Games by Super Icon
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Review PlataGO! Super Platform Game Maker (Switch) - An Awkward Super Mario Maker Clone
All the tools you need to create something you wouldn’t want to play
The definition of karma is giving a reviewer who has handed out their share of 4s and 6s in the last month a review copy of a platform game creator and effectively saying ‘you do better’. While PlataGo! presents an ample feature set that leaves mean critical types with few...
Review Vektor Wars (Wii U eShop)
Explosive robot annihilating fun
When you hear word that a game is retro-inspired, what's the first thing that comes to mind? Pixelated homages to platformers long past? The type of title that takes stalwart mechanics and filters them through decades of proven formulas to make them palatable to today's gamer? Something that straddles the line...
Review Life of Pixel (Wii U eShop)
A passionate pastiche of pixels past
Independent games are well-known for reaching into the early days of the industry for inspiration. Many indies borrow the retro style of chiptunes and pixel art, being an aesthetic that's easily created on a smaller budget, and titles like Shovel Knight have even elevated the look beyond its original form. Life...
Latest Super Icon News
Thursday6th Jun 2019
News Mario Maker 2 Isn't The Only Platform Game Creator Coming To Switch In June
PlataGO! Super Platform Game Maker finally sees release next week
PQube and developer Super Icon are sneaking their 2D platform game creation tool onto Switch just before Nintendo's plumber arrives to soak up everybody's payday cash; PlataGO! Super Platform Game Maker is launching next week on 13th June. Channelling the same creative spirit...
Wednesday28th Mar 2018
News Create Your Own Mario-Like Masterpieces With PlataGO! Super Platform Game Maker
Create and share
PQube is pubishing Super Icon's platform game construction kit PlataGO! Super Platform Game Maker on Switch eShop, it has been announced. Already available on Steam Early Acess, PlataGO! allows you to create your own 2D run-and-jump masterpieces using an intuitive drag-and-drop interface. You can piece together a fiendish...
Tuesday10th Mar 2015
"Before we launched on PC, we had fairly high hopes for Life of Pixel"
Late last year developer Super Icon Ltd re-affirmed that Life of Pixel is coming to the Wii U eShop. That was great news for fans of platformers and retro systems - this game has the neat hook of each level looking like it's from a different retro system, including Nintendo...
Tuesday2nd Dec 2014
News Life of Pixel Is A 2D Trip Through Gaming History, And It's Coming To The Wii U eShop
Pixel power
Super Icon's Life of Pixel is a 2D action platformer which aims to celebrate the days when the pixel was king. Placing the player in the role of the titular green hero, you must travel through gaming history and aid Pixel's quest of self-discovery. The title is already available on PC and Mac, and has a unique selling point — each...