Video: Playtonic on leaving Rare and more
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii U eShop | 1 Comment
Update: Another interview added.
Eurogamer posted a new interview with a couple of folks behind Playtonic Games. There’s talk about why members of the studio left Rare to start fresh at Playtonic, interest in creating a second team, and more. Check out the full interview below.
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Image: Yooka-Laylee’s original designs for Yooka and Laylee
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Images, Wii U eShop | 2 Comments
An image has emerged showing early character designs for Yooka and Laylee, who are the lead characters in Playtonic’s 3D platformer Yooka-Laylee. Check out the image above.
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Defense Dome trailer
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Following last week’s gameplay video, HullBeach Studios has now shared an official trailer for Defense Dome. Watch it below.
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Rynn’s Adventure: Trouble in the Enchanted Forest hitting the Wii U and 3DS eShops this fall
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News, Wii U eShop | 5 Comments
Arcane Four Studios has its indie game Rynn’s Adventure: Trouble in the Enchanted Forest lined up for Nintendo platforms. The game will be hitting both the Wii U and 3DS via the eShop.
Rynn’s Adventure: Trouble in the Enchanted Forest has players taking on the role of a fox. Rynn will need to use her abilities in order to save the King and Queen of the forest after it comes under siege by an army of reptiles. Levels can be tackled in any order, and there will be an emphasis on platforming and magic.
Take a look at some screenshots from Rynn’s Adventure: Trouble in the Enchanted Forest below. The title is due out this fall.
Potential console port of A Hat in Time in the works, technical issues encountered
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 7 Comments
A Hat in Time has long been speculated as a potential game for the Wii U eShop. While Gears for Breakfast has now started work on a console port, the developer is encountering various issues.
All problems are technical related, as A Hat in Time is suffering from elements like a low frame rate and incorrect rendering of geometry. The game is built in Unreal Engine 3 and this is supported on consoles, but the engine hasn’t been updated for quite some time and Gears for Breakfast has needed to apply “some major fixes to even get it running in the first place.”
Gears for Breakfast isn’t dropping the idea of bringing A Hat in Time to consoles, and work will continue on a potential port. There are various options being considered, such as hiring more people/an external team to port the title.
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TACS Games making Quadcopter Pilot Challenge for the Wii U eShop
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 0 comments
TACS Games’ newest project for Wii U is titled Quadcopter Pilot Challenge. The “slightly odd quadrotor flight simulator” features over 200 challenges, with gameplay elements made up of things like flying through rings, popping balloons, shooting targets, and chasing robotic sheep.
Check out the trailer for Quadcopter Pilot Challenge below.
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Yacht Club dev would like to see Tingle in Shovel Knight, wanting the character in Smash Bros.
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, 3DS eShop, News, Wii U, Wii U eShop | 13 Comments
In the PlayStation versions of Shovel Knight, Yacht Club included a special stage featuring Sony’s Kratos character. The same was done for the Xbox One version, which has a Battletoads boss level. There’s nothing similar to speak of at present for Shovel Knight on Wii U or 3DS, but that doesn’t mean Yacht Club Games isn’t interested in the possibilities. Far from it actually!
In an interview with GamingBoulevard, Yacht Club Games’ David D’Angelo spoke about the character he’d like to see in the Nintendo versions of Shovel Knight if the opportunity presented itself:
Who knows?! It’d be amazing to work with a Nintendo IP. They have so many great ones to choose from. I usually go for the weirdos, so Tingle would be right up my alley.
Elsewhere in the interview, D’Angelo spoke about his interest in seeing Shovel Knight in Smash Bros.:
Absolutely, Shovel Knight in smash would be incredible! We play Smash Bros. pretty much every day, and to see our character as part of the roster would be an amazing honor! Lots of our fans have come up with really great descriptions for attacks and final smashes, I’d suggest checking them out!
Project Ukulele now called Yooka-Laylee, lead characters revealed, officially planned for Wii U
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 28 Comments
A new report on IGN unveils brand new details about Project Project Ukulele, which is now known as Yooka-Laylee.
Yooka-Laylee’s lead characters are named Yooka and Laylee. Yooka is the chameleon while Laylee is the bat. Thanks to his tongue, Yooka can use it as a grappling hook. Laylee, meanwhile, can pick up Yooka and fly for a short period of time or unleash a sonar blast. Both characters were designed by Steve Mayles, who designs Banjo and Kazooie and the modern Kong family while at Rare.
Yooka-Laylee’s Kickstarter will launch on May 1. Fans who back the project for £10 / $15 will be able to obtain a copy. Extras include soundtracks, art books, and a special “64-bit”. There are plans to bring Yooka-Laylee to Wii U, but its release timing will depend on the success of the Kickstarter campaign and its stretch goals.
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StarLight in the works for the Wii U eShop
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Bear Box Media’s next project for Wii U is called “StarLight”. It’s a “reaction-based, physics puzzle game in which players guide a star through over 75 levels in 3 different environments.” Players will need to grapple/repel off of surfaces and pivot points in levels in order to avoid colliding with edges.
Here’s a rundown of StarLight’s features:
• Over 75 levels
• Mirror Mode
• 3 Difficulty Modes
• Record and watch back every level
• 10 Great music tracks
• 10 Unlockable Achievements
• 5 Secret Levels
• Supports multiple controllers
• Play the whole game with or without the TV
• Owners of Internal Invasion save 20%
StarLight will be available this quarter. First screenshots can be found below.
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Image & Form on how Rusty’s Runbow collaboration came about, open to seeing the character in a Renegade Kid game
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Wii U eShop | 0 comments
Rusty from SteamWorld Dig is appearing in the indie Wii U game Runbow as one of several guest characters. In an interview with Nintendo Okie, Image & Form CEO Brjann Sigurgeirsson explained how Rusty made it into the title.
He said:
Dave Proctor, one of the splendid guys at 13am, simply shot me an email and asked. In the indie community it doesn’t have to be harder than that. That doesn’t mean that we automatically agree to everything. But he sent a gameplay video, and I thought Runbow looked really cool. We then met for beer and Mexican food in San Francisco during GDC and had a wonderful time. I hope Runbow does really well, and that 13am continues to be successful.
Continuing on the topic of collaborations, Sigurgeirsson also said that he’d be open to having Rusty appear in a Renegade Kid title.
As Sigurgeirsson stated:
There’s this very cool guy called Jools Whatsham, who runs Renegade Kid. He’s always been nice and helpful. I wouldn’t mind Rusty appearing in one of their games. We’ll see if that’ll ever happen.
