Circle Is Resurrecting Wii U Title Koi DX For The Switch eShop

A fish out of water?

by Damien McFerran Tue 7th Nov 2017

Circle Entertainment is bringing Koi DX to the Switch eShop this week.

Released on the Wii U a while ago, Koi DX places you in the role of a lone fish which has become separated from its owner and is tasked with purifying waters polluted by mankind. Naughty mankind.

To do this, you must explore the waters for other fish and guide them to flowers of the same colour while avoiding the malevolent black fish. The game includes "memory jigsaws", new skins and alternative fish to control.

Did you check this one out on Wii U? Will you be giving it a spin on Switch?

Damien has been writing professionally about tech and video games since 2007 and oversees all of Hookshot Media's sites from an editorial perspective. He's also the editor of Time Extension, the network's newest site, which – paradoxically – is all about gaming's past glories.

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BenAV
Tue 7th Nov 2017

At least it's cheap, but probably still a pass for me.

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SLIGEACH_EIRE
Tue 7th Nov 2017

Nope, didn't buy it on Wii U. Won't buy this on Switch at any point either. Just not for me.

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GC-161
Tue 7th Nov 2017

At least with Miiverse being put to rest means that the user who is a fan of nicely rendered water won't have to see this game were water is merely hinted at.

I mean seriously, if the water in this game actually looked like water it would've been day one. And not day maaaaaaaaaybe.

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Anti-Matter
Tue 7th Nov 2017

My reaction was okay until suddenly i saw a little blood spread out when the Koi attacked by Big creatures.
You know, i'm a bit intolerance with mild blood like that. Hm....

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thesilverbrick
Tue 7th Nov 2017

@Anti-Matter I hate to break it to you, but koi get eaten in nature all the time, and there’s blood when it happens...

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JHDK
Tue 7th Nov 2017

It looks like a nice easy going game to me.

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gurtifus
Tue 7th Nov 2017

So what ? No review for the WiiU version yet ?
I thought NintendoLife make review for every eshop games !

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lemonjellydude
Tue 7th Nov 2017

nope never heard of this one, looks ok could be a purchase if its quite cheap

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faint
Tue 7th Nov 2017

But why?

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bimmy-lee
Tue 7th Nov 2017

Does anyone know if something like this was ever on Wii or perhaps a flash game? Every time I see this game, it brings up a distant memory of playing something in the exact same art style long ago.

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Davidiam007
Tue 7th Nov 2017

For the right price I'll bite.

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Biff_ARMStrong
Tue 7th Nov 2017

CALL IT "DELUXE" NOT "DX" ... WHEN I ORDER A BURGER AND FRIES COMBO I DON'T SAY "DOUBLE BURGER COMBO DX"

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sketchturner
Tue 7th Nov 2017

@bimmy-lee It reminds me of a mix of Electroplankton on DS and Rotozoa on WiiWare.

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10-zx
Tue 7th Nov 2017

Loved this on Wii U.

Might double dip when I get a Switch.

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bimmy-lee
Tue 7th Nov 2017

@sketchturner - I really enjoyed the Art Style games I played via WiiWare. I agree, the art direction of this game reminds me of Rotozoa as well, though I didn’t realize this until your reply. The game I remember playing was exactly this art direction though. I’ve tried googling a couple of different ways, but I can’t come up with anything. I briefly dabbled on the PopCap site many years ago, and it may have been there. Thanks.

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bluesdance
Tue 7th Nov 2017

We are not getting a cod game, but at least we are getting a koi game!

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Blueberry
Tue 7th Nov 2017

@Biff_ARMStrong DX can also stand for Director's cut. It is also more concise and definite than "deluxe", which can be spelled "de luxe" or "delux" in non-anglophonic countries.

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Heavyarms55
Wed 8th Nov 2017

For 5 dollars it seems fine. If I had more time I would actually like to try it. But I have so many games right now that I want to play, and I work so... pass.