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- Average Game Rating
- 6.83/10
Latest Reviews of Broken Rules Games
Review Old Man's Journey (Switch eShop)
An important pilgrimage
Old Man's Journey is one of those games that’s hard to talk about without venturing into spoiler territory. As a short but sweet experience, it’s the story that takes centre stage here, with the gameplay confined to the audience of the auditorium. It’s definitely not going to be a game for everyone, but does this...
Review Electronic Super Joy (Wii U eShop)
Get out the glow sticks
A key question often lobbed at reviewers is "did you completely finish the game?" We'll answer that one straight away here - no. The reason? Because we can't, but the fact we'll keep trying says much about why we're happy to recommend Electronic Super Joy to Wii U owners. Originally developed by Michael Todd Games and ported...
Pure and Simple
Every so often a video game will emerge which further dissembles the division between games and art; it's fair to say that Blek is one of those titles. Its miminimalistic, unsophisticated presentation and engaging puzzles garnered it resoundingly high praise following its release on iOS and Android, and resulted in developer Kunabi...
Review Chasing Aurora (Wii U eShop)
Soaring
At its heart, Chasing Aurora is a game about the dream of flight. Developed by Broken Rules - the studio behind And Yet It Moves - it's a beautiful journey with distinct single- and multiplayer components that share a focus on simplicity and the endlessly enjoyable act of flying. As a launch game for the Wii U eShop, it's first and foremost...
Review And Yet It Moves (WiiWare)
Vertigo has never felt so fun
It seems that the Wii’s unconventional controller and competitively underpowered specifications have made the console quite attractive to smaller PC developers looking to break into the console space. Cave Story jumped from freeware to WiiWare with a fresh coat of paint and new modes and jams, Pearl Harbor benefitted...
Latest Broken Rules Articles
News Old Man's Journey Developer Unveils 'Gibbon: Beyond The Trees'
Also tackles 'challenging real-world environmental issues'
Broken Rules is a development studio that has produced a number of intriguing games, quite a few of which have been on Nintendo platforms - it's probably best known among Switch gamers for Old Man's Journey. The studio has now confirmed its next release, Gibbon: Beyond the Trees, which will...
News The Gorgeous Old Man's Journey Is Striding Gamely Towards Switch
One to tug the heartstrings, by all accounts
Broken Rules has announced that it is bringing its critically acclaimed title Old Man's Journey to Switch. Described as a story of "loss and hope", the game places you in the well-worn shoes of the titular OAP as he begins a hike which will allow him to reconnect with his past. Currently rated at 9/10 on...
News Chasing Aurora Dev Broken Rules Offers To Port Undertale To Wii U
Keep determined
Yesterday, we reported on the news that Undertale developer Toby Fox was open to the idea of his unique RPG coming to Nintendo systems, with the caveat that he'd need outside assistance to create the port. Undertale - a critically-acclaimed PC release built entirely with Game Maker - would need to be re-written from scratch, and Fox...
News Electronic Super Joy Will Aim to Make Wii U Owners Happy on 5th November
Drop the beat
Update: The developer has confirmed to us that this release date is for both North America and Europe, with pricing of $7.99 / €7.99 / £6.99. Original Article: Earlier this year Wii U owners in North America got to take on Electronic Super Joy: Groove City, which we quite liked in our review. Tight platforming and a tough...
Happy happy, joy joy
Chasing Aurora developer Broken Rules has revealed on Twitter that is it porting Michael Todd's Electronic Super Joy to the Wii U eShop. A music-filled platformer with a strong sense of humour, Electronic Super Joy is currently available for Windows, Mac and Linux, and was awarded a solid 9/10 by Destructoid. Ironically, its...
News Chasing Aurora Dev Is Considering Bringing Semi-Sequel Secrets of Raetikon To Wii U
"Porting it to Wii U should be rather straight forward"
Chasing Aurora was one of the Wii U's most interesting and unique launch titles, and when developer Broken Rules confirmed that it was working on a spiritual sequel, many Nintendo fans hoped that they'd get to play it. However, amid comments from the studio that Chasing Aurora didn't meet...
