The story writer is one of the best in the whole game business. I wish he would give an interview. This series has such a big quality. Too bad I played all.

Hey ghostfire. 1 question about the 40 mb space limit. Do you have problems with it or was it ok for you in the development?
How big is the texture resolution for a character? 512x512 or 256x256?
I wish you best luck, nice quality!

the shop need bigger screenshots. All games look like pong on those 16x16 pixel pictures.

@Omega sure, muscle march coming soon.

Uhm okaaay before you appear with torches and forks... We only play with typical RPG clichees. Maybe the sarcasm of those sentence is lost by our fast translation , we will fix it next time.
I saw you had some questions.
Grotesque Tatics has his focus on the RPG elements. More than Fire Emblem for example. Most of the party members will have a strong personality, sure also the women. They all evil on their own way and you must manage their special obsessions in combat.

the newest iphone has double cpu power and 4x more ram than Wii.

Never let a programmer speak to the community. Only community managers and false prophets.

hmmm....I don't think so.

Hm Lady youre the perfect example for RTLs target group.
So after market analyses the publisher knows already that you will buy it. Congratulations!

I realy dont understand that. The browser game has a different name.
There is no trademark on Icarian for video games.
US here: http://www.uspto.gov/main/trademarks.htm
and europe here:
http://oami.europa.eu/CTMOnline/RequestManager/en_ResultsDetailed_NoReg
That is the first step when you give your game a name.

there is a trademark of icarian, but for a company in a complete different industry. Its rly strange, but maybe some lawyers had too much time.

There is also a trailer avaible.Maybe you can post it.

its not the official trailer, so maybe they will improve the game. after those comments im realy sure they will think about it ^^.

What a disappointment for Square with Crystal Defenders , ok they have After Years now
Also a bit dissapointment with Swords & Soldiers in USA mabye because of After Years? Hope that will be better next week.

You should not say the game cost so much...37 etc. The Main Game is long enough, all other things are additional content. They can create 100 hours content or they can create 5 hours more content. You can chose what you want and how long you want to play.

Hm cant understand the rating. I had my fun with this game a few days and no realy problems with the controls. Overall 6 / 10.

reminds me of Katamari too. But Katamari was more funny and that hmm... we'll see.

Muscle March success, I knew it!

btw. where is Penguins & friends in the USA Charts?

Maybe the split is because of the 40 mb size limit. Both Titles have above 30MB. But i realy dont know why they are so big.
Anyway I love the game (part 1), its a lot of fun. One of the best wiiware games so far.

DLC should be the better variant, yes.
Square will get a review for every episode , that should be a push for the main game. 9 x great game wow and discussions!
And you MUST start with Episode 1, so it seems to be the only way to go.
@crazed we are another RPG company that going to look at this game. But personaly I think its more effective to do a shorter , but stand alone game and create a sequel after 6 month or a year. (Like the My Life as a... series) Maybe Im wrong...we'll see.

uhm ...and a normal swimsuit would be +12 age rating in ESRB?

@lanafire7
I think there is no other side then vgchartz. and the last update was only 1 month ago for March. the next update should be coming soon this month.

I think the "R1" in Crystal Defenders was a big mistake.

A lot of new WiiWare users...it seems so, yes. Thats fine!

The game is for 4 players? Oh wow! That's a great feature.

Damn it seems soo hard for games that fall out of the top20 popularity list to get a come back.
@ Djungelurban
Swedish people love the good old atari2600 times , eh?
Is there a popular local swedish webside for WiiWare news?

Oh no, i love part 1. Great idea with special quests in old games.
Hmm there are text adventures in the game? That could be hard with localisation

As a developer you must send every marketing files to Nintendo to let them prove. Now you know why Nintendo watch over it. ^^
But im surprised that Nintendo has no problem with it. Hmm i must think about our own marketing.

Yeah Xgen you right. A review system in the Shop channel would help. Bigger screenshots and 3D covers would also help. Do you talk about improvements with Nintendo?

Someone know if good games like Lit and Toki Tori passed the treshold??
I dont know if Vgchartz has the correct sales numbers. When we can trust them, normally both titles have reached them. I hope so, Toki Tori is a very good title and I hope I can play Lit soon.

Oh great, that Lit comes to europe!

I played it on XBLA, i loved it too. Ok, the idea of the game is nothing more, then some flash games have, but in combination with this characters and monsters its realy fun.

Realy nice idea, perfect for WiiWare
Oh the game is from the developers of Rune Factory , Avalon Code and Retro Game Challange. (i love this game!)

Good news also for the developers. It will be more attractive.
Perhaps the 40 MB memory limit will also change.

Dont forget that Nintendo take a part from this.
... but normaly they could develop a much bigger title now.

That WiiWare was the best income is nice to hear. Age Rating costs are high. You must pay PEGY, ESRB, USK and Australia. They take money between 1000 and 2000 Dollar each.
I think for indie developers you dont pay freelancers for localisation or only less. You can find students / friends to do the job for you.
Hmm preordering a game is a nice strategy....

Are there any top 20 charts for Australia? When you go on Nintendo Australia you dont even find any WiiWare Titles... why?.

I think Nintendo want more games for WiiWare to get it more popular.
its ok when they sell the games for 500. So 3D Games can rise their points, to get Low Budget and midprice games
I only fear a situation when they copy ideas from "bigger" WiiWare projects. But Nintendo will watch about the quality... I hope.