Popular Games by Renegade Kid
SouthPeak Games / Renegade Kid
- 31st Oct 2007 (NA)
- 26th Jun 2008 (JPN)
- 17th Apr 2009 (UK/EU)
Reviews of Renegade Kid Games
Review Mutant Mudds Super Challenge (3DS eShop)
For super players only
One extremely welcome perk that comes with buying a copy of Mutant Mudds Super Challenge is cross-buy; picking up a digital copy of the game on either Wii U or 3DS will net you a free copy on the other platform. Naturally, this makes one wonder: which platform is the better experience? For the purpose of this review, we'll be...
Review Mutant Mudds Super Challenge (Wii U eShop)
Git gud or get rekt
Way back in 2012 when the eShop was still in its earliest stages, Mutant Mudds was released to general critical acclaim. Indeed, it was one of the earlier original titles released for the eShop, and paved the way - in a sense - for what would go on to become a very prolific service. Now, four years later, does the follow-up live...
Review Dementium Remastered (3DS eShop)
A new horror with some old scares
Why are you in this abandoned hospital? Why are these monsters attacking you? Where did they come from? Is it really safe to down 38 bottles of pain killers? Dementium Remastered has few answers for you, but the mystery only enhances its eerie, lonely atmosphere. This new version completely rebuilds the original DS...
Review Xeodrifter (Wii U eShop)
Muddvania
Renegade Kid has shown Nintendo a lot of support in the form of nicely crafted downloadable titles for the 3DS, including its the retro-styled Mutant Mudds and Metroid-esque adventure Xeodrifter. Like Mutant Mudds, Xeodrifter has made its way to the Wii U eShop, and like Mutant Mudds, Xeodrifter is a very good game - if you don't mind...
Review Moon Chronicles: Episodes 2-4 (3DS eShop)
Not quite over the moon
Renegade Kid's episodic Moon Chronicles - an updated port of the Nintendo DS title Moon - has now delivered Episodes 2-4 as downloadable content, allowing players to finally finish the entire game. As a first-person shooter, Moon Chronicles stands out on the eShop and is a welcome change from the vast collection of puzzlers...
Drift compatible
Renegade Kid has pretty much lost its element of surprise. When a developer consistently releases interesting games that are made well with attractive art, it's not really shocking when their next release follows suit. Surprising no one, Renegade Kid's latest release Xeodrifter is another excellent game brimming with style and...
Latest Renegade Kid News
Saturday30th Sep 2023
Atooi boss talks Hatch Tales' delays and reviving a cult classic
Over 15 years since its initial release on the Nintendo DS, horror FPS Dementium: The Ward is getting a re-release on the Nintendo Switch eShop, utilising the 2015 3DS remaster as its foundation. While its creepy low-fi visuals and disturbing creature design have attracted a cult...
Friday26th Jan 2018
News The Planet-Hopping Xeodrifter Will Touch Down On Nintendo Switch This February
Price revealed exclusively within...
Nintendo Switch is getting another port next month in the form of Renegade Kid's Xeodrifter. You'll probably recognise the name as it's featured on both 3DS and Wii U already, and it left a strong impression on Nintendo Life in both of our reviews. If you've never heard of it before, you play an astronaut who...
Monday29th Aug 2016
Feature The Reasons for Renegade Kid's Closure and What's Next For Its Co-Founders
Atooi plans Treasurenauts for 2017, Infitizmo has "a new mystery project"
Earlier today Renegade Kid announced that it has closed down, with its co-founders going separate ways with their own studios. Jools Watsham is taking control of Renegade Kid's 2D IPs with Atooi, while Gregg Hargrove is taking on the 3D IPs with Infitizmo. Over the last decade...
News Renegade Kid Closes as Co-Founders Launch Separate Studios
IPs split between "2D" and "3D" brands
Renegade Kid has been one of the most recognisable names on the Nintendo download scene in this generation, and before that was notable for jumping into the retail space on DS. Its biggest hits have included the likes of Mutant Mudds and Dementium: The Ward, earning a loyal group of fans through its releases on...
Friday29th Jul 2016
News Renegade Kid Has Kindly Offered To Port Sonic Mania To Nintendo 3DS
Sega remains silent on the matter, however
Sega has two new Sonic the Hedgehog titles in development at the moment, both of which are expected to arrive next year. Project Sonic 2017 is coming to NX as well as other platforms, while Sonic Mania - a more traditional take on Sega's mascot - sadly isn't coming to a Nintendo system. Given the 2D nature...
