Quinty, Ganbare Goemon! Karakuri Dōchū hitting the Japanese Wii U Virtual Console next week
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Two new Virtual Console games are on track for the Japanese Wii U eShop next week. Quinty (Famicom) and Ganbare Goemon! Karakuri Dōchū (Famicom) will be out on July 2. Pricing is set at 514 yen each.
Ice Cream Surfer heading to the Wii U eShop
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Listings on the USK and PEGI have outed Ice Cream Surfer for the Wii U eShop. Dolores Entertainment will be bringing the game out at an unspecified date in the future. Previously, it released on iOS and PC.
Here’s a quick overview of Ice Cream Surfer:
– Side-scrolling shooter
– Travel to the Gourmet Universe
– Destroy various vegetable enemies in a number of worlds
– 5 playable characters
– Each has its own special abilities
– Fight against a giant boss at the end of each world
– 16-bit graphics
Wolfgame working on Gunpop for the Wii U eShop
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Indie developer Wolfgame has confirmed “Gunpop” for the Wii U eShop.
Unfortunately, not much information has been shared at present. We do know that it’s based in Unity, and based on the title, one would assume that guns will be involved in some fashion.
You can find some of Wolfgame’s previous works here.
Shiny the Firefly, Roving Rogue coming to the Wii U eShop
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At the PAD Congress held in Barcelona, Spain, Stage Clear Games showed off a pair of new titles for the Wii U eShop.
First up is Shiny the Firefly. This is a platformer previously released on iOS, Android, and Steam.
Roving Rogue, an old-school 2D platformer featuring multiplayer support for up to four players, is also in the works. The game starts unexpectedly after defeating the final boss. Players will need to guide their characters to the exit through a collapsing castle full of lava.
Roving Rogue is being worked on by a group of students that won the iDEAME U contest. It will be available as a Wii U eShop exclusive later this year.
Altura Studios becomes an authorized Nintendo dev, Legends of Valtria may hit Wii U
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Update: The game is also planned for 3DS.
We are now authorised Nintendo developers. @Emi1yRogers
#gamedev #indiegame #gamers #indies
— ALTURA Studios (@AlturaStudios) June 23, 2014
UK dev Altura Studios has become an approved Nintendo developer. Altura is now in a position to bring games to the eShop.
Legends of Valtria is the first title that may end up on Nintendo platforms. The third-person on-rails air-based shooter, built in Unity, could land on Wii U if a Kickstarter campaign launching later this year is successful.
More: Altura Studios, Legends of Valtria
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. devs looking to fund spiritual successor “Areal” – Wii U included in target goal
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The creators behind S.T.A.L.K.E.R. have formed a new studio known as West Games and launched a Kickstarter campaign today for a spiritual successor to the series.
“Areal” is a shooter described as “a massive and intricately detailed open world environment that is extremely varied and colorful, even though it’s set in a post-apocalyptic setting.” The game is totally non-linear, meaning “players can choose how their characters act and speak – everything from how you talk to who you kill changes the storyline of Areal.” Battles are influences by several elements such as “your character’s traits, your choice of supplies and weaponry, your current surroundings, whether or not anomalies are present, the possible presence of mutants, and the usage of various metamorphites that serve to enhance and upgrade your abilities.”
West Games hopes to raise $50,000 by July 24. If successful, Areal will come to Wii U, PS4, Xbox One, PC, Mac, and Linux. You can check out the Kickstarter campaign here.
Thanks to Brandon for the tip.
More: Areal, Kickstarter, West Games
Armillo’s estimated completion time
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Just how much content does Armillo offer? In an interview with 4 color rebellion, Fuzzy Wuzzy Games co-founder James Saito estimated that players will be able to complete it in roughly “4-6 hours depending on how much of the game you want to unlock.” The studio’s other founder, Yanni Fyssas, feels it can take 7-8 hours for those who aren’t as quick to finish games.
