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

Fabraz has confirmed plans to bring Planet Diver to Wii U. It’s unknown when it will be up on the eShop, but development is underway.

Planet Diver has players taking on the role of an interstellar wingsuit diver out looking for thrills. Here’s the overview from the game’s Steam page:

Planet Diver is about an adventurous daredevil tackling her newest obsession: Wing suit diving. With her close robotic companion Buddy she’ll travel across space to seek out the most dangerous planets and their respective chasms to dive in. You’ll dive through a variety of deadly and exotic planets, fighting off the flora and fauna of each locale, while collecting valuable star stuff to further fund your adventures.

Use your hard earned rewards to fly to more distant planets, as well as to acquire new outfits and special ability modifiers! Along the way you can compete online for the best dive or try to unlock rewards by completing tough challenges. Careful how deep you dive though… Who knows what slumbers within the planet’s core?

Features

– An extensive campaign made out of 3 planets, 9 biomes and 75 unique missions with a quirky story and challenges.
– Carefully crafted, randomly generated chasms that make each dive unique!
– An endless arcade mode for each planet that pushes the challenge to the limit.
– All planets have their own special biomes, obstacles, enemies and bosses!
– Fast paced gameplay where you need to avoid, brake and speed up like a pro!
– Unique obstacles and enemies like bats that follow your every move, lava that slowly cuts off your escape or a… giant whale?!
– A lot of terrifying boss fights that require fast reflexes and a sharp mind.
– A vibrant setting with a fun, quirky story to explore in the depth of space!
– A cool astro shop full of unlockables like diving suits, modifiers and music!
– Competitive leaderboards for the score junkies out there!
– Plenty of hidden easter eggs that can be found throughout the extensive planet surfaces you explore!
– NEW: Speed running mode to compete for the fastest completion of each mission!
– NEW: Black hole mode that allows you to customize your dives by adjusting the chasm generation!

You can find a trailer for Planet Diver below. We’ll let you know when we hear more about a specific launch timing.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News | 2 Comments

Despite having launched last year, Big John Games is still working on Cube Creator 3D to provide the game with updates. Version 1.2 is currently in the pipeline.

One feature set to arrive with the next update is multiplayer. You can see what this looks like via the attached screenshot.

As for the update, it’s unclear when exactly it will be pushed out to players.

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

Nostalgia: Two Worlds – One Soul’s Kickstarter is now live. You can access it here.

By the end of the campaign, Magna Studios hopes to raise $15,000 for the project. The team will have a month to reach that goal.

Nostalgia: Two Worlds – One Soul features a mix of adventure and visual novel gameplay. Here’s a tentative story overview:

“In Nostalgia, you play as Alice, a child kidnapped and forced to take part in Project Nostalgia, a chain of experiments conducted to confirm the existence of an alternate universe. Other victims her age wanted nothing more than to escape. Alice, however, suffered from family abuse before her capture, and this science facility could in fact be a new home for her.

12 years later, the victims managed to flee from the facility. Some simply wanted to move on, while others thirsted for revenge. Meanwhile, their counterparts in the alternate universe were screaming to be let loose. Alice must pick a side, and she only prayed her decision would not anger her alter ego.”

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii U eShop | 3 Comments

Another 15 minutes of gameplay is in for Gunscape. You can watch the latest footage from the title below.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 65 Comments

Moon Studios, developer of the critically-acclaimed Ori and the Blind Forest, appears to have at least some interest in working with NX. The problem? The team has had trouble securing a dev kit.

Moon Studios’ Thomas Mahler sounded off on the situation in a NeoGAF post. His disappointment isn’t entirely directed at Nintendo though, as he says “every hardware manufacturer is treating their devkits and their unreleased consoles like they’re the second coming”.

Mahler’s words in full:

“This is actually THE singlest most annoying thing for every dev out there. We also talked to Nintendo and got absolutely nothing – I’ll never understand that. And just to be clear, it’s not just Nintendo, every hardware manufacturer is treating their devkits and their unreleased consoles like they’re the second coming and are insanely secretive about it to a stupid degree in todays time. It’s not even that the hardware isn’t finished (duh), but you could at least give me the goddamn specs, so we’d know what to build s*** for!

What’s needed to sell hardware is goddamn good software. With Nintendo not having any devkits out there at this point and probably even wanting to sell it in 2016, I can already guarantee that they’ll just not have any software support, since nobody can just jumble games together in less than a year. I mean, you can, but it’ll be garbage.

The same is true for Engine Support – Get Unity and Epic to support these consoles WAAAAY ahead of release. By the time the console launches, it should be EASY for developers to develop games for these systems, things shouldn’t just only start at this point. I want the goddamn devkits or at least proper hardware specs ideally 2 years before release – Keep all the developers updated, start a forum where devs can chat and all figure out the problem everyone’s having, instead of everyone just having to deal with it. None of that’s happening anywhere and it’s just braindamaged.”

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

Another two Wii U eShop games have been confirmed for release in Europe next month. Grumpy Reaper is due out on March 3, and Star Ghost will follow on March 10. Pricing is set at €4.99 and €8.99 respectively.

Here’s a trailer for Star Ghost:

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

More footage has arrived for the indie Wii U game Inside My Radio. Another gameplay video is posted below.

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

Wii U-specific gameplay of 6180 the moon is now in. Check out a few minutes of footage below.

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

Choice Provisions has a new gameplay teaser video up for Space Dave!, which is planned for Wii U and 3DS. Take a look at it below.

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

Finger Gun Games has been hard at work on Stone Shire’s 1.1 update during the past few months. If all goes as planned, it will be available in early March.

Stone Shire’s patch adds a number of elements like lit and dark areas, water blocks, and the ability to craft different doors. There’s also off-TV play, support for the Wii U Pro Controller and Classic Controller, and more. Read the full patch notes here.

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