarding Nintendo’s support for Shovel Knight:
Nintendo was very helpful. They provided a great deal of marketing from featuring the game on the eShop and their website, to bringing the game with them to conventions around the country. They were also helpful behind the scenes, dealing with technical questions and listening to our wildest dreams. Creating Shovel Knight for the Wii U and 3DS was a smooth process, but of course, still a ton of work. Building a game for any platform comes with its own challenges and making a game feel unique and at home on the console is an important but hard problem to tackle!
On the topic of Shovel Knight’s sales, D’Angelo stated:
The game is selling really well on Nintendo platforms, and hopefully we’ll continue to keep making games for their systems. We love Nintendo, and they have been really great to work with for Shovel Knight.
Dungeons & Robots heading to Wii U
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 5 Comments
Glow Games Studio has revealed a new title for Wii U known as “Dungeons & Robots”. You’ll find a few images below as well as the first round of details.
– Randomly generated environments
– Full control and modularity over the robot
– Different customization options
– Different dangers in dungeons
– Mages, Orcs, and Demons roam the floors
– Other creatures and traps as well
– Robots are called “Ajax”
– Need to search for artifacts in dungeons
– These increase your abilities such as health, energy, speed, damage, and defense
– Ajax have Element and Melee resistance attributes including Health and Energy Regeneration properties
– Use the GamePad to manipulate Armor, Equipment, Gems, Weapons
– Each has its own attribute system valuing Defense, Type, Boosted Stats, and Gem Slots
– Different Armor classes for your robot
– Equip 1 armor piece to a single area
– Each armor piece also has its own slot for equipping Gems
– Equipment items are broken down into groups labeled Disposables, Fountains and Turrets
– Disposable Items include usable objects like Energy Traps, Mines, or a Teleporter
– Fountains: static objects a player sets down in areas to provide support options within a certain range
– Fountains award Health and Energy
– Can also place turrets to attack enemies within range
– Items and Equipment are managed by an character’s attribute of Equipment Slots, and are specific to the character in use
– These determine how many items one player can take into Dungeons within their inventory
– Characters can’t exceed 4 slots
– Equipment Slots can be earned by leveling up to special milestones
– Single-player, co-op, and player versus player modes
– Co-op supports up to 4 players
– Each player can gain experience and loot in co-op
– PVP will support 4v4 battles
– Could even support 10v10 or a separate 10v10 game mode with larger maps
– Game may also feature a survival arena mode
– Targeted for Q1 2015
– More games set in the same universe planned
Check out the source link below for an interview with Glow Games Studio, which contains even more details.
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The Swapper is roughly a 400MB download
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 0 comments
Curve Studios will be bringing The Swapper to the Wii U eShop in about a week. If you plan on downloading the game, make sure you have 390MB of free space available!
The Swapper will be available in North America and Europe next Thursday.
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Screenshots of this week’s Nintendo Downloads (10/30/14, Europe)
Posted on 9 years ago by Kirara Koneko(@KiraraKoneko) in 3DS eShop, Wii U eShop | 0 comments
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Nintendo Downloads (10/30/14, Europe)
Posted on 9 years ago by Kirara Koneko(@KiraraKoneko) in 3DS eShop, News, Wii Shop Channel, Wii U eShop | 0 comments
This weeks’s European Nintendo Downloads are as follows:
Wii U
– Stealth Inc 2: A Game of Clones €13.99/£12.99
– Jett Tailfin €19.99/£17.99
– Falling Skies: The Game € 39.99/£34.99
– Tetrobot and Co. €9.99/£7.49
– Cosmophony €3.99/£3.59
-Color Zen Demo Free
Wii U VC
– Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong’s Double Trouble €7.99/£5.49
– Devil World €4.99/£3.49
Special Offers
– Zen Pinball 2: Doctor Strange Table €1.49/£1.19 (Ends November 3, regular price €2.99/£2.39)
– Zen Pinball 2: The Walking Dead Table €1.49/£1.19 (Ends November 3, regular price €2.99/£2.39)
3DS
– Color Zen Demo Free
– Arc Style: Baseball 3D €1.99/£1.79
– Shin Megami Tensei IV – €19.99/£17.99
-Zombie Panic in Wonderland DX €5.00/£4.50
3DS VC
– Donkey Kong Land III €3.99/£3.59
– Gargoyle’s Quest II: The Demon Darkness €4.99/£4.39
3DS Themes
– Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Isabelle in the Town Hall €1.99/£1.79
– Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Mabel Able €1.99/£1.79
– Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Sable Able €1.99/£1.79
– Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Timmy & Tommy Nook €1.99/£1.79
– Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Colourful Pattern €1.99/£1.79
– Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Bulletin Board €1.99/£1.79
– Halloween: Spooky Black Cat €1.99/£1.79
Special Offers
– Sweet Memories Blackjack €2.99/£2.69 (Ends November 20, regular price €3.99/£3.59)
– Brunch Panic €2.99/£2.69 (Ends November 20, regular price €3.99/£3.59)
– Swords & Soldiers 3D €4.99/£4.49 (Ends November 20, regular price €7.00/£5.90)
– Turtle Tale €1.99/£1.65 (Regular price €2.99/£2.49)
– 33% off the regular price of Turtle Tale in Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS if you already own Turtle Tale on Nintendo eShop on Wii U
-Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL World Duel Carnival €19.99/£17.99 (Permanent, was €39.95/£34.99)
Wii Shop Channel
– Donkey Kong Country 800 Points
– Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy’s Kong Quest 800 Points
– Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong’s Double Trouble! 800 Points
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[Weekly Screenshot] Paper Monsters Recut #4
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Screenshots, Weekly Screenshot, Wii U eShop | 1 Comment
This week’s Paper Monsters Recut screenshot introduces us to an environment found in one of the game’s later areas. We also learn a need tidbit about the game straight from Mobot Studios. View the official screenshot description below:
This is towards the end of Paper Monsters Recut at the outskirts of Lord Papyrus’ castle, which is also where you’ll encounter some of the more challenging levels in the game with multiple lava pits, fire balls, and tons of classic platforming goodness. Fun fact: in the original game this background was only used in one of the cut scenes, but we liked the look of it so much that we brought it back to use the overworld and a playable level.
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Child’s Mind coming to the Wii U eShop
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 2 Comments
New indie developer Unit DTH has revealed its first Wii U game titled “Child’s Mind”.
Child’s Mind is a physics-based puzzle game for the eShop. As shown in the shots below, the project features art of young children throughout the different levels. All art has been redrawn for the game.
The first batch of levels in Child’s Mind are based on original art drawn in pencil and crayon by creator Christian Sanders’ eight-year-old son. Additional level packs are planned that will be based on art from other children.
“All of the fonts and everything are meant to remind people of what it’s like to be a child,” Sanders said. “The menu for my son’s levels is meant to be like the front of a refrigerator, the place that all parents proudly display their child’s art.”
In terms of gameplay, Sanders says Child’s Mind is “akin to Marble Madness meets the gravity suit from Jetpack Joyride.” Players control a small ball item and must collect two other items in order to progress through each level to the final gate – all while racing against the clock. Different things will happen when you collect these items. The level, for instance, may complete transform to reveal an obstacle that will hinder progression.
Unit DTH intends to make the controls of Child’s Mind as simple as possible so that it can be easily approached and enjoyed. Players move left/right, and can control the gravity to an extent.
Child’s Mind is targeted for release in Spring 2015. You’ll find the first screenshots below.
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Kickstarter roundup (10/26/14)
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 0 comments
With more and more Kickstarter campaigns popping up these days, it would be tough to cover them all without overloading the site. And thus, the Kickstarter roundup was born! We’ll be posting these each weekend so that we can bring the latest Kickstarter efforts to your attention.
Here’s today’s roundup:
Games
Black The Fall (new) – £25,000 for funding, Wii U stretch goal at £50,000
Holobunnies (new) – $15,000 for funding, including Wii U
Pixel Galaxy (new) – $6,000 for funding, including Wii U
Red Cobra – $60,000 for funding, Wii U stretch goal amount TBA
Impact Winter – £95,000 for funding, Wii U stretch goal at £150,000
Animal Gods – $26,000 for funding, including Wii U
Buildanauts – $35,000 for funding, Wii U stretch goal at $130,000
Beyond-Human – €20,000 for funding, Wii U stretch goal at €90,000