News Broken Rules Unveils SECRETS OF RÆTIKON
In talks with "more than one party" concerning platforms
Broken Rules is the developer of WiiWare title And Yet it Moves and Wii U eShop release Chasing Aurora, a beautiful multiplayer game that we rated highly at the system's launch. It's now confirmed its new project, SECRETS OF RÆTIKON, a game that the developer hinted at in ou
News Chasing Aurora Receives Permanent Price Reduction In North America And Europe
More than 40% knocked off the price
Chasing Aurora flew into the Wii U eShop on the same day the console launched and many gamers have since been enjoying the fast paced flight-fest. It was recently announced the title would be getting a permanent price reduction in Europe - it's now £5.89/ €6.49 when it used to be £10.79/ €11.99 - and North...
News Broken Rules Has A New Game In The Works
Will be set in the same world as Chasing Aurora
Chasing Aurora has been in the Wii U eShop since the system's launch, and plenty of people have been enjoying soaring through it; a demo for the game is now available to download free of charge for those wanting to fly before they buy. In a recent interview with 4CR, Broken Rules, the developer behind...
News Chasing Aurora Update Now Available on Wii U eShop
Ready for download in North America and PAL regions
Chasing Aurora was a launch title on the Wii U eShop, bringing with it a focus on local multiplayer that was undoubtedly unique among its contemporaries. It's since become available as a demo and had a price promotion, though developer Broken Rules admitted earlier in the year that despite a...
News Broken Rules "Had Higher Hopes" For Chasing Aurora
Next game should be coming to Wii U eShop, however
The dust has now settled on the Wii U launch, and it's the ideal time to take stock of what's happened and how software has performed in terms of sales. With this in mind, Chasing Aurora developer Broken Rules has admitted in an interview with Wii U Daily that the performance of the game didn't...
News Chasing Aurora Demo Soaring Into Wii U eShop Soon
Broken Rules also working on an update
The Wii U eShop is already populated with some great games that have been developed by hard-working indie developers. One such title is Chasing Aurora, which has you soaring across the skies and flying through narrow little gates in a race against time. In our recent interview with Broken Rules, the game's...
News New Gameplay Trailer For Chasing Aurora Soars In
Braving the elements
The Wii U eShop has gained a fair amount of support already from developers. One such developer is Broken Rules, which has brought the vibrant Chasing Aurora along to the virtual store for launch. Already available in North America, Chasing Aurora will be available in Europe on the same day Wii U launches – that’s November...
News New Trailer Released As Chasing Aurora Soars Onto Wii U eShop in North America
Broken Rules' indie title finally flies the nest
Broken Rules has released a launch trailer for its Wii U indie game Chasing Aurora, which is available now on the Wii U eShop in North America. Featuring up to five-player asynchronous multiplayer and glorious vector art, Chasing Aurora is a 2D aerial action game where players battle it out as birds...
News New Chasing Aurora Gameplay Videos Show Off Different Modes
Catch that pigeon!
Broken Rules has released a series of new videos showing off the various game modes in its upcoming Wii U title Chasing Aurora. As the first title in a three-part series, Chasing Aurora is a 2D aerial action game in which players control birds and battle it out over the Alps for a glowing treasure known as Aurora's Gem. The game...
Interview Broken Rules Talks About Chasing Aurora and Being Early on Wii U
Taking flight on Nintendo's new system
Chasing Aurora is an eye-catching Wii U eShop title that's scheduled to arrive in November. While its art style immediately grabs attention, we wanted to know more about it, especially as it's only a matter of weeks away. We got in touch with developer Broken Rules and spoke to its man Martin Pichlmair about...
News Wii U eShop "More Open, Social and Indie-Friendly" Than Wii
We should hope so, too
Although we don't yet know much about Wii U eShop, we're continuing to hear good things about it from some developers with an inside perspective. The latest to step forward is Broken Rules, which is bringing Chasing Aurora to the new system this November. When it comes to giving a comparison with the download service on Wii,...
