Here's the glorious details, straight from the horse's mouth, so to speak:
Niki – Rock 'n' Ball is a new interpretation of the unforgettable Arcade classics, where the only goal is to vanquish all opponents to reach the next stage, with a completely innovative and unique gaming mechanism and beautiful 2.5D graphics.
Roll along with Niki Ball through fantastic worlds, find all the ZeLeLi pearls and liberate your village from cuddly as well as evil monsters before it is too late!
Timing is everything! Jump in the nick of time to avoid landing amidst barbs and hop about across the stages, thanks to the realistic gaming physics. Snap on the ZeLeLi amulet, transform yourself into Niki Rock and force even the most obstinate monster to its knees!
Explore all the stages and win valuable medals dribbling through them alone or along with a friend.
Play Niki – Rock 'n' Ball with all the familiar controls in the Retro style or experience the novel controls in the Wii™ style!
Key Facts:
- Genre: Jump 'n' Roll
- Players: 1 or 2 Player cooperative
- Control Styles: Wii Remote™ only - Retro or motion controlled
- Presentation: 2D gameplay, 3D graphics and animations, 60 fps
- Video Modes: 480p, 16:9 widescreen
It all sounds very promising, but having been badly burned by the arm-straining disappointment that was Plattchen, we’re reserving judgment until we see a bit more information. Still, Bplus clearly has some talented people, so if they can keep the idea simple and fun this time around, then this might turn out to be quite special.
You can check out the details on Bplus’ site.
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It looks really cool. Definitely worth keeping an eye on.
more shovelware? certainly looks like it is a quickly and cheaply produced game.
I don't know if this one will be good or not. But hopefully it is good.
I hope this game is good it would be a shame if Bplus produced another dud.
Hopefully this one's better than Plättchen. Seeing small developers games not being sold makes me sad
You've gotta give Bplus for at least making their games with love. Both of their games are really fun to look at and have a certain enthusiastic quality. Hopefully the game mechanics will be VASTLY improved from Twist-n-paint...
Cool. Good to hear being the Plattchen fan that I am.
Hmm.Intresting concept. I hope this turn out better than their last project.
I'm one of the few people who actually liked Plättchen but this looks truly horrible. Playing this must be a whole lot of fun to make up for the headache inducing visuals...
Lookin' funkeh so far. Hopefully they won't overcomplicate it this time.
high fives Robster for liking Plattchen
Wait, a blob? Physics? "Rock" mode? It's GISH!
I sure hope they don't do too much pointless innovation this time, as Einstein said "Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage - to move in the opposite direction.".
I'd like to leave a positive comment. I really would. I wish Bplus the best of luck with this one though.
I might have tried Plattchen if it was a bit cheaper and it was a little less complicated. Once there's a WiiWare drought (or when Europe starts to get games such as Pit Crew Panic and VIP Casino), I'll try to check it out though.
There's a trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGizNM1o8Pg
I did enjoy Platchen, but I'm not too sure about this one... reminds me a bit of the ball mode in MaBoSi but more complex.
Ummmm...... Im not sure whats going on in the pics, i hope it does well, but im waiting for MaBoShi
Return of WiiBoy perhaps if this gets a good review?
I hope this game is complex and has a steep learning curve
what are you supposed to do in the game?
WAAAIIIT!!! IS THIS ANOTHER PUZZLER?
@slambert215: Here's hoping. I've said this a million times now, but here I go again: WE WANT YOU BACK WIIBOY!
Maybe they can turn their reputationa round with this one..but I'm not that impressed...
I hope BPlus have learned from their two main mistakes with Quizzlestick (that is my pet name for Plattchen); Too expensive and too confusing.
Judging from the video, it still looks like the control scheme involves a lot of wrist movement. Probably not as strenuous as Plattchen but I haven't tried either game so I can't really say for sure.
Control looks hideous in the trailer, but it might fly. I wish BPlus the best of luck, but from my initial views, this doesn't look like their lucky hit.
BPlus will never get it right >_< *
Woo, glad to hear BPlus hasn't given up. And hey, this looks interesting. Looking at the video, it reminds me of Super Buster Bros.. (Reread: I didn't say Mario)
And not to worry about the controls, as the article does mention that regular (non-Wiimote swinging) controls are possible.
I can't make too much sense of the screen shots but if it is a platformer then I am interested.
Also, I don't know if anyone has noticed but Paint-n-Twist dropped to 1000 points in US a while back.
Hm, the game looks a bit uncontrollable, it seems as if the player is being thrown around by the physics more than he controls himself.
Also, I don't know if anyone has noticed but Paint-n-Twist dropped to 1000 points in US a while back.
Thats what it was when it was initially released here.
Unless thats what you meant. Sorry.
I wonder if they'll send Wiiboy or another BPlus goon to hype up THIS one to the breaking point.
PLEASE I WANT BEST GAME ON BOXING DAY.
Judging from the video, it still looks like the control scheme involves a lot of wrist movement.
It does have "retro controls" so I'm guessing that is the D-pad as an alternate.
It would be so much fun if it failed as miserably as Plättchen did. Maybe Bernd will rethink his ideas and start working on real games, then.
from the video, it doens't like like creatures are much of a threat. to the point where i wonder why they are there at all.
Well, for what I saw in the trailer, this one looks like fun to me, I'll be keeping an eye on this one; I like Plattchen too so I guess Bplus games simply appeal to me.
I hope that this game is better than Plattchen. It does look like it could actually be fun. (fingers crossed)
Wow, way to be optimistic people >.>
It has Retro Controls which is probably using a D-Pad
I'm probably gonna get it regardless of the review, so if it's good I can gloat XD
Looks somewhat promising. Be interesting to hear the review. Looks retroy good, so that's a plus.
NEW Bplus interview RE: Niki and PLATTCHEN
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