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 the indie-game equivalent of Metroid, with players taking on the role of an interstellar drifter travelling through the stars whilst on a mission of exploration.
Players will spend much of their time jetting from planet to planet, traversing the highs and lows of space stations, fending off dangerous intergalactic enemies and even jumping between the foreground and background of the game’s environments in a similar fashion to Mutant Mudds.
Release dates and pricing for other territories have not yet been announced.
Take a look at the trailer below if you haven’t already seen it, and if you live in North America, tell us in the comments if you’ll be picking Xeodrifter up on release.
Thanks to Benson for the tip!
[source m.au.ign.com]
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That was fast. Should I be nervous. I'd love to play this on Wii U, but unfortunately @joolswatsham said that likely won't happen unless it's successful on 3DS.
"Release dates and pricing for other territories have not yet been announced." No surprises there then.
Been a while since their last game, hasn't it? I'm glad they're finally be releasing something again, but I'll still have to wait, since I'm in Aus.
Didn't see anything here that stood out to me...I'll stick to m'Shantae. OH and Monster Tale, why did NL never review that DS gem?
https://www.nintendolife.com/games/ds/monster_tale
Not too late to review this!
I may get this next week. I'm a big fan of Renegade Kid. The Quad racing game was very underrated and played just about flawless online. Too bad it didn't get much of a following for online racing. The video looked great. I think this one might have a shot at being Renegade Kids best release. We will find out next week.
In EU we're still waiting for Moon !!!!!
EU 2017! Woooohooo!
this game was announced not that long ago and is already coming out? cool, but what happened to treasurenauts? this game kinda came out of nowhere and blew right past it. TN was announced ages ago... did it get cancelled or replaced by this or something?
don't get me wrong though, this game looks decent and ill be happy to check it out next week.
@ouroborous
Treasurenauts is Q1 2015 apparently.
Definitely gonna get this. I really enjoyed MM.
oh wait, nevermind, treasurenauts is still in development. apparently he just got the idea for this game and just passionately really jammed on it.
Bring it to EU quick!
No thanks. I never liked 2.5D platformers.
This looks so cool. Kinda reminds me of many games actually. Blaster master above all.
@Patchouli You will be happy then because this is only 2D!
@gurtifus And for Mutant Mudds Deluxe on Wii U
I will definitely get this title. I was expecting to pay $15 for it, so the $10 price is a nice surprise. Mutant Mudds was a huge hit in my house and is still played pretty regularly by my kids.
Wow...I wasn't expecting that, but if it turns out to be even half as good as Mutant Mudds, I'll be a happy camper.
Very stylish looking! I hope there's a good amount of adventuring to be had.
Looks like Metroid by way of Mutant Mudds. Adorable!
Not sure if I want to give them another chance. I've been disappointed with every game I've got from them. I just think their game style just doesn't suit me well. Still the use of the word Metroid always peaks my interest.
Still waiting for Moon Chronicles in Europe. Can't even imagine how many years we will have to wait for Xeodrifter.
Also Mutant Mudds Deluxe for Wii U is still missing from Europe.
Excited about this, but I will probably wait for now. I am deeply into Fantasy Life, and don't see myself playing anything else on the 3DS for awhile.
I would be interested if this were on WiiU.
Day 1 purchase for me
@Spoony_Tech - same here. I played Mudds a decent amount just because the 3D effect was so new and shiny, but it certainly wasn't great. I'm afraid this game will be one of those 1/4 finished Metroidvanias that lasts 2 hours and has one boss fight, but I'd like to be wrong.
Oh cool. Didn't expect it this soon. I will be buying it.
Most exciting part besides the game is that the cost is just a flat $10, not 9.99 or any other crap. Just $10
my questions are
1. where is treasurenauts?
2. how long is the game?
3.where is treasurenauts?
4. how many different enemy are there?
5. and most importantly WHERE IS TREASURENAUTS!
@StitchScout oh I agree to the fullest! And what about Moon episodes? I DL 1st one but waiting for full game to play. Maybe by 2017eh?
Cool. I'll look into it
To everyone asking about Trasurenauts ... Renegade Kid has commented on it numerous times! Heck, Nintendo Life has even reported on it. It was delayed, but is still coming.
I was let down at first with the delay, don't get me wrong, but if it means we get another awesome game besides it'll be worth it. Trailer for Xeodrifter looks great, and I can't wait to play it!
I dunno about this game. I love its resemblance to Metroid but I hated Mutant Mudds- mainly the controls, the background/foreground switching, and the character models.
Yeeeessssssssss!!! I've been looking forward to this!!
Awesome! I'll definitely buy this down the road.
This one I'm probably going to pick up
Buying it. Day 1.
I've been waiting to see Renegade Kid's next retro hit since Bomb Monkey. Being inspired by Metroid, I'm really thrilled for Xeodrifter. They're doing what Nintendo has been avoiding. Day one definitely.
Grabbing this for sure. I love Treasurenauts and Moon Chronicles chapter 2!
@Philip_J_Reed Whoa...burn.
Until I get the rest of MOON or my money back I'm done with these guys. Once I get it I'll look into their other games again. I'm so disappointed in what happened with MOON though
Will pick this up when I've cleared a bit of my backlog. Mutant Mudds was one of the most enjoyable experiences I've had on the 3ds. Hope we get a nice soundtrack with xeodrifter
I emailed these guys asking about an EU release of Moon Chronicles... no reply. Certainly won't buy any of their games till that comes out.
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