News Help WiiWare Demos Get a Time Extension and Win BIT.TRIP FATE
Do your BIT (updated)
Broken Rules and Gaijin Games have teamed up to offer one generous gamer a free copy of BIT.TRIP FATE. How does one go about earning this prize? By letting other users know how great And Yet It Moves and FATE are. We'll let Broken Rules explain: As you know, both And Yet it Moves and BIT.TRIP FATE have demos available on the...
News Broken Rules Feels Let Down by Nintendo's Online Strategy
Co-founder Felix Bohatsch explains the issues he has with the Wii Shop Channel
Let's face facts: Nintendo could have implemented a more robust online service for the Wii. If not only for the gamers, then at least for developers and itself. Ironically, limitations are probably what encourages alternative gaming concepts but no one wants to work with...
Competition And Yet It Moves Competition Winners
Drumroll please...
Last week we ran a cheeky little competition to let 10 lucky North American readers win a copy of And Yet It Moves on WiiWare. This is a game so good we awarded it an impressive 9/10 in our recent review. Everyone likes a freebie, and competition here was fierce. We had 330 entries! However only 10 could win, so we punched the...
Your chance to snag one of ten copies of the game
Nintendo Life really liked And Yet It Moves with its incredible ripped-paper style – and so should you. That's why together with Broken Rules we can proudly offer free copies of the game to ten lucky North American readers. All you have to do is answer the competition question below and cross your...
News Get the Lowdown on And Yet It Moves with this Series of Videos
Rotating puzzler explained
WiiWare puzzle platformer And Yet It Moves is a curious beast: with graphics inspired by paper cut-outs and hamsters with horns, it's truly unlike anything on the format so far. Maybe that's why developer Broken Rules wants to give you a headstart before the game's release next week with a series of helpful instructional...
News And Yet It Moves Tears Up North America on August 23rd
Updated: 1000 Points
And Yet It Moves hit many people's radars with our First Impressions of the title back in February, and it's been a long wait to see when the game would finally be available to download. Now, thanks to an update to Nintendo of America's site, we have a date: August 23rd. Updated: official PR confirms pricing of 1,000 Points...
First Impressions And Yet It Moves
We take this gravity puzzler for a spin
And Yet It Moves is heading to WiiWare, fresh from its critically-acclaimed PC appearance, so we were naturally curious how it would stack up on the Wii. If you've not played the PC demo yet, here's a brief summary to get you up to speed. And Yet It Moves is a side-scrolling platform game that puts you in...
News And Yet It Moves Coming to WiiWare
Broken Rules bringing their PC/Mac platformer to WiiWare.
Broken Rules has just officially announced that their PC/Mac platformer And Yet It Moves is coming to Nintendo's WiiWare service. This unique puzzle/platformer infuses exciting art styles with challenging platforming action and tosses in a bit of puzzle solving to the mix to spice things up a...
News Old Man's Journey Developer Unveils 'Gibbon: Beyond The Trees'
Also tackles 'challenging real-world environmental issues'
Broken Rules is a development studio that has produced a number of intriguing games, quite a few of which have been on Nintendo platforms - it's probably best known among Switch gamers for Old Man's Journey. The studio has now confirmed its next release, Gibbon: Beyond the Trees, which will...
News The Gorgeous Old Man's Journey Is Striding Gamely Towards Switch
One to tug the heartstrings, by all accounts
Broken Rules has announced that it is bringing its critically acclaimed title Old Man's Journey to Switch. Described as a story of "loss and hope", the game places you in the well-worn shoes of the titular OAP as he begins a hike which will allow him to reconnect with his past. Currently rated at 9/10 on...
News Chasing Aurora Dev Broken Rules Offers To Port Undertale To Wii U
Keep determined
Yesterday, we reported on the news that Undertale developer Toby Fox was open to the idea of his unique RPG coming to Nintendo systems, with the caveat that he'd need outside assistance to create the port. Undertale - a critically-acclaimed PC release built entirely with Game Maker - would need to be re-written from scratch, and Fox...
