Wii U eShop News
April2013
Nintendo Download 26th April - Virtual Console (North America)
Retro goodies and virtual tours
We've now received the launch day details for the Wii U Virtual Console in your region, North America. As in Europe, those of you that have bought these titles before on the Wii Shop but want the improved Wii U versions can upgrade at a lower cost — a NES title you already bought on Wii will cost you just $1, while...
News Resident Evil Revelations Demo to Sneak up on the Wii U eShop
Quite a revelaiton
Resident Evil Revelations isn't far away from its Wii U release, aiming to claw at us and eat our brains — though the enemies aren't actually zombies, so maybe just the clawing part — in May. Of course if you own a 3DS you could play the game right now, and it's a stand-out title on the handheld; if you're rocking a Wii U and...
Nintendo Download 27th April - Virtual Console (Europe)
It's Virtual Console time, and Panorama View
We've already seen the launch lineup for the Virtual Console, but with today's system update going live we now have confirmation of the titles, and prices, that'll hit the European eShop. We expect the North American details to be largely the same and to arrive soon. A key fact for those of you that have...
News Satoru Iwata Outlines Retail Download Strategies and a Future of NFC
"Nintendo platforms’ digital business still has room to grow"
If you're a traditionalist that doesn't like the idea of retail downloads, DLC and additional paid extras for games, look away now. As Nintendo seeks to maximise revenues and hit its 100 billion Yen operating profit target, it's going to offer us more games content to buy for both...
Nintendo Download 25th April 2013 (North America)
Free Rayman, Mega Man, a colourful commando and more
It's that time, Nintendo Download fans in North America, when you can cast your gaze over the downloadable treats coming your way. After last week's somewhat epic list, this week we have a much smaller range of options to chew over. One of them is a free part of a rather awesome looking Wii U...
News Dusty Raging Fist Artbook Gets Kickstarter Campaign
The goal is a hare-raising $12,000
Back in February we exclusively revealed that PD Design Studio is bringing side-scrolling fighter Dusty Raging Fist to the Wii U eShop later in the year. It's set in the same universe as Mac-based fighter Dusty Revenge, which is currently on Steam Greenlight and is inspired by Double Dragon
News Psychoz Interactive Becomes Wii U Developer, Announces Forgotten Memories
Indie dev brings survival horror to the eShop
George Paz of Psychoz Interactive took to Twitter to announce that the indie developer is now an authorized Wii U developer and will be bringing its upcoming survival horror title, Forgotten Memories, to the eShop. Paz expressed interest in becoming a Wii U developer back in March. The game, which is...
News First Toki Tori 2 Patch Submitted to Nintendo
Second, more substantial update still being hatched
Toki Tori 2 was on a number of Wii U eShop wishlists when it was pushed back from launch day to an early April release, and has delivered a substantial twist on the formula that gamers became accustomed to in the preceding Toki Tori releases. It's placed pretty well in the Wii U eShop charts in...
News DuckTales: Remastered Focus Testing Reveals That Kids Don't Know Jack These Days
Capcom speaks on the challenges of selling old titles to new audiences
The original DuckTales NES title is over twenty years old now, and the cartoon which inspired it just as ancient. While the announcement of DuckTales: Remastered clearly put a lot of smiles on the faces of 30-something players who recall when they first experienced the 8-bit...
Review Kung Fu Rabbit (Wii U eShop)
Hop to it
When Rabbit's dojo is raided by Ultimate Evil, it's time to buck up and get even. The hungry aliens kidnap all of the temple's disciples with a view to hold a great bunny banquet, but they make one huge mistake – they leave the master behind. Now our long-eared hero has to put all his martial arts training to the test to stop the...
Nintendo Download 25th April 2013 (Europe)
A legendary Rayman freebie, brawling gods, Mega Man and more
A little later than normal this week, Nintendo of Europe has told us what to expect in this week's Nintendo Download update. No news of any Wii U Virtual Console games — though that doesn't necessarily mean they're not coming — but plenty of titles to choose from including some free,...
