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.
Update: The game is also planned for 3DS.
We are now authorised Nintendo developers. @Emi1yRogers
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— 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.
Polygon has put up a massive feature about Devil’s Third, featuring commentary from creator Tomonobu Itagaki and Danny Bilson, who is also working on the game. There are quite a few interesting quotes here concerning fights with Nintendo and how the company shaped Devil’s Third, hopes of making a trilogy and branching out into other media, and more.
We’ve picked out some comments from Polygon’s feature below. You can find it in full here.
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.
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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.
Majeso Entertainment announced a slightly more specific release window for Cooking Mama 5: Bon Appétit today. In North America and Europe, the 3DS game launches in September.
Here’s a break overview of Cooking Mama 5’s features:
Join Mama, the original kitchen diva who created the cooking genre, in Cooking Mama 5: Bon Appétit and unlock 60+ recipes to perfect a kaleidoscope of foods including appetizers, drinks, main courses, and desserts. Cook your way through classic fare, exotic cultural dishes and sweet treats including: pork cutlet rice bowl, chicken nuggets, barbeque skewers, pumpkin gratin, raisin bread, Hawaiian pancakes, gingerbread cookies, and much more! Step out of the kitchen and help Mama with more than 30 new activities around the Burger Shop and house: feed the pets, deliver orders, serve ice cream, organize crafts, even play word games!
Cooking Mama 5: Bon Appétit features intuitive stylus-based play across six modes, including the new Cooking Dojo mode where Mama slips into her gi for some serious culinary training. You can also customize your kitchen and Mama’s outfit with decorations and outfits earned through SpotPass. What’s more, single cart download play with up to three friends enables you to cook off with fellow chefs to share the experience.
Source: Majesco PR
Squids Odyssey has been out on the Wii U eShop for a few weeks now, but The Gamer Bakers has also been wrapping up work on the 3DS version. And based on a listing on the European Wii U store, it might be available starting next week. The Wii U eShop has pinned down a July 3 release date for Squids Odyssey on Nintendo’s portable.
