European eShop lists November 27 release date for Pier Solar HD
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Pier Solar HD already launched in North America last week, but our friends in Europe are still waiting on the game. Thankfully, it appears that the wait won’t be much longer.
The European Wii U eShop is listing a November 27 release date for Pier Solar HD. It will be available or €12.49.
Pier Solar HD gets final November 6 release date
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Pier Solar HD has a final release date. On its Facebook page, developer Watermelon announced that its game will launch via the eShop on November 6.
Take a look at the post below:
It was originally thought that Pier Solar HD would be coming to Wii U today based on an entry from Nintendo’s website. However, Watermelon quickly clarified that the listing was inaccurate.
Update: Nope – Pier Solar HD hitting the North American Wii U eShop next week
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Update: In turns out that Nintendo’s listing is inaccurate, which is somewhat of a surprise! It’s one of the rare times as of late that a game page has included an incorrect date. However, a final release date will be announced next week.
Pier Solar HD is coming to the North American Wii U eShop next week, a listing on Nintendo’s website reveals. Watermelon will bring its game out on October 23. Pricing is set at $14.99.
Pier Solar HD going through the submission process
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Pier Solar HD is coming closer to release. The game was recently approved by Valve for release on Steam, but the team “failed some internal requirements on the certification” with Microsoft, which ultimately impacts the Wii U launch. Developer Watermelon says this shouldn’t take too long and a final release date should come sooner rather than later.
We’re starting the submission process for PSHD. Valve already approved it for release on Steam so that’s done and done. We may contact some of you who subscribed to beta test to test the game on Steam using a beta key. Stay tuned. Microsoft already evaluated Pier Solar as well but we failed some internal requirements on the certification and we’re correcting them for the next submission. This also impacts Wii U and PlayStation(s) submissions since we want to send it as clean as possible so that we don’t get another failed certification. Luckily, the process doesn’t take as long as we thought, so the perspectives to getting a release date gets better. As soon as we’re certified on all platforms we’ll announce the date and put it on the street. We’re also submitting PSHD for PEGI, which is slightly more complex than ESRB, but required for a release in Europe. We’re expecting a rating of PEGI 7. One last thing, we’re working to get a publisher to release PSHD in Japan. Due CERO regulations it’s only possible to release a game if a studio has an established working office in Japan and we don’t have it. So once we get it we’re secure to release in Japan, this, hopefully could also lead to having a publisher for 360. Fingers crossed.
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Pier Solar HD now expected out next month
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With Pier Solar HD missing its April release window, you may have been wondering about what happened to the game. Watermelon provided an update today and confirmed that the new launch is targeted for June.
As for why Pier Solar HD is experiencing a delay, the studio explained:
– Beta test is still going on: the game is super stable but some bugs are still being found. We can’t, in our right mind, ignore those and go for release and rely on patches from day one. As long as there’s a bug, there will be a fix until the game is as smooth as the original.
– Never-ending perfectionism: During the development not only did we program some enhancements to the game such as the Director’s Cut, but also some other improvements are being made to make Pier Solar better in usability and gameplay. Some of these improvements came a bit late in the project but we considered them essential for this release. Don’t worry. We’re not adding new things every day, our scope is 100% closed by now, but some extra dev time was added due to those new features.
– There’s bureaucracy involved: Only after the game passes WM’s internal QA can we consider it Gold Master, and send to our distribution channels (Aka: Steam, PSN, XBLA, e-Shop…) and this process not only takes a bit of time but it also makes sure that our game is compliant with their standards. Only after we’re certified, we’ll be able to get a final release date.
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WaterMelon once again says Pier Solar HD could hit 3DS, Wii U tidbits
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WaterMelon has reiterated that Pier Solar HD is a possibility for 3DS.
Company president Tulio Adriano Cardoso Gonçalves told RedBull UK:
“We’d like to have supported more platforms at the launch, but we had to draw a line at certain point so that we didn’t lose our focus. Still, there’s a lot of demand for handhelds such as 3DS and PS Vita, so we’ll assess those after the game is launched on the main platforms.”
A few tidbits about the Wii U version of Pier Solar HD have been divulged as well. As far as how the GamePad is being taken advantage of, Gonçalves said:
“On the Wii U you can either use the GamePad as a mirror screen for off-TV play, or as a fully-interactive second screen that will allow you to perform many operations related to your inventory, spells and other new functions new to Pier Solar HD.”
Pier Solar HD teaser trailer
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Pier Solar HD out in March 2014
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Pier Solar HD has been delayed a bit. In a recent Kickstarter update, Watermelon Games president Tulio Goncalves revealed a new March 2014 launch for the game. That means we should be seeing the game on Wii U around that timeframe.