News Slick Entertainment Keen To Work On Nintendo Platforms
Nintendo's indie appeal is growing
Nintendo is clearly doing something right when it comes to convincing indie developers to support its machines, as Slick Entertainment founder Nick Waanders has taken to Twitter to state that he's super keen to develop for the company's hardware. The tweet was made following this year's Full Indie Summit, which...
News Karateka Gets The Karate Chop From The Wii U eShop
Sorry, Prince of Persia fans
There were some pleased retro gamers last year when an ESRB rating suggested that a Karateka remake was coming to Wii U. The original was an action game from 1984 developed by Prince of Persia creator Jordan Mechner; nostalgia went into a minor overload at the thought of an enhanced remake with modern visuals. And yet...
Review Kirby's Adventure (Wii U eShop / NES)
Adventure time
Though Kirby made his debut a year prior on the Game Boy, it was 1993's Kirby's Adventure on the NES that cemented his appearance, his power-stealing ability, and his vast environments full of hidden secrets. Kirby's Adventure did a lot more than expand on the simple charm of Kirby's Dream Land; it earned him a place as one of...
News Buddy & Me Hits Kickstarter Target But Misses Wii U Stretch Goal
There's still hope for an eShop version, though
Sunbreak Games - the development studio founded by former Metroid Prime developer Jason Behr - recently ran a Kickstarter campaign for its upcoming title Buddy & Me, which is headed to mobile and tablet devices. The studio added a stretch goal part way through that stated a Wii U version would be...
Rumour Wii U System Update Could Go Live Tomorrow
Virtual Console looks set to open on Tuesday
The Wii U Virtual Console is scheduled to launch a day after the upcoming system update, which is set to go live at some point this week. Nintendo didn't give any specific date for the update, but it appears that it could be up and running as soon as Monday as the official website has already started...
News EarthBound Delay May Not Have Been Caused By Music Licensing Issues After All
The full soundtrack will be included
EarthBound will soon be making its way to the Wii U Virtual Console, which incidentally will be up and running next week after the upcoming system update. It seems to have taken an absolute age for Nintendo to release a downloadable version of the game and several rumours naturally cropped up as to why it's been...
News Shigesato Itoi Thanks EarthBound Fans For Their Support
"Thank you for all the requests. They made me very happy."
One of the most popular announcements that took place during the recent Nintendo Direct was the confirmation that EarthBound would be making its way to the Wii U Virtual Console. Fans of the game - known as Mother 2 in Japan - have been clamoring at Nintendo to release a downloadable...
News Kung Fu Rabbit Skillfully Sneaking Its Way Onto The North American Wii U eShop In May
A bunny with attitude
Neko Entertainment, publisher and developer of the recently released Kung Fu Rabbit on the European Wii U eShop, has confirmed via Twitter that the bunny-crazed platformer will be released on the North American virtual store on the 2nd May. [tweet 323802873295167488] The game will be available to download from the store for...
News GAME Bags European Exclusive On eShop Download Codes
25% additional trade-in value with selected physical titles
UK video game retailer GAME has announced an exclusive partnership with Nintendo which allows it to sell software via eShop codes in-store and online. The agreement will allow Wii U and 3DS owners across Europe to purchase digital content for their consoles via GAME's chain of physical...
News Airship Combat Title Guns Of Icarus Online Could Be Flying To Wii U
Kickstarter goal successfully reached, Unity build means a port is possible
Muse Games has revealed to us that it is considering porting its title Guns of Icarus Online: Adventure Mode to the Wii U eShop. The game recently passed its Kickstarter goal of $100,000, and because it is built using Unity, a conversion to Nintendo's machine should be...
News Iwata Reveals More Details On New Super Luigi U
No bros allowed
Satoru Iwata revealed more details about New Super Luigi U, the upcoming downloadable expansion for New Super Mario Bros. U, during today's Nintendo Direct presentation. First revealed in February as part of Nintendo's Year of Luigi, New Super Luigi U takes the "Bros." out of the equation, giving Mario's clumsy green brother the...
