It was quite some time ago that the ambitious Earthlock: Festival of Magic was crowdfunded on Kickstarter. Snowcastle Games earned plenty of fans for its comprehensive campaign, along with ambitious plans for the RPG that features turn-based combat, base building and development, in addition to handsome visuals.
Not too long ago it finally arrived on Xbox One and PC; you can see its launch trailer below.
Now the studio's latest Kickstarter update provides information on versions still to come, including one for the Wii U eShop; it also makes clear that improvements are being made to the game in reaction to feedback from early adopters on Xbox One and PC. It says the following with regards to Wii U:
We decided to use a third party service to port Earthlock to the Wii U. This will allow us to release the game sooner. We will release on Wii U as soon as the game is ready, which looks to be in the similar time frame as the PS4 version.
That timeframe referenced for the PS4 is early 2017; though the game could be ready for Sony's system by the Holiday season, the developer is understandably keen to avoid "Holiday madness", so will aim to release early next year along with the boxed versions for PS4 and Xbox One. If the third-party in question is able to match that release window with the Wii U version, as planned, then it hopefully means we're not far off playing this one on Nintendo's system.
Is Earthlock: Festival of Magic on your radar for early 2017?
With thanks to SLIGEACH_EIRE for the heads up.
[source kickstarter.com]
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I'm glad to see not everyone has abandoned ship. They could have just said no and moved on but they've shown commitment to get it out one way or another and in a timely manner. And provided it's good I intend to support them. I have this, Yooka-Laylee and some other indie game(can't think of it right now) to look forward to in 2017. It would be sweet if it got a physical release as well.
I'm still paying Hyrule Warriors U . . .! 2 years after release!
@cfgk24 Nice Freudian slip there! Paying Hyrule Warriors.
Wii U should live on a bit. I kinda hope people move on to Switch quickly and a new market grows but I have a feeling that many Wii U owners will be slower to adopt. In the end, however, if Nintendo was relying primarily on Wii U owners to buy Switch they already lost.
@aaronsullivan lol..I was too lazy to hit the 'edit' button
Physical release or no? I'll get it regardless.
I've been on this one for a long time. Glad to see it finally coming to fruition. Snowcastle seems dedicated and that's a driving factor for my anticipation.
This got funded? the name was stupid then and it still is now.
@cfgk24
There is new dlc so still paying for it might still be correct.
@aaronsullivan
Yeah I consider myself in the minority looking forward to making the switch. I just can't wait to see what gaming experiences await me on my new journey.
@SLIGEACH_EIRE
Agreed. I'm looking forward to this title and other indie titles as well.
Why release physical retail versions of the game for PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4, but not the Wii U?
Cool, looking forward to it. Now where's Shantae gone?
It honestly looks weird now to see an announcement of any game coming out on Wii U. I immediately think "this will be cancelled any day". And speaking of which, shouldn't Half Genie Hero be coming out like...next week or something??
@Captain_Gonru "I wouldn't mind double-dipping to show my support for Wii U."
But does it really count as double dipping if you got the first 1 for free? Sounds like the Trump tax pan, write off $1 billion, pay no taxes for 20 years, call yourself a genius.
A game that looks like a cross between Torchlight and Final Fantasy 7...well...
I WANT IT! I WANT IT! I WANT IT!!!
I've been waiting on this forever. My most anticipated indie game
@SLIGEACH_EIRE
You looking for a new job or something?
I'm a backer, so I'm obviously gonna get it. I did choose the Wii U as my platform back then.
More importantly, I'm still very excited to play this. Looks like exactly the kind of game I wish Wii U had gotten more of.
Backed this one, so I will get my copy when this is finally completed! Will be a nice little suprise for my Wii U when this drops!
Glad too see if it comes true.
@Captain_Gonru Wii U was never great, can't be so again. Games are good though.
Obama is speaking, he's cracking a lot of jokes, he's so happy to be getting the heck out of the swamp. He's making sports analogies as usual. He should make the comment I tweeted at 2AM - Trump winning is cosmic karma payback to balance the Cubs winning the WS. There's always a price to be paid.
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