Update: Returning with new ESRB rating – Bigley’s Revenge disappears from the Wii U eShop
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 17 Comments
Update: Creator Jordan Schuetz says Bigley’s Revenge is only being removed temporarily. It’ll be back, and with a “T” rating from the ESRB. An update might happen as well.
ESRB has a form where rate what content is in your game. I marked: Violence "Mostly fantastical setting" & "Stylized depiction".
— Jordan Schuetz (@ninjapigstudios) January 16, 2016
ESRB came back today and literally marked the same boxes, however they determined for whatever reason that it should be rated Teen.
— Jordan Schuetz (@ninjapigstudios) January 16, 2016
For everyone wondering, that's why the game is off the eShop. I can resubmit the game if I wish to with the new rating.
— Jordan Schuetz (@ninjapigstudios) January 16, 2016
Bigley's Revenge is now rated Teen by ESRB.
— Jordan Schuetz (@ninjapigstudios) January 16, 2016
Bigley's Revenge can't be listed on the eShop again until I submit a new ROM to Nintendo. Maybe I'll make some improvements to the game also
— Jordan Schuetz (@ninjapigstudios) January 16, 2016
No one would have to repurchase Bigley's Revenge. They would receive an update.
— Jordan Schuetz (@ninjapigstudios) January 16, 2016
Indie game Bigley’s Revenge may have been removed from the Wii U eShop. It’s nowhere to be found in the store, and searching for the game returns no results. The same goes for the Miiverse community.
This wouldn’t be the first time that a Wii U eShop from Ninja Pig Studios has been removed. Meme Run suffered a similar fate over a copyright issue. Bigley’s Revenge also features several memes, so it’s possible that’s come into play here as well. We won’t have a clear answer until Ninja Pig Studios provides an official update.
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Video: A look at Word Puzzles by POWGI’s support
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Word Puzzles by POWGI is one of the first indie titles to make full use of the various amiibo that are available. An official video from the title’s developer has gone live showing it in action – view it below.
No Time To Explain heading to Wii U
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Update: Here’s the official word from tinyBuild:
@NinEverything well for the record we're working on it but can't confirm, it's our first console game and the code is difficult to optimize
— tinyBuildGAMES (@tinyBuild) January 15, 2016
tinyBuild is bringing No Time to Explain to Wii U. That’s according to a classification listing coming from PEGI.
No Time to Explain, a platform game, started off in 2011 as a browser release. It’s been put out on several systems since then, and it looks like Wii U will be joining in on the fun as well.
Here’s a brief overview of No Time To Explain:
“No Time To Explain is a game about shooting the ground, putting on weight and setting your body on fire. Blast yourself through time and alternate realities to rescue your future-self from a giant crab sent by your evil time-twin from another dimension! Add up to 3 friends to join during the adventure.”
For a better look at the game, view the 2013 Steam trailer below.
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Adventures of Pip hitting the European Wii U eShop next week
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European Wii U owners have been waiting quite some time for Adventures of Pip. Good news: it’s finally due out next week. A listing on the eShop indicates the game will be available on January 21.
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Bizerta: Silent Evil screenshots
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Edrox Interactive sent out some new screenshots from Bizerta: Silent Evil. We’ve rounded them up below.
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Project Light targeted for Q4 launch
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Last year, we heard about Neko.Works’ Japanese-style RPG known as “Project Light”. The developer has now provided an update, indicating that the project is on track for Q4 of this year. Let’s hope the game continues to progress smoothly!
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Dungeon Hearts DX targeted for release on the Wii U eShop next month
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Dungeon Hearts DX was first made known last September. The game now has a more concrete release window. If all goes according to plan, Dungeon Hearts DX will be available sometime in February.
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Yacht Club says the studio would be “silly” not to make another Shovel Knight game
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The latest episode of the 8-4 Play podcast contains an interview with Yacht Club Games’ Sean Velasco and David D’Angelo. While speaking about Shovel Knight, the two developers mentioned that they’re still developing more content for the game. Once that’s done though, the team would be “silly” not to make a sequel. It was also reiterated that a follow-up title could be another NES-style game or something more in line with the SNES or Nintendo 64.
Log Games bringing Epic Dumpster Bear to the Wii U eShop
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Log Games has announced Epic Dumpster Bear as its next game for the Wii U eShop. The action-platformer takes inspiration from the 16-bit era and has players taking on the role of a dumpster bear with a chip on his shoulder. After an evil corporation destroys his forest – forcing him to eat dumpster food to survive – it’s now the bear’s turn to take out the trash.
Log Games promises over 70 levels containing bosses, secret exits, and unlockable puzzle levels. Here’s a rundown of the title’s features:
– Classic platforming action
– Smooth 60fps gameplay and precise control
– 7 worlds and over 70 levels to complete
– Off TV play
– Bonus levels that take advantage of the Wii U GamePad
– Unlockable Miiverse Stamps
Epic Dumpster Bear will be released on the Wii U eShop in North America, Europe, and Oceania this spring. Watch a trailer below.
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Juicy Beast disappointed with Toto Temple Deluxe’s sales
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In a new developer blog, Juicy Beast stated that Toto Temple Deluxe “didn’t sell very well”. The developer shared some potential reasons as to why the game didn’t perform as well as the studio had hoped.
Here’s a notable excerpt from the piece:
There’s a good possibility that the game didn’t have good enough “hooks” to captivate people’s attention. Sure, “fighting your friends to put an egg-laying goat on your head” sounds funny and weird, but it doesn’t really give you a clear idea of what it’s like to play Toto Temple Deluxe.
At the end of the day, we think the biggest factor is because it’s a local-multiplayer game with no online play. The game is aiming at a pretty niche audience by requiring actual human friends to play, and we can’t ignore the impact it has on sales. A quick look at comments on YouTube, Reddit and such, and it’s obvious that a lot of people are simply not buying the game for this very reason (that along a lack of solo experience).
On top of all this, we also think the game came out almost 2 years too late. Back in 2014, when the local-multiplayer boom was happening, Toto Temple Deluxe’s development felt more logical. Today, it feels a bit out of place, as we think a lot of player might have bought popular local-multiplayer games in the past, then realised that they would play them less and less frequently. We definitely can’t blame them, since it’s pretty much the same for us.
There’s plenty more about the creation of Toto Temple Deluxe in Juicy Beast’s post. You can read the full thing right here.