News Wii U Virtual Console Will Arrive Shortly After Next Week's System Update
Time for the real deal
So far we've seen glimpses of the Wii U Virtual Console, courtesy of the Famicom Anniversary celebrations bringing us one classic a month for just £0.30/$0.30. And yet, following next week's system update, the real thing will arrive and bring regular retro downloads to the system. As we've already experienced, the VC titles...
News Believe, People - EarthBound Is Coming To The Virtual Console At Last
The wait is finally over
Nintendo fans have been clamouring for a Virtual Console release of the SNES RPG EarthBound ever since the Wii launched, but during today's Nintendo Direct the happy news was finally delivered: Shigesato Itoi's seminal title is coming to the Wii U Virtual Console. Launched in Japan as Mother 2, a North American release...
News Frontier Adamant Coaster Crazy Deluxe Won't Impact Elite: Dangerous Development
Forced on the defensive after negative reaction to Wii U title from fans
Frontier Developments has been forced to defend itself following the announcement of Coaster Crazy Deluxe for the Wii U eShop. There's been something of a negative reaction from certain sectors of the gaming public, with some individuals suggesting that Frontier has used money...
News Shin'en Multimedia Has Two Wii U Games In The Pipeline
Could one of them be F-Zero?
Shin'en Multimedia will be releasing Jett Rocket II - The Wrath of Taikai on the 3DS eShop at some point this year and gave us an exclusive first look at its new teaser trailer earlier today. However, while the studio is working hard on the 3DS title, it isn't neglecting the Wii U as it confirmed to a few fans on...
Talking Point iDÉAME, Unity and Nintendo's Continuing Indie Crusade
Yet more evidence of the vital role of smaller studios
If you go back even a relatively short amount of time, for example ten years, most gaming was locked down by fairly high profile releases from the great gate-keepers of the games industry, such as Nintendo, Sony, Microsoft, Capcom, EA, Activision, Ubisoft and more. These names are all familiar...
News First Screenshots of Scram Kitty and His Buddy On Rails Released
Dakko Dakko is wacko wacko
Dakko Dakko has kept relatively quiet since the announcement of its Wii U eShop title Scram Kitty and His Buddy On Rails, with scarce details about the oddly-named game. But following the iDÉAME conference in Madrid, in which indie developers had the opportunity to showcase their upcoming eShop titles, Dakko Dakko has...
News SEGA Reveals Castle of Illusion HD But There's No Mention of Nintendo Versions
Wii U and 3DS appear to have been left out
Last week we reported on a teaser trailer from SEGA that showed off a game that looked remarkably like a new Castle of Illusion game. As if there was ever any doubt, it's been confirmed but astonishingly a Wii U or 3DS version was not mentioned. Castle of Illusion HD will be released on Xbox Live Arcade,...
News C-Wars Kickstarter Officially Reveals Wii U And 3DS Stretch Goals
$80,000 will bring it to Wii U
C-Wars was announced as a Kickstarter project recently and Onipunks, the developer behind it, hinted that if enough funding was achieved, it could well make it to Wii U and 3DS. Well, the studio has now officially added the two systems as stretch goals on the campaign. Should donations reach $65,535 the game will...
Developer Interview Ubisoft on the Expanding Rayman Legends and Wii U's Free Challenge Mode
The upcoming Wii U eShop app sounds promising
When Wii U was preparing for launch, a good number of gamers were particularly excited about Rayman Legends, at one time a Wii U-exclusive launch title. Unfortunately for those eager fans, both promising selling points fell by the way-side, with an initial delay to Spring 2013 being extended to...
News First-Person Puzzler QUBE Is Coming To The Wii U eShop
Colour us excited
Toxic Games has revealed that its unique first-person puzzle title QUBE is coming to the Wii U eShop. QUBE — which stands for Quick Understanding of Block Extrusion, in case you were wondering — is currently available on PC and Mac. The objective of the game is to move around levels by manipulating coloured blocks. Toxic...