Tuesday28th Jun 2016
News Renegade Kid Titles Are Going Cheap On The North American 3DS eShop
Offers end this month, so get in quick
Prolific eShop developer Renegade Kid is holding a summer blow-out sale on the 3DS eShop in North America. Seven titles are included in the sale, and all but one is currently selling for half its typical price. The offer ends on June 30th. Here's the full list: Xeodrifter Mutant Mudds
Friday25th Mar 2016
News Shovel Knight Is Playable in Mutant Mudds Super Challenge
Digging deep for fan-service
If the challenge of simply getting through the gruelling levels of Mutant Mudds Super Challenge isn't enough for you there are a range of hidden characters to track down. Today we have the official reveal of the Shovel Knight character. Jools Watsham, creator of the game, today drew back the curtain on how exactly to...
Monday14th Mar 2016
Video Mutant Mudds Super Challenge Trailer Opts for Retro Charm
Time for a real challenge
We may have praised optional invincibility options very recently, but as noted there we also highlighted how third parties and download games can provide old-school difficulty to keep gaming ninjas busy. An example of this is Mutant Mudds Super Challenge, which takes the formula of the first game and adds a whole lot of...
News Renegade Kid Once Pitched A GBA Port Of Demon's Crest To Capcom, But Was Rebuffed
Poor sales of the SNES original to blame
Demon's Crest is one of the true underrated gems of the SNES library, yet it sold terribly upon its initial release back in 1994. In issue 100 of Nintendo Power it was even reported that the game had registered negative sales one week, as more people returned it for a refund than bought it. Thankfully, Capcom...
Saturday12th Mar 2016
Interview Renegade Kid on Stepping it Up With Mutant Mudds Super Challenge
It was nicknamed Uber Mudds, after all
A number of development studios have become well-known and familiar names to eShop aficionados - Renegade Kid is certainly a studio that most 'Nindie' followers will know from their releases across 3DS and Wii U. Though the company has a previous track record in the DS retail scene, and has also extensively...
Thursday10th Mar 2016
News Jools Watsham on the Difficulty Level of Mutant Mudds Super Challenge
A game for the fans
Just last week, it was announced that Mutant Mudds Super Challenge will be releasing on 17th March in all territories. The follow-up to the original Mutant Mudds may not be technically considered a sequel, but something of a 'continuation'. Naturally, this means that it's a game being tailored to the fans, and the difficulty is...
Friday4th Mar 2016
Exclusive Mutant Mudds Super Challenge Launch Details are Confirmed
Cross-buy and loyalty discounts up for grabs
Mutant Mudds Super Challenge may not have '2' in the title, but it's shaping up to be an intensely challenging follow-up for fans of Renegade Kid's original action platformer - Mutant Mudds. Following the first game's break-out success on the 3DS eShop, in particular, this one's sure to get quite a bit of...
Tuesday9th Feb 2016
News Mutant Mudds Super Challenge Has Been Submitted to Nintendo
Prepare yourselves
Renegade Kid has had a pretty strong presence on the Nintendo eShop for this generation, and it was all kicked off by Mutant Mudds. A '12-Bit' 2D platformer, the original game launched on the 3DS eShop at a time when there were few worthwhile games to be found on the service. Mutant Mudds was already a tough game to begin with,...
Thursday4th Feb 2016
Video Check Out the New World Record Speed-Run of Xeodrifter
Just over seventeen minutes
Speedrunning has become a competitive form of gaming that only the very best of gamers can hope to become proficient in. Considering that there technically exists a hard cap on just how fast any given game can be beaten, it becomes a game that's just as much about pixel perfect controls as it is about memorization...
Wednesday3rd Feb 2016
News Jools Watsham Wants to Know if You Want a Dementium III
The choice is yours
Dementium: The Ward was one of the first titles to be made by longtime Nintendo supporter, Renegade Kid. Though the game initially was planned as an entry in the Silent Hill series, it went on to develop its own identity and later received a sequel. Now, the first game has already been remastered for the 3DS and its sequel is...
Friday22nd Jan 2016
Sequel aiming for both regions together
With a simplified and global rating system now in place, download developers have one less hurdle to clear when working towards bringing their games to both North America and Europe / Australia. Renegade Kid is one studio utilising the new system, and now has a tentative release target for Dementium Remastered...
Sunday27th Dec 2015
Feature A Year in Development - Renegade Kid
"The 3DS is my favourite system to date. Period."
In the third article of this 2015 'Year in Development' series Renegade Kid's co-founder, Jools Watsham, talks about a year that brought various multi-platform ports and two remasters on the 3DS eShop. To begin at the beginning, your year kicked off with Moon Chronicles 2-4 in North America. For...