News Electronic Super Joy Will Aim to Make Wii U Owners Happy on 5th November
Drop the beat
Update: The developer has confirmed to us that this release date is for both North America and Europe, with pricing of $7.99 / €7.99 / £6.99. Original Article: Earlier this year Wii U owners in North America got to take on Electronic Super Joy: Groove City, which we quite liked in our review. Tight platforming and a tough...
Happy happy, joy joy
Chasing Aurora developer Broken Rules has revealed on Twitter that is it porting Michael Todd's Electronic Super Joy to the Wii U eShop. A music-filled platformer with a strong sense of humour, Electronic Super Joy is currently available for Windows, Mac and Linux, and was awarded a solid 9/10 by Destructoid. Ironically, its...
News Chasing Aurora Dev Is Considering Bringing Semi-Sequel Secrets of Raetikon To Wii U
"Porting it to Wii U should be rather straight forward"
Chasing Aurora was one of the Wii U's most interesting and unique launch titles, and when developer Broken Rules confirmed that it was working on a spiritual sequel, many Nintendo fans hoped that they'd get to play it. However, amid comments from the studio that Chasing Aurora didn't meet...
News Broken Rules Unveils SECRETS OF RÆTIKON
In talks with "more than one party" concerning platforms
Broken Rules is the developer of WiiWare title And Yet it Moves and Wii U eShop release Chasing Aurora, a beautiful multiplayer game that we rated highly at the system's launch. It's now confirmed its new project, SECRETS OF RÆTIKON, a game that the developer hinted at in ou
News Chasing Aurora Receives Permanent Price Reduction In North America And Europe
More than 40% knocked off the price
Chasing Aurora flew into the Wii U eShop on the same day the console launched and many gamers have since been enjoying the fast paced flight-fest. It was recently announced the title would be getting a permanent price reduction in Europe - it's now £5.89/ €6.49 when it used to be £10.79/ €11.99 - and North...
News Broken Rules Has A New Game In The Works
Will be set in the same world as Chasing Aurora
Chasing Aurora has been in the Wii U eShop since the system's launch, and plenty of people have been enjoying soaring through it; a demo for the game is now available to download free of charge for those wanting to fly before they buy. In a recent interview with 4CR, Broken Rules, the developer behind...
News Chasing Aurora Update Now Available on Wii U eShop
Ready for download in North America and PAL regions
Chasing Aurora was a launch title on the Wii U eShop, bringing with it a focus on local multiplayer that was undoubtedly unique among its contemporaries. It's since become available as a demo and had a price promotion, though developer Broken Rules admitted earlier in the year that despite a...
News Broken Rules "Had Higher Hopes" For Chasing Aurora
Next game should be coming to Wii U eShop, however
The dust has now settled on the Wii U launch, and it's the ideal time to take stock of what's happened and how software has performed in terms of sales. With this in mind, Chasing Aurora developer Broken Rules has admitted in an interview with Wii U Daily that the performance of the game didn't...
News Chasing Aurora Demo Soaring Into Wii U eShop Soon
Broken Rules also working on an update
The Wii U eShop is already populated with some great games that have been developed by hard-working indie developers. One such title is Chasing Aurora, which has you soaring across the skies and flying through narrow little gates in a race against time. In our recent interview with Broken Rules, the game's...
News New Gameplay Trailer For Chasing Aurora Soars In
Braving the elements
The Wii U eShop has gained a fair amount of support already from developers. One such developer is Broken Rules, which has brought the vibrant Chasing Aurora along to the virtual store for launch. Already available in North America, Chasing Aurora will be available in Europe on the same day Wii U launches – that’s November...
News New Trailer Released As Chasing Aurora Soars Onto Wii U eShop in North America
Broken Rules' indie title finally flies the nest
Broken Rules has released a launch trailer for its Wii U indie game Chasing Aurora, which is available now on the Wii U eShop in North America. Featuring up to five-player asynchronous multiplayer and glorious vector art, Chasing Aurora is a 2D aerial action game where players battle it out as birds...
