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Thursday26th Jul 2018
News Grab Some Free Games With The Nindie Game Gold Point Rewards: Summer 2018 Edition
North America only at present
The My Nintendo website has updated itself once again, bringing along a new batch of rewards for loyal customers. This time around sees a bit of a revamp, with a 'Nindie Game Gold Point Rewards: Summer 2018' event taking place. Rather than giving players discounts on select titles, this new initiative is offering up...
Tuesday5th Jun 2018
News Freedom Planet Devs Tease The Game For Switch Once Again, But Properly This Time
"Are we doing it right yet?"
You may recall that, way back in Janurary, Freedom Planet developer GalaxyTrail provided us with a cheeky Facebook tease, suggesting that the game might be headed to Switch. As it turns out, that happened to be a joke that got ou
Wednesday24th Jan 2018
News Freedom Planet On The Wii U Just Got A Sizable Update
The Wii U is sure to bounce back now
At this point in time, Nintendo has cleanly put the Wii U behind it, and most developers have followed it in abandoning ship. Apart from those few indie studios that made promises long ago to bring their games to the Wii U, the console is all but dead. Still, every now and then, there’s some notable activity...
Tuesday16th Jan 2018
News That Freedom Planet Tease Really Was A Joke, But Dev Is Now Exploring Options
Too good to be true
Last week Nintendo Life reported on a Facebook post from the official Freedom Planet page that subtly hinted that the Sonic-inspired platformer might be Nintendo Switch-bound. Well, turns out our cautious yet excited take was spot on because indie developer GalaxyTrail really was just pulling out collective leg. In a second post...
Sunday14th Jan 2018
News Cheeky Facebook Tease Suggests Freedom Planet Might Be Heading For Switch
"Are we doing it right?"
The Switch hype train continues to fill up with passengers with the tantalising news that 2D, classic Sonic-era-style platformer Freedom Planet might be somersaulting its way onto Nintendo's newest hardware. Well, either that or developer GalaxyTrail likes a good weekend trolling on Facebook... It's certainly not beyond the...
Tuesday2nd Feb 2016
Video See what Freedom Planet's Lilac Would Look Like as a Smash Character
A challenger approaches
In just a couple days, the final DLC characters for Super Smash Bros. will be made available, at last signaling the end of the current generation of Super Smash Bros. Even though the roster is larger and more diverse than it has ever been in past games, there's always more popular video game characters that don't quite make...
Saturday26th Dec 2015
News Freedom Planet 2 Announced and in Development, With a 'Nintendo' Release on the Agenda
Aiming to "define Freedom Planet's identity as a franchise"
Freedom Planet has been a highlight on the Wii U eShop this year, so much so that it secured fourth place in out staff Game of the Year awards for the store. Now developer GalaxyTrail has shared some terrific news - Freedom Planet 2 is in development. The first game rather famously began...
Monday26th Oct 2015
Nintendo Download 29th October (Europe)
Project Zero! Resi 4! Binding of Isaac! Freedom Planet! Much, much more!
It's the start of another week, but Nintendo fans in Europe at least have the download update to cheer their spirits. This week's edition seems to be a bit of a doozy, in fairness, with a mix of in-demand titles across both Wii U and - notably - the New Nintendo 3DS / 3DS; on...
Monday5th Oct 2015
News Freedom Planet Bug Causes Screen Freezing Problems for Some Players
Still fighting for freedom from bugs
Freedom Planet only just released on 1st October, but it was initially supposed to release much earlier. As some of you may have known, Freedom Planet was delayed by a few months due to some sort of game breaking bug that was reported in the advance release copies sent to reviewers. While the delay may have upset...
Thursday1st Oct 2015
Nintendo Download 1st October (North America)
Freedom Planet! Pumped BMX+! Chronus Arc! More!
It's that time, North American gamers, to cast your eye over the new downloadable eShop treats that are available this week. There are diverse offerings, including a highly anticipated and delayed action platformer, a creation tool, BMX stunt action and more; some discounts are also rather tempting...
Thursday3rd Sep 2015
News Freedom Planet Wii U Fix Making Progress, GalaxyTrail Aiming to Reveal Release Date Soon
"We believe we’ve found the source of the problem"
Freedom Planet, which has achieved some success on PC, has been on a number of Wii U eShop gamer's wishlists. It started out as a Sonic fan-game, before GalaxyTrail evolved the idea into its own IP; it incorporates some aspect of classic Sonic titles but nevertheless has plenty of different ideas...
Tuesday18th Aug 2015
News Freedom Planet Release Bound by Bug
Wii U debut postponed, but not out
The effort to get the speedy, indie action-adventure game Freedom Planet onto the Wii U eShop has had some very tough breaks lately. Its North American release was first pushed back a week by a console-freezing bug found in review copies of the game. Now, with the revised release date nearing, developer GalaxyTrail...
Wednesday12th Aug 2015
News Freedom Planet Runs into Delay
Need to liberate a critical bug from the game
Those who have been yearning for a full Wii U run on the oh so Sonic-tacular Freedom Planet in North America will have to wait until a recently discovered bug has been exterminated, according to director Stephen DiDuro, DiDuro, who goes by Strife, posted news of the game's delay via development team...
Tuesday28th Jul 2015
News Freedom Planet is Speeding Onto the Wii U Soon
Retro Sonic fans, get ready
Update: Well, we said these Nintendo website listings aren't 100% right. Freedom Planet's developer has tweeted that the game will actually come after the RTX convention (which is 7th-9th August) as development has taken longer than expected. Thanks to Grumblevolcano for the heads up in the comments. Original Article:...
Monday15th Jun 2015
Video Check Out the Official Trailers for the Nindies@Home Games
All available to try for free right now
Earlier today Nintendo launched its Nindies@Home E3 promotion in North America and Europe; it's a limited-time promotion in which you can download nine free demos and, should you do so, you'll be eligible for a 15% discount on the games when then launch. There are some exciting titles in the line-up that you...
News Nindies@Home E3 Promotion Offers Wii U eShop Demos With 15 Percent Off The Final Game
Nintendo brings E3 to you
Nintendo has just lifted the lid on a new Wii U eShop promotion aimed at driving interest in some of the console's forthcoming indie titles. Nindies@Home runs from today until June 22nd and features demos for 9 different titles, all of which are being showcased at E3 in some shape or form. Downloading any of these demos...