Friday18th Dec 2015
News Sales for Dementium Remastered Have Been Much Lower Than Expected
Renegade Kid may pull out of 3DS development if trend continues
Not too long ago, we reported on Totes the Goat, a side project of Renegade Kid's Jools Watsham. When he was discussing how the game came about, it was mentioned how the studio has a tough time getting good footing in the eShop. Although most Renegade Kid games have been fairly well...
Friday11th Dec 2015
News Jools Watsham Explains Why his Latest Game Didn't Release on Nintendo Platforms
"The market isn't quite as healthy as it once was for us"
Renegade Kid is a studio that has been supporting Nintendo consoles since the days of the DS. It arguably rose to prominence in current generation, though, as a higher volume of releases and the visibility offered by the eShop has catapulted it to higher levels of success. Generally speaking,...
Tuesday8th Dec 2015
Video Check Out Jools Watsham's Playthrough of Dementium Remastered's Introduction
Resident Evil-lite
While Europe still has to wait a bit, Dementium Remastered is out now in North America and stands as a pretty solid survival horror game; filling a gap in the eShop that very few have notably tried to fill. We awarded the game a 7/10 in our review, praising the upgrades this version received, while criticising certain gameplay...
Thursday19th Nov 2015
Video Get Creeped Out By the Final Pre-Launch Dementium Remastered Trailer
Aiming for Europe / Australia in early 2016
It's a sign of the growing prominence of the eShop that titles considered to be retail releases in the DS can be enticing download-only games in the 3DS generation. Prominent 'Nindie' Renegade Kid knows this all too well, and the studio's latest enhanced re-release - Dementium Remastered - is heading to...
News Dementium Remastered Launches on the North American 3DS eShop on 3rd December
The Nightmare Before Christmas
For those of you that weren't aware, Dementium: The Ward was a first person horror title originally developed for the Nintendo DS. Interestingly enough, there were aspirations early on in development to turn it into a new Silent Hill game for the platform, but Konami turned down the offer. After the relative success of...
Wednesday18th Nov 2015
News Mutant Mudds Super Challenge Has Been Delayed Until Early Next Year
It'll be worth the wait
Mutant Mudds Super Challenge is something of an interesting entry in the Mutant Mudds series; it's not a sequel, but it's standalone and supposedly will have more content than DLC ordinarily would. It's something of a "pseudo-sequel" then, the New Super Luigi U to Mutant Mudds' New Super Mario Bros. U
Tuesday20th Oct 2015
News Dementium Remastered Pricing Confirmed as Renegade Kid Looks Ahead to Release
Has been submitted to Lotcheck in North America
Not so long ago we highlighted Dementium Remastered as a 3DS title to look forward to this year, with the Renegade Kid title aiming to bring some horror to the portable's eShop. It's getting closer to release, too, with the studio confirming that it's now gone into Lotcheck approval for its North...
Wednesday7th Oct 2015
News Renegade Kid Wants to Release Physical Versions of its 3DS Games
Perhaps a collection is on the horizon?
Renegade Kid is a studio that has been a very dependable supporter of the eShop, with games like Mutant Mudds and Xeodrifter periodically showing up and giving gamers solid slices of action that rarely disappoint. Though the studio seems to have a soft spot for retro games, releases like Moon Chronicles and...
Tuesday15th Sep 2015
Feature The Short But Sweet Games Journalism Career Of Renegade Kid's Jools Watsham
"It honestly didn't feel like work"
Arguably one of the most recognisable faces on the Nintendo indie scene, Jools Watsham is the founder of Renegade Kid, a Texas-based studio which has a long and proud history of producing high-quality content for Nintendo systems. Titles like Xeodrifter, Mutant Mudds, Moon and
Friday4th Sep 2015
News New Difficulty Settings, 3D Title Screen and More Revealed for Dementium Remastered
Bringing horror back to 3DS
The 3DS has had a few horror experiences, though it's not a game style that's been particularly common on the portable. With Dementium Remastered by Renegade Kid now being in the closing stages of development, it'll help to change that. A remake of the DS retail title that's heading for the eShop, it could certainly...
Friday28th Aug 2015
News Treasurenauts Development is Getting Back on Track
Mutant Mudds Super Challenge and Dementium Remastered almost done
Renegade Kid has had a relatively quiet 2015 to date, but the well-known 'Nindie' appears to be getting closer to pushing ahead with some major releases for the year. Not that the company hasn't been busy, having recently released Xeodrifter on Wii U and on PSN. For Nintendo download...
