Jonathon Bont, creator of Trashmania Trilogy, said on Twitter today that the project has been put on indefinite hold. It’s not necessarily cancelled, but don’t count on it being revived anytime soon.
Bont explained that money set aside for Trashmania Trilogy’s development is now needed for his personal situation. He made sure to apologize to fans looking forward to its release.
Due to severe current issues in my personal life, I'm putting development of Trashmania Trilogy for Wii U on hold indefinitely. #gamedev
— Jonathon Bont (@Animan13) February 6, 2015
Development could resume tomorrow, next week, year, or never. Worst case I'll have to use money set aside for gamedev towards other things.
— Jonathon Bont (@Animan13) February 6, 2015
I hate to do this to everyone excited for the game, and I'd hate to put so much hard work to waste, but this is major turning point in life.
— Jonathon Bont (@Animan13) February 6, 2015
Update (2/6): Toad is back in stock.
Update: Toad is gone!
GameStop has gone live with pre-orders for the Super Mario amiibo series. Links to each figure can be found below.
Amazon sold out of these amiibo quickly, but rumor has it that the Super Mario figures won’t be rare. We’ll see what happens in the long run!
If a new report from the Wall Street Journal is to be believed, Netflix is cooking up a new live-action television show based on The Legend of Zelda.
The site says that things are “in the early stages” at present. A source close to the Wall Street Journal claims that the series is “about an ordinary boy named Link who must rescue a princess named Zelda and save a fantasy world called Hyrule” – essentially Zelda as we know it. It’s being described as a family-friendly Game of Thrones, with Nintendo having a heavy involvement.
At present, Netflix is seeking a writer for the project. Since it’s such a long ways off, the Wall Street Journal points out that Netflix or Nintendo could kill the series off before things progress too far.
Keep in mind that this report has not been officially confirmed. Netflix declined to comment, and Nintendo has not yet responded.
Update: Watsham also shared the following image on Twitter:
This is probably an over-share, but for those who are interested – here's how our eShop sales stack up… pic.twitter.com/2YhKfNSNcj
— Jools Watsham (@JoolsWatsham) February 6, 2015
Renegade Kid co-founder Jools Watsham shared an interesting nugget of information regarding the studio’s sales on Twitter.
Watsham said that Mutant Mudds is Renegade Kid’s best-selling 3DS eShop game. As for second, that honor goes to Moon Chronicles.
Other Renegade Kid eShop games include ATV Wild Ride 3D, Bomb Monkey, and Xeodrifter.
Moon Chronicles is Renegade Kid's 2nd best selling eShop game – Mutant Mudds being #1.
— Jools Watsham (@JoolsWatsham) February 6, 2015
There has been one new Skylanders game each year since 2011. So naturally, a new entry in the franchise is due out sometime in 2015.
Activision announced during its latest financial results conference call yesterday that an “innovative” new Skylanders game is in development. It will launch later this year.