News Coaster Crazy Deluxe Looping Onto the Wii U eShop
Shake the GamePad and see what happens
It seems that rollercoaster creation and Nintendo touch screens work well together, as Frontier Developments has confirmed Coaster Crazy Deluxe for the Wii U eShop; the original Coaster Crazy was on iOS. The developer is well known for its two LostWinds titles on WiiWare, and has experience with the coaster...
News Details and Figurines Continue to Evolve for Pokémon Rumble U
NFC toy sales are super effective!
Pokémon Rumble U — actually translated as Pokémon Scramble U in Japan — arrives on the Wii U eShop in Nintendo's homeland on 24th April. The Pokémon Company and Nintendo will no doubt be hoping that as well as the game itself performing well, it'll get a lot of interest and sales of the accompanying NFC...
News 2D Metroidvania Title Chasm "A Good Fit" For Nintendo Consoles, Says Developer
Could we see this pixel-heavy adventure on the 3DS or Wii U?
Kickstarter is rapidly becoming the go-to place when it comes to genuinely exciting game development; we've already seen the success story that is Shovel Knight, and there are other interesting examples — such as Buddy & Me and
Nintendo Download 18th April 2013 (Europe)
An awakening, various adventures, a Kung Fu rabbit and more
As it's a Monday, Nintendo of Europe once again gives gamers in the region something pleasing to get the week started. This time around we have new and old games for Wii U, 3DS and DSi, with some rather decent discounts being added to the 3DS eShop for good measure. Let's get right to it...
News Europe Now Receiving Club Nintendo Stars For All eShop Downloads
Wii U and 3DS owners are now being rewarded
North America has been receiving Club Nintendo coins when purchasing titles from both the Wii U and 3DS eShop for quite some time now. It's a nice little bonus for those who download games but Europe hasn't been receiving the same treatment - until now that is. Yes, European gamers can now earn stars when...
News Cloudberry Kingdom Could Yet Make It To 3DS
Pwnee Studios is "not giving up on" a 3DS version
Last week we reported Cloudberry Kingdom will be published by Ubisoft on a large range of platforms including Wii U this Summer. Pwnee Studios, the game's developer, has stated Cloudberry Kingdom will be the toughest platforming game in the Wii U eShop but there will be several difficulty modes to...
News Shovel Knight Kickstarter Campaign Ends After Reaching All Stretch Goals
Over $300,000 was raised
Yacht Club Games announced its first project a month ago in the form of Shovel Knight. The developer set up a Kickstarter campaign in order to achieve further funding for the game and it has been astonishingly successful. The campaign has now come to an end and the developer managed to obtain a further $311,502 in funding,...
News C-Wars Could Make It To Wii U And 3DS Should It Surpass Kickstarter Goal
It's halfway there already
C-Wars is a real-time strategy tower defence game that's being developed by Onipunks. The studio has just launched a Kickstarter campaign and is set to appear on PC, Mac, Linux and Android at some point this year. However, the developer confirmed it could also appear on Wii U and 3DS should it be successful in receiving...
News CoroCoro Confirms New Mewtwo Form
Also reveals more on Pokémon Rumble U
Last week, what looked like a new form of Mewtwo was announced for Pokémon X & Y by the Japanese TV show Pokémon Smash. However, it wasn't exactly clear if it was in fact Mewtwo or a completely different 'mon altogether and a massive debate ensued. Thankfully the latest edition of CoroCoro has emerged in...
News Buddy & Me Wii U eShop Version Added As Kickstarter Stretch Goal
Needs to hit $55,000 funding target
If you cast your mind back a couple of weeks, you'll recall that we were the first site to break the news about Buddy & Me, a title from Sunbreak Games — a studio founded by former Metroid Prime developer Jason Behr. Behr revealed at the time that a Wii U eShop edition of the game was a possibility, but...
News Super Comboman Fuses Smash Bros. With Marvel Vs Capcom, And It Could Be Coming To Wii U
Visually stunning platform title was built using Unity 3D
Kickstarter-funded title Super Comboman could be coming to the Wii U eShop, we can exclusively reveal. We've been speaking to Interabang Entertainment's Justin Woodward about the forthcoming platforming adventure, which raised $16,170 on Kickstarter last November — just a little over the...