Thursday23rd Jul 2015
News Xeodrifter Cross-Buy Will Include 3DS eShop Early Adopters When Wii U Version Lands
Great news all around
Xeodrifter is a gem on the 3DS eShop, a rapid Metroidvania-style project from Renegade Kid that's rightly earned plenty of praise. With its imminent arrival on the Wii U eShop in North America there had been doubts that early adopters would be able to enjoy the offer - this was the result of eShop limitations and the existing...
Tuesday7th Jul 2015
News Early Adopters of Xeodrifter Actually May Not Receive a Free Copy of the Wii U Port
Both versions will still support cross buy, but only after the Wii U launch
Shortly after the announcement that Xeodrifter would be receiving a Wii U port, Renegade Kid's Jools Watsham confirmed that the game would feature cross-buy and that those who've bought the game already on their 3DS would be receiving a free download code for the Wii U...
Monday29th Jun 2015
News Veterans Of 3DS Title Xeodrifter Will Get The Upcoming Wii U Version For Free
Developer reports disappointing EU sales, though
Renegade Kid's Jools Watsham has confirmed that existing owners of the 3DS version of Xeodrifter will get the forthcoming Wii U eShop port for nothing. The game will be cross buy, which means that when you purchase one edition, you get the other entirely free of charge. Huzzah! According to...
Monday8th Jun 2015
News Xeodrifter Port Confirmed for Wii U eShop
Time for another run through Renegade Kid's Metroidvania
Back in early December, Renegade kid released a new bite-sized Metroidvania called Xeodrifter to generally positive feedback. We awarded it an 8/10, citing the short length and occasionally frustrating platforming as drawback, but we were overall quite pleased with it. It may have been over...
Tuesday2nd Jun 2015
News Xeodrifter Targeting 18th June Release in PAL Regions, Pricing Confirmed
That includes you Australia / New Zealand
Xeodrifter is a particularly intriguing 3DS eShop title from Renegade Kid. Due to some delays and struggles in 2014 the popular studio took a decision to turn around this passion project for 3DS in just five months, and the resulting Metroidvania retro-styled experience proved to be a critical success. It's...
Feature Humble Nindie Bundle - The Developer's Perspective
"I won't pretend I saw it coming, but it does make sense"
Humble Bundle is long established as a service that groups together games, eBooks and music into affordable packages, for which you pay what you want and determine how much money goes to the creators, Humble itself and a chosen charity. It's in gaming circles that it's best known, is hugely...
Tuesday28th Apr 2015
News Renegade Kid Twice Pitched Silent Hill DS Projects to Konami
Was quickly and then politely rebuffed
Renegade Kid is best known to most Nintendo fans - we suspect - as an indie download developer, in particular stepping up a notch in popularity with Mutant Mudds on the 3DS eShop. In the DS era, though, the studio released a variety of respected retail efforts, very much part of the mid-tier market subsequently...
Tuesday14th Apr 2015
Feature Key Nindie Developers and Publishers Discuss Unity for the New Nintendo 3DS
"We have at least 5 games I would immediately want to start working on"
For those that follow the 3DS download scene closely, the recent announcement of upcoming Unity support for the New Nintendo 3DS was certainly welcome news. In the right hands the Unity engine can produce excellent, good-looking games, and is invaluable to small studios with...
Saturday28th Mar 2015
News Xeodrifter Currently Being Prepared for European Release
On its way to Australia and New Zealand, too
Update: Renegade Kid's Jools Watsham has been in touch to clarify that the developer is also submitting Xeodrifter for age ratings and publication in Australia and New Zealand, in addition to Europe. Original Article: Getting a game fully certified for release in Europe isn't, unfortunately, as simple...
Sunday8th Feb 2015
News More Details Emerge on Mutant Mudds Super Challenge
For super players only
As we just recently reported, there's an incoming expansion to the 2012 eShop hit, Mutant Mudds. Mutant Mudds was a critically and commercially successful “12-bit" platformer that won the hearts of many with its inspired visuals, chiptune music and smart level design. Talented players that successfully managed to complete...
Friday6th Feb 2015
News Renegade Kid Reveals a Snippet of Information on eShop Sales
Keep it up
Renegade Kid has been a longtime supporter of the Nintendo eShop, with games such as Mutant Mudds, Xeodrifter, Bomb Monkey, and more periodically turning up through the storefront's lifespan. Particularly fond of retro inspired games - with Moon Chronicles and ATV Wild Ride 3D being notable exceptions - the studio's shown
Thursday29th Jan 2015
News Renegade Kid Cranks Difficulty To Max In Mutant Mudds Super Challenge For Wii U & 3DS
Prepare for pain!
