Giana Sisters: Twisted Dream, from developer Black Forest Games, was confirmed for the Wii U eShop earlier this year, after a successful crowdfunding campaign brought the game to PC last year and to the Xbox 360 and PS3 in recent months. For those awaiting the Wii U arrival, the good news is that it's not far away.
A spokesperson has confirmed to Joystiq that the Wii U version has now been submitted to Nintendo for approval, with the studio hopeful that, barring any issues, it'll be available in August. Some retro gamers may be tempted due to memories of The Great Giana Sisters, while Giana Sisters DS first hit the portable, much to our delight, back in 2009.
Not sure whether this one is for you? The trailer below, from the game's launch last year, certainly shows some rather pretty platforming and interesting mechanics; we don't have to wait long to see how it stacks up. After a bit of a new software drought it's worth also noting that August looks like a promising month for the Wii U eShop, with DuckTales Remastered and Cloudberry Kingdom also on the way.
[source joystiq.com]
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Oooh, cool. I'm sort of glad I never did end up buying it on PC then, I'd rather play it on my TV with something like the Gamepad.
Looks pretty cool!
Whoa! Looks Great. Definitely keeping an eye out for this.
THIS LOOKS VERY GOOD CANT WAIT FOR IT
It has as switching mechanic that reminds me of Mighty Switch Force, looks cool
Definitely getting! Gotta support them indies!
Great Giana Sisters? Wow! Memories...
Back in May, I got a copy of Giana Sisters DS from Amazon. I'll have to try this one out.
I want this.
I've said it before, I'll say it again: Indies are the future of third-party gaming.
There's so much incredible talent just OOZING out of that side of the industry lately.
Giana Sisters. The rivalry of the Mario Bros before Sonic the Hedgehog.
Looks terrific!
One of my most anticipated e-Shop games of the year. Will be getting it day one for sure!
Looks pretty good
not bad! It's time for the indie games to shine!
Oh absolutely. Great news!
Cool sound!
Wow August is turning out to be a great month. Not so great for my wallet though!
This or Duck Tales? Either way, I might be about to buy my first game in six months...
These guys are also making a Turrican game. I heard good things about this, so I'll definitely grab it.
@Yorumi Maybe eventually. No way I can afford two games in one month. My partner may justifiably kill me.
I have it on XBLA. It's a very pretty game but the novelty wore off for me quite quick.
I remember hearing about this a bit ago. Glad to see it coming to Wii U, might have to pick it up if I have the funds. August is looking to be a busy month for me and my Wii U.
The visuals are really nice, but this game was hard.
.. are there actually SISTERS here this time? Like, is Maria back? Not just Giana? Hard to call a game ''Giana Sisters'' when there's only one character to play as.
I have this on 360, and it is a really cool game. Some parts are hard, so beware.
Nice, I loved this on PC and will definitely get in on Wii U!
SOO MANY PLATFORMERS!!!!
It always feels a bit ironic to see the Great Giana Sisters on a Nintendo platform, seeing as it was originally a straight rip off of Super Mario Bros.
The nostalgia alone makes me interested in this game but I'll wait for the NL review.
@CaPPa Get it on Steam for £2.59 right now tell you whether you want to pay at least 4 times the price for it on the Wii U.
Much better than any review anyway.
@SparkOfSpirit I hope it is good I have been playing the Dreamcast version of Gunlord quite a bit recently. (Total Turrican Rip off but its pretty well done and pretty recently released. Cannot justify the £300 Neo Geo cost for the same game).
@smashbrolink Thing about some of those indie developers is without someone else doing much of the hard lifting (Something like XNA or Unity3D) they are not technically that good. (Some of the Linux / Mac OS X ports are absolutely dire). At least with the 3DS I think you don't get any hand holding. The other ones don't have the good fun games. (Ones that worked for major studio's then went indie). The problem is not totally solved yet. (Other than for Steam/Windows).
@Strongo9 My PC isn't built for gaming, but thanks for the update.
Pretty fun game, I got it on 360. I have not completed it yet though, I need to get back to it.
This game looks awesome! I like how, for me anyway, some of these indie games for WiiU are coming from nowhere taking me completely by surprise. It's exciting!
Already have it for 360. Great game, and it gradually ramps up the difficulty, like any good platformer should.
Looks great! I'll buy that!
@1337man1233 No, just since February. There hasn't been much for the U since then!
Played the early demo on my PC (with a gamepad, for those who will jump out pointing out the... "obvious disadvantage of playing with a keyboard") and the game did not catch my interest, so it's a skip for me. That said - world switching mechanic is quite interesting.
This looks to be quite good! I'm not a fan of sidescrolling platformers - or any platformers for that matter - but they are a gaming mainstay and it's thrilling to see one (hopefully) executed well. This one reminded me favorably of some classics.
Is it going to have that bad*** music or is that only trailer music? Because that music kicked some serious you know what.
@Lobster That music is actually in the game. It's awesome.
The best thing about the music is, the instrumentation changes depending on which character you're playing as, and it seamlessly changes on the fly.
Since it's an indie title it's be reasonably priced. Nintendo on the other hand would stick a moustache on it and charge us $80.
Oh wait, they actually already did that.
Got it on Steam already as a nod to the devs and couldn't put it down. This will be great on WiiU. More indies to the rescue.
@Sceptic If you paid $80 for a Mario game, you got ripped off.
@Sceptic Um, which Mario game did you get for $80? (unless you're talking about those austriallian prices or some other-world prices that I'm not aware about?)
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