Wii U Is Getting A New Game Release On Christmas Day, Kind Of

Why would a dev team spend time making a game on a dead console?

@DAHstroy They didn't. This was already released in PAL regions, per the article. They only released it in NA.

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Nioce! Just got me a Wind Waker HD bundle boxed the other day. Been in a Wii U mood lately and wanted a less damaged system then my own. New Wii U games are always cool in my book

It's been like this for a while, the Wii U seems to get the odd shovelware game dumped on it from time to time.

@DAHstroy This is kind of popular thing in the grassroots homebrew/indie game development scene. It's why you will occasionally see a new game being released only on bootleg NES/SNES carts. Some developers actually love trying to make a new game for an old platform it seems. A lot of the better ones seem to get PC/Switch ports eventually.

@link3710 @JayJ Alright, thanks for the information!

Namco allowed this (pacman and ghosts in background)?!?

This won’t be the last Wii U game. Nintendo is going to shock the world by releasing a version of BotW 2 on the Wii U.

If it was cheap/free to release in North America and they get a couple hundred sales then I guess it is worth it.

Looks like a half decent game to be honest

@DAHstroy i ask the same thing when devs make games for NES, dreamcast, Neo Geo, ect.
It's just fun to do, and there is still a market for those who buy retro consoles.

I have not fired up my Wii U since May or June. To be fair, I have not been playing games in general nearly as much as I used to.

Surprisingly I found out that the failed kickstarter project Othello U (now called Reversi 32) is still being developed. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cragworks/othello-u-for-wii-u/posts/2682486

Won't be inviting the Wii U round for dinner, no. I've used the Wii U exactly once since getting a Switch a year and half ago.
It's so clunky and slow, I doubt I'll ever use it much again except to maybe replay the few games it has that weren't ported (and am rebuying everything that was ported on Switch). I'm just keeping it more as a collector piece than anything else.

@embison haha not likely.Epic Mickey released on the Wii but the second game released on everything else.The 1st game was a Wii exclusive

@embison That would work if Breath of the Wild 2 used the same engine as the first one. Nintendo could still optimize it for Wii U if they see an audience for it. It's unlikely though but could still be possible.

@Pichuka97 Great find! WWHD continues to be my favorite game of all time

@DAHstroy why would a commenter comment on an article they're not even going to read?

@Incoherent1 It took me many years to finally decide to move past the triforce quest but once I did and finished the game, oooohh baby, it finally clicked. Wind Waker is one of my favorites now too

@JayJ There's still 1 big thing left for Wii U, Yacht Club Games kept their promise and the finale of Shovel Knight (King of Cards and Showdown) is coming to Wii U same day as the other platforms.

@bahooney I don't know, I began asking myself that question hours ago after @link3710 put me back in my place.

I personally love that this is happening and hope the Wii U still has a long life ahead. In fact, I am hosting a year long event for people interested in making a game for the console. I can't guarantee that it will get published but I can guarantee that I'll be working alongside anyone interested in pushing the console to its limit. Here's the link to the site. It starts Jan. 1, 2020 and goes the whole year. Have a New Year's Resolution you'd like to stick to? Maybe this is the vehicle that could help. https://itch.io/jam/wii-u-jam