Fans of Mutant Mudds rejoice, indie studio Renegade Kid has announced via the game's official Twitter account the development of a brand new Mutant Mudds title for the Wii U and 3DS eShops. Mutant Mudds Super Challenge first teased on Twitter, will be further detailed in the upcoming issue of Nintendo Force magazine. The new entry...
Wednesday28th Jan 2015
News Moon Chronicles: Episodes 2, 3, & 4 Launching Simultaneously On 3DS eShop Next Week
Lunar Overload
Fans of Earth's largest natural satellite - and the horrifying secrets contained within - will have plenty of reason to celebrate this coming February. Just before the moon is torn from the sky by a malevolent spirit, Renegade Kid will be releasing the final three parts of its Sci-Fi shooter Moon Chronicles in one fell swoop. Landing...
Monday22nd Dec 2014
Feature A Year in Development - Renegade Kid
Jools Watsham on a mixed 2014 and big plans for 2015
In the third entry of this 2014 'Year in Development' series, we chat to Renegade Kid's Jools Watsham on a challenging 2014, the realities of being a small Indie studio and promising plans for 2015, including early year arrivals to complete the Moon Chronicles first season. First of all, can...
Monday15th Dec 2014
News Renegade Kid Is Bringing Survival Horror Title Dementium To The Nintendo 3DS
eShop release coming next year, Dementium II and III could follow
Renegade Kid’s Jools Watsham revealed not so long ago that his company had regained control of the Dementium brand, and that he had plans for the series moving forward. Speaking to Twitch channel Vinesauce, Watsham has now delivered more details on the proposed revival of the...
Friday5th Dec 2014
News Renegade Kid’s 3DS Metroidvania Title Xeodrifter Blasting To North America Next Week
From the creator of Mutant Mudds
After Renegade Kid’s mid-year announcement of Xeodrifter for the 3DS eShop — followed by the launch of the debut trailer — Jools Watsham and company have now revealed the game will be released in North America next week: on 11th December to be exact, for the price of $10. As previously described; Xeodrifter is...
Tuesday4th Nov 2014
News Moon Chronicles Developer Seeking Interest for Wii U Version Through Kickstarter Campaign
Fly Wii to the moon
Developer Renegade Kid is asking the Twitter community if they'd be interested in supporting a possible Kickstarter campaign they have in mind. The campaign is suggested for a Wii U version of Moon Chronicles, which was released earlier this year on the 3DS eShop. No details about whether or not this potential title would be...
Thursday9th Oct 2014
News Renegade Kid Releases Debut Trailer For Upcoming 3DS eShop Title, Xeodrifter
Even Samus Aran would be marginally impressed
If you caught the original announcement back in August, you’ll already know Renegade Kid’s next project is a Metroidvania-style action-platformer titled Xeodrifter for the 3DS eShop. So for those who did miss this exciting bit of news, Jools Watsham and company have now released a debut trailer of...
Wednesday17th Sep 2014
News Renegade Kid Now In A Position To Produce More Dementium Games
Ward you believe it?
Dementium: The Ward and its sequel Dementium II stand out as two of the most unusual games to appear on the family-friendly Nintendo DS, and earned a large following of fans thanks to their mature themes and use of horror. Renegade Kid founder Jools Watsham has always said that he'd like to return to the series, but was unable...
Monday4th Aug 2014
News Renegade Kid Announces Metroidvania Game Xeodrifter for 3DS eShop
It has "pixels and stuff," all right
Spilling the beans to GoNintendo, Renegade Kid has announced their next project, Metroidvania-style action-platformer Xeodrifter, for the Nintendo 3DS eShop. Accompanying the announcement is the first entry in a nifty developers' diary by Renegade Kid's own Jools Watsham, in which he describes his sudden...
Friday11th Jul 2014
News Renegade Kid Open to Another Kickstarter Campaign, Suggests Demand for Moon Chronicles on Wii U
Not in a hurry, though
Renegade Kid is a popular developer and publisher on Nintendo download stores, enjoying particular success with Mutant Mudds on 3DS, also releasing the deluxe version — previously on Wii U — as a free update this week. Its titles often attract plenty of interest from the Nintendo Life community, for example, with the...
Thursday3rd Jul 2014
News If Your Free Mutant Mudds 3DS Update Causes Issues, Just Beat the First Ghost Level
Don't panic!
As you may be aware, your 3DS eShop copy of Mutant Mudds now has a free update waiting for installation — this adds the 20 Ghost levels previously included in Mutant Mudds Deluxe on the Wii U; in fact, the update even rebrands your game on the front screen to have that Deluxe title. This is particularly great news in PAL regio