News Ubisoft To Publish Cloudberry Kingdom This Summer
No set date just yet
Cloudberry Kingdom was supposed to be released on the Wii U eShop in March but as many eagle-eyed gamers may have noticed, it didn't make it. Fortunately, the game hasn't disappeared from the face of the earth, it's just been pushed back and it now has a new publisher some people may have heard of. Yes, Ubisoft will be...
Feature Ten SEGA Mega Drive / Genesis Games We Want on the Wii U Virtual Console
They skipped Wii VC, so now their time has come
Earlier this week we were rather pleased the share the news, based on a couple of sources, that Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse looks set to come to Wii U. It's unclear whether it'll be a straight-up re-release (on the Virtual Console) or a remastered port, but whatever the case it's a SEGA...
Video Nintendo Europe Highlights Key eShop Titles From The Past Two Months
How many have you downloaded?
The 3DS and Wii U eShops are becoming pretty packed with cool titles right now, and Nintendo Europe has taken some time out to highlight some of the more significant releases from the past two months. Some of the games featured are Code of Princess, Harmoknight, Nano Assault EX and Zen Pinball 2. Wil
Nintendo Download 11th April 2013 (North America)
A rolling ranger, brawling Gods, a pink ball's debut and more
It's Nintendo Download time, North America, and this week there's new content to choose from on Wii U, 3DS and DSi. In the coming week there'll be a couple of tasty retail downloads and a classic platformer that'll cost less than a chocolate bar, while today a rolling Ranger makes his...
Video Get Cosy With Dungeons & Dragons: Chronicles of Mystara's Fighter Class
Fight club
Capcom has released the first in a series of video profiles for each of the character classes in Dungeons & Dragons: Chronicles of Mystara. This initial video focuses on the Fighter class, a no-nonsense warrior who excels in melee combat and represents an ideal starting point for newcomers. Dungeons & Dragons: Chronicles of...
News Kung Fu Rabbit Fighting Into The European Wii U eShop Next Week
North America should have it a couple of weeks later
Last month we exclusively revealed Neko Entertainment would be bringing Kung Fu Rabbit to the Wii U at some point in April. Well we now have an official release date - European Wii U owners will be able to hop into the eShop and download it from 18th April. Kung Fu Rabbit is a 2D platformer and...
News Wii U Version Of Isometric Action Adventure Bloom: Memories "Definitely" On The Cards
Gorgeous-looking RPG has the approval of Jenova Chen and David Jaffe
Bloom: Memories developer Studio Fawn has confirmed to us that the game will most certainly be coming to the Wii U eShop — if it can reach its Kickstarter goal of $50,000. The title is described as "an epic adventure about the love between a mother and her child" and is...
News BIT.TRIP Runner 2 Dashing To European Wii U eShop Tomorrow
Australian release delayed due to rating issues, though
When we reported on this week's European eShop downloads there were a few disappointed comments regarding the absence of BIT.TRIP Presents: Runner 2 Future Legend of Rhythm Alien, which many expected to see among the games listed in the update. However, we've got a bit of last-minute news that...
News Yacht Club Games: Shovel Knight Aims to be a "Next-Gen 8-bit Game"
"Should feel the wonderful way you remember classic games feeling"
With its Kickstarter fundraising campaign in its last week and well past its original total, Yacht Club Games' Shovel Knight is picking up stretch goals and becomingly increasingly promising as a result. So far, for example, it's added a playable boss character and a New Game+ mode...
News Action RPG CrossCode Could Be Heading To The Wii U eShop
Retro role-player looks like a perfect fit for the GamePad
Browser-based action RPG CrossCode could be coming to the Wii U eShop, according to its developer Radical Fish Games. Speaking to Nintendo Enthusiast, the studio has expressed interest in porting the game to Nintendo's system, but pointed out that finishing the PC version remains the...
