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Posted on 9 years ago by Travis(@nintentravis) in Reviews, Wii U eShop | 8 Comments

System: Wii U
Release date: September 17, 2015
Developer: Simogo / Dakko Dakko
Publisher Simogo

Author: Travis

When you first pick up Year Walk, “peaceful” and “serene” are two words that may pop into your head. You find yourself in a quaint, Swedish forest in the winter, with snowflakes falling, the wind gently whispering, and ‘barely there’ atmospheric tones.

The odd sense of warm security you feel in a chilly setting is misplaced, however. Despite the calming, ambiguous way Year Walk opens, your character’s goal to eventually see into the future by partaking in a ‘vision quest’ takes a few disconcerting turns.

What I’m trying to say is that this game is going to rustle your jimmies.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii U eShop | 2 Comments

Nintendo’s North American YouTube page now has a video interview with Shin’en, which was conducted during PAX Prime 2015 a few weeks ago. Naturally, the discussion focused on FAST Racing Neo. Check out the full video below.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 3 Comments

Retailer listings are indicating that the physical version of Shovel Knight has been delayed. Amazon, Best Buy, and GameStop are now listing the game for November 3 in North America. An October 13 release date had been previously announced.

Of course, we don’t have an official confirmation that Shovel Knight’s physical version has been delayed. If we hear anything from Yacht Club Games, we’ll be sure to let you know.

Thanks to Jared for the tip.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in News, Wii U | 75 Comments

Cryamore is an action RPG by developer NostalgiCO that was funded via Kickstarter more than two years ago. Today, NostalgiCO announced that, in order to ensure that the game will be released on time and that it will be up to their quality standards, they’ve teamed up with Atlus, who will be publishing the game. Several of the originally planned platform releases had to be cut, but the Wii U version is still planned for release.

The game is set to be released in Summer of 2016, with a playable demo planned for October 2015. Finally, check out a new trailer for Cryamore below:

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 0 comments

Nintendo World Report has posted fresh details about Momonga Pinball Adventures. You’ll find a summary of the article’s tidbits below.

– Story is about a small momonga (sort of squirrel) who has quite a task ahead of him
– An evil gang of owls appeared in the momonga village and started to raid every inch of it
– All animals have been taken
– Momo was saved by a panda who took him under his wing
– Momo is taught the basic principles and the panda helps him to start the long road ahead
– Various pinball stages
– Scoring points is an aspect of the game
– Your main objective to reach the top of a stage
– Enemies and obstacles will be in your way
– Life meter
– Taking too many hits forces you to start the stage over
– Plenty of collectibles to improve your final score
– Mixture between pinball and platformer games
– In some levels, you need to use Panda the panda to break the harder blocks in the environment
– Fry the firefly will also help you
– Fry can distract the evil owl troops
– This gives you the chance to defeat the harsher enemies and get ultimately closer to completing a level
-Bonus stages and bosses
– Ex: play a crazy version of pachinko and try to get the best score possible
– At another early point, you are flying to new areas with the squirrel
– You really have to time your gliding and get stars to net yourself some proper points
– Bosses require to really hit at the accurate points and they are stage gimmicks in place to make avoiding attacks possible
– Timing is the key to get anything done
– Use the ZL and ZR buttons

We also have some footage of Momonga Pinball Adventures here:

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 2 Comments

Cube Roots’ indie puzzle game Dungeon Hearts originally came out a couple of years ago. It’s now in the works for Wii U with a few new elements.

First, here’s a brief overview of the actual game:

“Dungeon Hearts fuses the strategy and pattern matching of puzzle games with the kinetic pace of action games. Align magical runes as they flow along the Fatestream to attack, defend, and conjure magic in frenetic battles against a bestiary of fantastic creatures out to use those same runes against you. Chain together multiple attacks and unleash powerful combos or call upon each hero’s special attacks to devastate your enemies to survive the twists and turns of Dungeon Heart’s evolving gameplay. Strike down all that stand in your way and level up your brave warriors as each foe grows more powerful than the last, culminating in the final battle with The Dark One himself!”

On Wii U, the title will be known as “Dungeon Hearts DX”. The team will be including new art, characters, and music, all of which are exclusive to this new release. Fans can also expect interface changes, balance to the combat, and a hub area to listen to music and manage your party. Feedback and criticism from the original Dungeon Hearts is also being considered.

Check out one of the earlier trailers for Dungeon Hearts below. The new “DX” version hits the eShop this winter.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 4 Comments

Human Resource Machine, the newest game from Little Inferno developer Tomorrow Corporation, is launching on the Wii U eShop next month. The studio announced in a website post that it’s slated for October 15.

Human Resource Machine was originally revealed in June, though Wii U was not a confirmed platform at the time. An official description of the title reads:

Human Resource Machine is a puzzle game. In each level, your boss gives you a job. Automate it by programming your little office worker! If you succeed, you’ll be promoted up to the next level for another year of work in the vast office building. Congratulations!

Don’t worry if you’ve never programmed before – programming is just puzzle solving. If you strip away all the 1’s and 0’s and scary squiggly brackets, programming is actually simple, logical, beautiful, and something that anyone can understand and have fun with!

You can find Human Resource Machine’s original trailer below.

Thanks to Jose M for the tip.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii U eShop | 0 comments

We have 80 more minutes of footage from Zoink’s upcoming Wii U eShop game Zombie Vikings. Take a look at the video below.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 1 Comment

A new Frenchy Bird update is due out tomorrow, according to Carbon Fire Studio. The indie developer announced via Miiverse that the patch adds in six more Miiverse stamps.

Frenchy Bird’s first update will be going live in both North America and Europe. Expect it at 9 PM ET / 6 PM PT in North America and 2 AM CEST in Europe.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 0 comments

Typoman was originally on track to launch in North America and Europe this week. But today, Headup Games said that its Wii U eShop game is experiencing a slight delay.

The publisher said in a statement:

We would like to inform you that the previously communicated release date of our Wii U exclusive game Typoman will be postponed by a little. As soon as we can set a final release date, we will send out a new announcement.

Without going into too much detail please rest assured that the development has been progressing well. The game simply needs a little more time to be finalized according to the developers and our high quality standards.

We’ll let you know when Typoman receives a new release date.

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