Renegade Kid has created some of the most impressive games for the DS since the company was established in 2007. And just a few days ago, their third title for the handheld – Dementium II – made its way onto stores shelves. Renegade Kid owner and director Jools Watsham recently took some time to answer a few questions for us about his latest game and discussed other topics, which included the possibility of developing for Wii and his thoughts about the 3DS.
Nintendo Everything: Your most recent game, Dementium II, was just released last week and it looks like hands-down the scariest game on the DS system. What was the greatest challenge for actually bringing a tense, scary feel to players on a handheld system?
Jools Watsham: I think the most important thing, and one of the most difficult, is to create an authentically creepy atmosphere. We also pushed ourselves to produce a ton more variety in environments and enemies, which took a tremendous amount of work.
NE: Another thing that’s terrifying about Dementium II is the boxart – Who came up with such an awesome illustration?
JW: I agree, I think it is fantastic. This is very unglamorous, but SouthPeak hired a talented design company who came up with it. I expect SouthPeak’s PR Queen, Aubrey Norris, had something to do with it. 🙂 The image was sent to me one day and I was just blown away. I immediately thought it looked incredible, and I felt honored to have such a wonderfully disturbing image for our game.
01. / 01. [NDS] Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 (Square Enix) – 252.862 / 876.505 (-59%)
02. / 02. [PSP] Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker (Konami) – 140.591 / 574.957 (-68%)
03. / 04. [WII] New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo) – 46.690 / 3.806.779 (+5%)
04. / 07. [NDS] Friend Collection (Nintendo) – 33.342 / 3.190.794 (+24%)
05. / 06. [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) – 32.340 / 2.771.000 (+15%)
06. / 10. [WII] Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo) – 23.314 / 1.890.761 (+18%)
07. / 03. [PS3] Super Street Fighter 4 (Capcom) – 20.084 / 101.147 (-75%)
08. / 12. [NDS] Pokemon Ranger: Tracks of Light (Pokemon Co.) – 20.007 / 446.000 (+18%)
09. / 16. [WII] Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo) – 15.902 / 1.886.000
10. / 09. [PS3] NieR Replicant (Square Enix) – 15.858 / 96.921 (-24%)
Disney Club Penguin Game Day (Wii) – E
Trackmania Wii (Wii) – E
Turn (DSi) – E
Wipeout: the Game (Wii) – E10+
Battle of Giants: Mutant Insects Revenge (DSi) – E10+
LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 (Wii) – E10+
Riding Academy 2 (DS) – E
Dungeon Raiders (DS) – E10+
This information comes with a Nintendo Power interview with Yoshio Sakamoto. Sakamoto was asked if players will be able to play as Zero Suit Samus in Metroid: Other M…
“It’s a little hard to say right now, but if it’s something people want, then there may be the possibility for that.”
Metroid: Other M only has a few months of development time left, so there might not be enough time to include Zero Suit Samus. I’m curious about what you guys think, though. Would you like to see Zero Suit Samus playable?
GRATEFUL DEAD SIX PACK PLUS SINGLES FROM THE SMITHEREENS ADDED TO ROCK BAND
Cambridge, Mass. – May 14, 2010 – Harmonix and MTV Games today announced that a six pack of songs from the legendary Grateful Dead, as well as singles from The Smithereens, will be available next week in the Rock Band Music Store of downloadable content for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system and Wii™.
With more than 400 artists, including Jimi Hendrix, The Who, AC/DC and Green Day, who are exclusive to Rock Band, as well as more than 1,100 songs available through the Rock Band platform and 65 million songs sold through its download store alone, Rock Band is the undisputed sales and content leader in the interactive music space, providing the deepest and best selection of artists, songs and albums.
Rock Band DLC additions for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 system and Wii
