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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 2 Comments

Sometime in the future, Tiny Galaxy will be receiving a pretty major update. Those who purchased the game will be able to grab the new version at no extra cost.

Arcane Pixel is remaking Tiny Galaxy entirely. The game will feature improved visuals, lowered difficulty, fixed hit boxes on all sprites, and a redesigned level select menu. A new start menu will also be included, along with more/better animations, audio fixes, and general bug fixes.

Challenge levels are also being added as new content, which can be unlocked in each world. While the main courses are estimated to be about a third less difficult, “challenge levels will be more brutal than the current build of Tiny Galaxy,” according to Arcade Pixel. That’s on top of a redone opening sequence and more story scenes. Arcade Pixel has also teased “a few other features or changes being made,” but the developer is keeping quiet on those for now as they’ve yet to be fully implemented.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 2 Comments

PlayEveryWare is bringing Olympia Rising to the European Wii U eShop next week. A listing on the digital store reveals an April 14 release date and €4.99 price point.

Here’s a trailer for the game:

Olympia Rising should also be coming to the North American Wii U eShop very soon. We’ll let you know when we hear about a U.S. release date.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 19 Comments

It’s been a long wait for Shantae: Half-Genie Hero, but the game should be wrapping up over the next few months. WayForward provided a Kickstarter update today, and noted that the goal is to submit it to Nintendo during the summer.

Shantae: Half-Genie Hero should be finished with development in roughly two months. After that, a month of testing will be needed, followed by three weeks for translations and ratings. If all goes well, Half-Genie Hero will be submitted in July, and should be releasing soon after.

WayForward’s full progress update reads:

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Videos | 0 comments

Image & Form has returned with another video for its “The Engine Room” series. In today’s edition, a big portion of the episode is dedicated to talking about working with Nintendo on SteamWorld Heist’s Nintendo Direct appearance. Check out the full video below.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 0 comments

Dodge Club Party, the newest game from Dot Arcade creator James Montagna, now has a confirmed release date. Montagna announced on Twitter today that the game is scheduled for April 14 on the Wii U eShop. Pricing is set at $1.99.

Here are the relevant tweets:

If you missed out original post, you can find it here with some additional information about Dodge Club Party.

Thanks to Anthony for the tip.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii U eShop | 0 comments

Yesterday, Lovely Planet arrived on the Wii U eShop. Some footage of the download has now come in – see the video below.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 6 Comments

Varia Games’ ReVeN was originally funded on Kickstarter back in 2014. It’s been a long road since then, but the game still isn’t anywhere close to release.

Developer Austin Morgan provided an update on the project’s Kickstarter page this week. In it, he explains that ReVeN won’t be ready until sometime in 2017. This is in part because of time spent making the side-game XBridge (which was last thought to be coming to Wii U in Q1 2015).

The full Kickstarter update reads:

There isn’t much I can say that may reduce the flak we’ll receive at this point, or hateful comments. However I (Austin Morgan) feel it’s necessary to fess up to at least one thing here, and also explain where I’m coming from so you’ll all understand where we are and where we are headed.

The ReVeN Project is pending an undefined release date within 2017. I take full responsibility for starting the side project XBridge and dragging John into it which cost us a lot of time and energy, though it was certainly worth it to us for the skills gained (I can’t emphasize this part enough) and the economic potential of it’s full version release on steam. There are those who absolutely love XBridge and we have a certain fan base that emerged just from that game alone.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 0 comments

You may recall that Paranautical Activity was originally slated for March 17 in Europe. However, the game ended up seeing a delay at the last minute.

The European eShop now lists a new release date for the game. Paranautical Activity’s final launch should be on April 14. If anything changes, we’ll let you know.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 0 comments

JMJ Interactive’s Star Sky 2 is coming to the European Wii U eShop next week. It’s expected on April 14 for €4.00. This is a follow-up to the indie developer’s previous title which came to Wii U last year.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News | 1 Comment

Last year, winterworks brought Bloo Kid 2 to 3DS. That might have seemed a bit strange to some given how the original game never came out on Nintendo platforms. However, this will be changing at some point in the future.

On Twitter, winterworks announced that we’ll be seeing the first Blood Kid game on the 3DS eShop. There’s no word on a release date yet, but it will have updated visuals.

winterworks’ tweet is as follows:

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