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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 2 Comments

Ansimuz Games has almost finished work on its Zelda II-inspired Elliot Quest, a new indie adventure RPG with five dungeons, 16 bosses, and plenty of treasure. Players will explore the Urele island in search of an ancient demon.

Here’s an official story overview:

After Elliot’s wife disappears, he falls sick and attempts to take his own life-only to discovers that he can’t die. Plagued by nightmares and growing weaker by the day, Elliot seeks out a local Sage, who tells him that he’s the victim of a rare curse. A demon called a Satar is slowly consuming Elliot’s vitality. If Elliot can’t find a cure to the curse before it’s too late, he will become a Satar. His only hope is to ask for the help of one of the island’s Guardians, who have kept the Satar from taking over Urele. Elliot can’t die—but he’s still running out of time.

Elliot Quest offers character customization through a leveling up system, a variety of magic attacks, chain attacks to make enemies drop more items, a trio of unique endings based on your decisions, and more.

Elliot Quest will be released for Wii U via the eShop in early 2015. You’ll find a trailer above. An early alpha demo for browsers is located here.

Source: Ansimuz Games PR

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii Shop Channel | 0 comments

The WiiWare version of Retro City Rampage will soon be updated with “DX” content. All missions have been tweaked, which extends to vehicles, weapons, challenges, visual effects, visual enhancements, checkpoints, difficulty, and challenges. Enhancements have been made to the core gameplay as well as smaller elements such as parking garages and waypoints.

Once the “DX” content is released, Retro City Rampage on WiiWare will be in line with the other versions of the game – mostly anyway. Only HD video filters and zoom modes will be missing. The Wii Remote, Classic Controller and GameCube Controller will all be supported, and there’s an optional “shake” gesture exclusive to the Wii Remote.

Retro City Rampage has also been rated in Australia in New Zealand, so the game should be out in these territories soon. Meanwhile, look forward to the “DX” update in other regions on November 13.

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 0 comments

Blok Drop X Twisted Fusion, the crossover title from RCMADIAX and Leuvsion, will be available on December 18 assuming it passes testing. RCMADIAX shared the news via a short announcement earlier today.

Blok Drop X Twisted Fusion’s release date only applies to North America at present. It will be released via the Wii U eShop.

Source: RCMADIAX PR

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii U eShop | 1 Comment

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 0 comments

TakusanWorks is bringing Shuttle Rush to the Wii U eShop this Thursday, the indie developer has announced.

Here’s an official overview of the game:

Shuttle Rush is a fast-paced labyrinth game where you will have to use strategic pathfinding to reach the exit while avoiding enemies, and using rapid maneuvering through different environments. You will need multiple attempts to reach new areas of each level by memorizing patterns (and, sometimes, by breaking those patterns) to arrive at the gate before time runs out.

View a few screenshots from Shuttle Rush above.

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 1 Comment

With more and more Kickstarter campaigns popping up these days, it would be tough to cover them all without overloading the site. And thus, the Kickstarter roundup was born! We’ll be posting these each weekend so that we can bring the latest Kickstarter efforts to your attention.

Here’s today’s roundup:

Games

UCraft (new) – $20,000 for funding on Wii U
Holobunnies – $15,000 for funding, including Wii U
Pixel Galaxy – $6,000 for funding, including Wii U
Impact Winter – £95,000 for funding, Wii U stretch goal at £150,000
Animal Gods – $26,000 for funding, including Wii U
Buildanauts – $35,000 for funding, Wii U stretch goal at $130,000

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News | 0 comments

Castle Conqueror Defender is coming to the North American 3DS eShop on November 13, Circle Entertainment has confirmed. A price point was not announced.

Circle wrote on Twitter earlier today:

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, Videos | 1 Comment

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News | 0 comments

Temple of Yog developer CHUDCHUD Industries has a second Wii U title in the works. Creator Cody Diefenthaler has been tweeting out a bunch of photos and Vine clips of “uWordsmith”, a new game for the eShop.

Diefenthaler hasn’t explicitly explained uWordsmith’s gameplay, but as the name implies, it seems to be all about putting letters together to form certain words and solving puzzles. There seems to be various modes included like “arcade” and “challenge”. It will also be possible to share records on Miiverse.

You’ll find a few of the items tweeted by Diefenthaler below. There’s also quite a bit more on his Twitter account.

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 0 comments

An unnamed indie developer (currently going as “Robin64” on NeoGAF) has revealed a new game for the Wii U known as “Break the World”. It’s an Alleyway clone set to be released on the eShop sometime in the future.

Here’s what we know thus far:

– 8 locations
– 3 levels in each
– 1 or 2 secret levels as well
– Marathon: has every level in order to obtain the highest score
– Level Select (temp): pick a world and the three levels loop, with blocks starting to slide down faster with each loop
– 3 paddles to choose
– Each paddle has its own power
– Paddles can level up
– Ex: at level 1 the red paddle fires one laser shot, but at level 10 you get ten shots
– May have leaderboards at launch, but definitely at some point
– There is a screen showing full stats that you can post to Miiverse
– Off-TV play supported

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