25 years ago, the original Game Boy launched in Japan. Some birthday wishes are in order for Nintendo’s system that started a whole lineage of portable platforms. Perhaps one of these days we’ll see a return to the Game Boy line!
Both NES Remix games are on Wii U, and only Wii U. They aren’t available on 3DS despite the fact that many of the classes releases represented are available on both of Nintendo platforms.
So why are the NES Remix titles on Wii U only and not 3DS? Director Koichi Hayashida explained to IGN:
“One of the easiest ways to answer that is to say, ‘I was working on 3D World, which was developed on Wii U. So I was already familiar with the system’s architecture and developing for that platform lent itself to the early stages of the project. But, if you step into the shadows a bit more, in order to accomplish what we wanted with NES Remix, and get the effect we wanted out of it and the value that we wanted it to have, we needed some more machine power.”
“I think the Wii U offered that up for us pretty easily, and it just would have been more difficult to do it for the 3DS. I think that’s really the answer. It’s just that the Wii U had the machine power we were looking for in order for us to build the software we envisioned from the get go.’
This month’s ONM review scores are as follows:
Scram Kitty and his Buddy on Rails – 90%
Super Mario Bros. Deluxe – 88%
Pokemon Battle Link – 74%
QUBE: The Director’s Cut – 74%
Star Wars Pinball: Balance of the Force – 84%
Squids Odyssey – 75%
Stick it to the Man – 80%
Castlevania – 60%
AeternoBlade – 52%
Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures – 65%
Tappingo – 58%
Cubit the Hardcore Platformer Robot – 40%
Super Dodge Ball – 51%
Double Dragon – 71%
BLOK DROP U – 58%
Monkey Pirates – 48%
Thanks to joclo for the tip.
Popup Dungeon could make its way to Wii U. If the title’s Kickstarter collects $100,000 in donations, Popup Dungeon will be guaranteed for the console.
An update on the game’s Kickstarter page reads:
Again, thanks to your feedback, we’ve altered our development priorities and begun the process of becoming official Wii U developers.
We own a Wii U ourselves and would love to bring Popup Dungeon to the system. Obviously, the prospect of having the Dungeon Master play on the controller’s screen while the adventurers play on the main monitor/television is tantalizing!
We’ll do our best to make this happen, but for the time being, it must remain a stretch goal.
You can check out Popup Dungeon on Kickstarter here.
Thanks to Brandon for the tip.