News Super Ubi Land Kickstarter Has Ended, Target Goal Surpassed
Super news!
2D platformer Super Ubi Land's Kickstarter campaign has ended, with Notion Games' project reaching $6,333, surpassing its $5,000 target. Maestro Interactive Games - the team behind upcoming Wii U eShop titles Fade Into Darkness and Cosmic Highway - is helping to bring Super Ubi Land to Nintendo's online store, and said through its...
News Nnooo: Australian Ratings System Prevents Indies From Releasing Games Down Under
The studio calls for a self-rated, no-fee model
Australian Wii U owners are often frustrated when they do not receive games other Western nations do. Despite being a PAL region, games don't always make it Down Under as we've seen very recently with the news that Fast & Furious: Showdown will be not be made available. That game is published by...
News EnjoyUp Shows Abyss Running On The Wii U
We love a good teaser image
EnjoyUp, the company behind DSiWare download title Abyss, has posted a teaser image on its Facebook page of the game — or perhaps a sequel — running on the Wii U. The picture was posted with the caption, 'Abyss on Wii U?', so the company is sure working on something new for Nintendo's latest console. We look forward...
News Lose Your Inhibitions With Spin The Bottle
Kiss and tell
The upcoming Wii U eShop party game Spin The Bottle is unlike any game you've ever played before. Coming from the quirky minds at KnapNok Games, most of the activities you'll encounter in Spin The Bottle don't even use a TV screen. Players use the GamePad as a spinning wheel (think Twister) and act out whatever odd activity they're...
Nintendo Download 11th April 2013 (Europe)
Croods, pets, elementalists and a lot of discounts
As is always the case, Europe, we have the opportunity to start our week with news of the download goodies that we can expect on Thursday. In terms of new offerings we're limited to a couple of lower profile retail games and a DSiWare release, but Nintendo of Europe is offering a lot of discounts to...
News Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse Looks Set For Wii U
Sources point to a release of the 1990 original
When Disney Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion was described as a sequel to SEGA Mega Drive / Genesis classic Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse, there were plenty of retro gamers that got rather excited; in the opinion of various critics the 3DS title failed to live up to that billing. Castle of...
News Shiro Games Discuss Bringing Evoland To Nintendo Systems Regularly
A decision has not yet been made
Evoland - which takes a vast amount of inspiration from The Legend of Zelda and Final Fantasy - is currently available on PC and is coming to iOS too in the near future. There's been no word about it ever making the leap over to the console market, but its developer Shiro Games has now said it's considering bringing...
News Mega Man Composer Manami Matsumae Writing Two Songs For Shovel Knight
Mega Matsumae
We reported earlier last week that upcoming 3DS and Wii U title Shovel Knight was closing in on its Kickstarter goal, only to find that it hit the target three days later. The game is described as "a hot mashup of new and old that may remind you of Mega Man", and now there's another reason why Yacht Club's platformer will remind you...
News Little Inferno Hits High Temperatures With Impressive Sales
Tomorrow Corporation left with money to burn
Of all the titles currently residing in the Wii U eShop, Little Inferno is one of the more unusual. It's essentially a fireplace simulator set in a dystopian world that has you burn things in order to pick up coins, which in turn are used to buy more stuff to throw into the fire. It's hardly what you'd...
Developer Interview Neko Entertainment on Kung Fu Rabbit's Wii U Debut
Bunny basher
Last week we were able to exclusively reveal Neko Entertainment's second Wii U eShop title, 2D platformer Kung Fu Rabbit. It's a big-screen conversion of an iOS / Android game that was released in 2012, and features the martial arts-trained bunny battling against Universal Evil in an attempt to rescue his colony of kidnapped disciples...
Video Preview Footage Of Another Castle Hops Into View
Kickstarter title is shaping up nicely
Although upcoming Wii U eShop platformer Another Castle — which was funded via Kickstarter — isn't set to be released until Summer 2014, YouTube channel Pixabyte has released a pre-alpha gameplay video showcasing the game's mechanics and art style. The unique project casts the player as Andy, who platforms...