News New Chasing Aurora Gameplay Videos Show Off Different Modes
Catch that pigeon!
Broken Rules has released a series of new videos showing off the various game modes in its upcoming Wii U title Chasing Aurora. As the first title in a three-part series, Chasing Aurora is a 2D aerial action game in which players control birds and battle it out over the Alps for a glowing treasure known as Aurora's Gem. The game...
Interview Broken Rules Talks About Chasing Aurora and Being Early on Wii U
Taking flight on Nintendo's new system
Chasing Aurora is an eye-catching Wii U eShop title that's scheduled to arrive in November. While its art style immediately grabs attention, we wanted to know more about it, especially as it's only a matter of weeks away. We got in touch with developer Broken Rules and spoke to its man Martin Pichlmair about...
News Wii U eShop "More Open, Social and Indie-Friendly" Than Wii
We should hope so, too
Although we don't yet know much about Wii U eShop, we're continuing to hear good things about it from some developers with an inside perspective. The latest to step forward is Broken Rules, which is bringing Chasing Aurora to the new system this November. When it comes to giving a comparison with the download service on Wii,...
News Help WiiWare Demos Get a Time Extension and Win BIT.TRIP FATE
Do your BIT (updated)
Broken Rules and Gaijin Games have teamed up to offer one generous gamer a free copy of BIT.TRIP FATE. How does one go about earning this prize? By letting other users know how great And Yet It Moves and FATE are. We'll let Broken Rules explain: As you know, both And Yet it Moves and BIT.TRIP FATE have demos available on the...
News Broken Rules Feels Let Down by Nintendo's Online Strategy
Co-founder Felix Bohatsch explains the issues he has with the Wii Shop Channel
Let's face facts: Nintendo could have implemented a more robust online service for the Wii. If not only for the gamers, then at least for developers and itself. Ironically, limitations are probably what encourages alternative gaming concepts but no one wants to work with...
Competition And Yet It Moves Competition Winners
Drumroll please...
Last week we ran a cheeky little competition to let 10 lucky North American readers win a copy of And Yet It Moves on WiiWare. This is a game so good we awarded it an impressive 9/10 in our recent review. Everyone likes a freebie, and competition here was fierce. We had 330 entries! However only 10 could win, so we punched the...
Your chance to snag one of ten copies of the game
Nintendo Life really liked And Yet It Moves with its incredible ripped-paper style – and so should you. That's why together with Broken Rules we can proudly offer free copies of the game to ten lucky North American readers. All you have to do is answer the competition question below and cross your...
News Get the Lowdown on And Yet It Moves with this Series of Videos
Rotating puzzler explained
WiiWare puzzle platformer And Yet It Moves is a curious beast: with graphics inspired by paper cut-outs and hamsters with horns, it's truly unlike anything on the format so far. Maybe that's why developer Broken Rules wants to give you a headstart before the game's release next week with a series of helpful instructional...
News And Yet It Moves Tears Up North America on August 23rd
Updated: 1000 Points
And Yet It Moves hit many people's radars with our First Impressions of the title back in February, and it's been a long wait to see when the game would finally be available to download. Now, thanks to an update to Nintendo of America's site, we have a date: August 23rd. Updated: official PR confirms pricing of 1,000 Points...
First Impressions And Yet It Moves
We take this gravity puzzler for a spin
And Yet It Moves is heading to WiiWare, fresh from its critically-acclaimed PC appearance, so we were naturally curious how it would stack up on the Wii. If you've not played the PC demo yet, here's a brief summary to get you up to speed. And Yet It Moves is a side-scrolling platform game that puts you in...
News And Yet It Moves Coming to WiiWare
Broken Rules bringing their PC/Mac platformer to WiiWare.
Broken Rules has just officially announced that their PC/Mac platformer And Yet It Moves is coming to Nintendo's WiiWare service. This unique puzzle/platformer infuses exciting art styles with challenging platforming action and tosses in a bit of puzzle solving to the mix to spice things up a...