If there's one thing that unites Nintendo fans in their hopes for Wii U, it's that we want big games from third-parties to join the usual batch of Mario, Zelda and Metroid titles. Naturally, a new console is a long-term investment, so you'll be pleased to know that one title is apparently confirmed for release on the system in 2015. That's a heck of a pre-order.
The game in question is Death's Apprentice, which was apparently released for PC in February 2012. We say apparently, as despite it being widely reported around the web as a real game, we have some doubts. The basic story is that BGG Productions Media Company is planning to bring its 'well received' PC title to Xbox 360 and PS3 in 2013, in the form of a standard edition for $59.99 or the Limited Collector's Edition for $79.99, with the rather bizarre statement that it'll follow on Wii U in 2015. Despite this being available on PC for a while, good luck finding a review.
That said, the game's official website talks a good game, promising 2D pixel-based action inspired by JRPGs. The storyline refers to a world out of control due to Death going missing, meaning that the natural order of things has collapsed; that's where the apprentice comes in to save the day.
If it was April 1st, we'd call this one a prank, especially as the option to buy the game for PC seems to necessitate placing a purchase order to a P.O. Box. There's also the suggestion on emptylifebar.com that footage and screenshots seem to show that this was made in RPG Maker 2003 with some default assets, so this is either fake or an exceptionally low-budget indie game with pretensions way beyond its station. Also, is the developer even approved to develop for Wii U?
You can view the trailer, as it's called in a press release for this, below. In terms of strange tales of games on the way to Wii U, this project for 2015 is easily top of the list.
[source gameconnect.net, via emptylifebar.com, deathsapprentice.weebly.com]
Comments 33
That's an, interesting marketing strategy.....
Wut?
Horrible music, check. Anime/Japanese RPG cliches, check. Names of people and towns seemingly lifted off of earlier, much better RPGs, check. Menu screen copied directly from Final Fantasy games, check and double check.
Oh man, I haven't messed around with RPG Maker in YEARS but all of those sprites and tilesets are immediately familiar.
@Tsuchinoko And yours for just $60! Seriously, what are you waiting for?
The best part of all of this though is the way the trailer just ends out of nowhere.
60 bucks for a game made with RPG Maker template graphics?
And terrible map design, btw. Can't believe this guys are serious.
Fake. The trailer just shows the screenshots that are on the website. Or the scene the screenshots are taken from. I'd say someone made a dialog scene and a battle scene in RPG Maker and put up that website.
Wait, now I remember. Land of Barron? I'm getting Final Fantasy IV flashbacks. And that battle scene background looks awfully familiar...
I, ah, um....what? How strange...
Is this made by the same guys who made the iOS Pokemon clone "Little Masters"?
Brings back so many memories of my older bro and I messing around on RPG Maker.
GOTY
Oh god. RPG Maker has unknowingly become a curse on the gaming world. They're expecting to sell this for $60?...for the standard edition?! Well at least it gave me a good laugh.
How is a tool that helps people make their dream games that you personally never have to play a 'curse?'
Holy embarrassing hyperbole, Batman!
I recognized the RPG Maker graphics before I even got down to the part of the article that mentioned it. This whole thing is just...wow. Blows the semi-absurdity of RPG Maker games on Steam Greenlight out of the water, that's for sure!
They can't be serious.
@OlympicCho - I thought it was obvious that what I was referring to was the people that use RPG Maker to create games which they expect to sell on consoles like the Wii U at $60 - not the ones who use it for their personal games, and that I wasnt being completely serious. Holy embarrassment to yourself there mate.
Preordered the limited edition.
That video looks like it was made in Windows Movie Maker or the like.
They should learn a thing or two from Emmy and everyone else who worked on the awesome Tale of Madness!
I agree with @battLeToaD,
And they can't be serious about the price, it looks terribly dull, bland, cliched, and a lot like the early Final Fantasys.
Very strange story indeed!
Check out their explanation for why the game "looks like" an RPG Maker job.
So, they're claiming that a lesser known game producer is working on this? Well, the game is listed under her IMDb Profile, though I'm not sure if that is a user edited database or not. But, they also claim that the gameplay in the trailer was from the 1999 game, while it was shot with Frags (the watermark at the top of the video proves it), which wasn't around until 2004....
Something tells me the whole story is bull.
Ha ha ha, no.
I can get final fantasy 13 for 20 bucks... NOPE NICE TRY RPG MAKER LOSERS
@siconlolz : Honestly I consider this the better deal out of the two
I actually like the concept being a nice change of pace from the usual save the world story, but I smell something fishy.
I'd personally rather re-play Eternal Eyes or something than this.
Is this a joke? The production value consists of a pirated copy of RPG Maker.
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I... wut? Maybe they're setting it to 2015 because they want to make it look better? Hopefully? Either way Im not sold on this, because it looks so expected and cliched!
That translates to 2018 in the Wii-ware world (if ever)
Come on, guys, this is too obviously a joke. If you think people wouldn't purchase a domain name just to make a prank you must be new on the internet.
Not only are those the sprites that come with the RPG Maker, but the entire claim and story is too clearly a parody. I think they just are after the free publicity you're giving them, like that guy with the Youtube video the other time.
Looks like HALF OF A MOVIE TRAILER! What the heck???
EDIT: @Zombie_Barioth Not saving the world.......... killing it.
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