News AckkStudios: Two Brothers Won't Be Coming To 3DS
Expect more Project Y2K news in the Summer
AckkStudios is currently working on bringing Two Brothers to several platforms including the Wii U eShop, PC, Mac, Linux and Xbox 360. In a recent interview with Gamenesia, Andrew Allanson, a producer at the company, revealed it would be bringing the title to iOS and Android and that it was in talks about...
Feature The Biggest Wii U Games of 2013 - Spring Edition
Time for a few changes
At the start of the year we published our Biggest Wii U games of 2013 feature, sharing some of the exciting releases set for Nintendo's latest home console. That list included some titles that are now available, and also some "before 31st March" predictions that have come and gone — those due to drop out due to imminent or...
Review Toki Tori 2+ (Wii U eShop)
A hatchling of a grand idea
While Toki Tori was a launch title on WiiWare and seized a lot of attention as a result, its direct sequel has had a more protracted release history. Initially planned as a Wii U eShop launch title, Toki Tori 2 arrives after developer Two Tribes had a late change of heart and delayed release, taking the opportunity to...
Nintendo Download 4th April 2013 (Europe)
A puzzling chick, chaotic aliens, Mega action and more
Now that the long Holiday weekend is over the video game world's wheels start spinning once again, starting today with Nintendo of Europe's weekly download update details. It's a busy week with every download store having some new content on offer, so let's get started. Wii U eShop: Toki Tori...
March2013
Developer Interview Yacht Club Games On Shovel Knight And Loving Nintendo
"We grew up playing Nintendo games on the NES and SNES"
Yesterday we reported that Yacht Club Games' Kickstarter campaign for Shovel Knight had hit its funding target with two weeks to spare. Fresh from this success, studio founder Sean Velasco kindly took some time out of his busy schedule to speak to us about the split from WayForward...
News Runner 2 Patch Now Available To Download
A few niggling issues fixed
BIT.TRIP Presents: Runner 2 Future Legend of Rhythm Alien was released for the Wii U eShop around a month ago but unfortunately some gamers experienced a few problems with it - one of which involved the game freezing upon trying to exit the software. The developer Gaijin Games impressively got a patch made up and sent it...
News Digital Game Sales Growing 33% Year-on-Year in US and EU
Analysts reveal new data at GDC
The digital distribution of games has grown substantially in recent years with an increasing number of titles finding themselves in the Nintendo eShop, PSN, Xbox Live Arcade and Steam. Analysts from NPD, iResearch and Digi-Capital presented data at this week's Game Developers Conference on the state of the global...
No news on platforms yet
Founded in 2001, Metanet Software is an independent developer specialising in fun free-to-play web browser games. It found fame in 2005 with the release of N, a platformer that sees you play as a ninja running through levels avoiding obstacles and collecting gold. A DS version of the game was released in 2008 called N+ and...
News Toki Tori 2 to Launch With a Discount
The early bird gets the worm
Two Tribes has announced pricing details for the soon-to-be-released Toki Tori 2. As an extra bonus, however, the highly anticipated Wii U eShop title will launch worldwide on 4th April with a 10% discount in all territories. The following pricing information comes from Two Tribes' official blog; the listed prices are...
News Darksiders II to Disappear From The Wii U eShop After 31st March
In Europe, at least
Earlier today we reported on a rumour that Crytek USA may be interested in buying the Darksiders IP, as it's one of the franchises that's been left unclaimed in the sale of THQ's assets. That's a pity, as despite the odd frustrating section Darksiders II was a thoroughly decent action adventure title. In what seems to be a...
Competition Paint An Easter Egg, Win A Copy of Toki Tori 2 On Wii U
Two Tribes hatches an egg-travaganza of a competition
Toki Tori 2 isn't far away now, and to celebrate its impending launch on the Wii U eShop, developer Two Tribes is running a competition with an Easter theme. All you have to do is paint an Easter egg and submit it via Twitter or Instagram, making sure that you hash-tag it with #tt2egg. The best...
