The Wii U eShop has attracted its fair share of intriguing games, including titles that have previously made their mark on PC and / or smart devices. Small Indie developers are no doubt attracted by Nintendo's relatively open approach to the eShop, and support - not to mention a free licence - for the likes of Unity and HTML5 through the Nintendo Web Framework.
It seems we can add Simogo Games to the list of small but interesting developers taking a punt on Nintendo's home console. The studio tweeted a tease of a blurry Wii U logo and has recently stated that it's actively working on two projects that involve revisiting previous projects. That suggests ports or 'director's cut'-style games, and the Wii U is uniquely placed to support the experimental developer's titles. It's previous released games on PC and Mac and also iOS, with the GamePad's touchscreen ensuring that any of the studio's projects could potential work well on the system.
The most recent projects from the studio have been Year Walk, DEVICE 6 and The Sailer's Dream; trailers for these titles are below, so check them out and let us know what you think.
Thanks to Benson for the heads up.
[source twitter.com, via uk.ign.com]
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Always good to see more games on the U
Yes, yes and yes.
There bringing Year Walk to the Wiiu?Yes!I gladly buy that game again!
Inspirational games, yes to that.
So much yes for this. Still need to finish Device 6! An imbedded notes function will be great for that!
Year Walk looks very... interesting. Hope we get more soon.
Hm...you've caught my attention, and judging by the comments I'd say I should look into these games.
Device 6 has always had me extremely intrigued. 100% getting it should it come to Wii U.
I loved their first two games but they have gone a bit abstract for me lately
Year Walk, and The Sailer's Dream look like great games and if they come to the Wii U I will be picking them up, as for DEVICE 6 it doesn't interest me at all.
These are very much experiences and less like games than they may look. That being said they are highly acclaimed.
Simogo creates very unique games. Device 6 is revolutionary, it is a true smartphone game. You won't see it ported to any mobile console due to its requirement of rotating the screen. The design reeks of creativity. While it's a novel, it is also a very interest puzzle game.
I believe the developers are fans of the game Myst, it's reflected in their games.
They all look pretty interesting.
More of this pls.
Neat.
Their audio & visual department is top-notch. Flawless work. I tried Year Walk briefly and would gladly buy some of their stuff on Wii U.
I adore Simogo stuff, although not sure I'd be rebuying any console ports. Hopefully they do well though and future games might come out on the Wii U at the same time as the IOS versions.
We need Year Walk on the Wii U. Played it a bit on the PC. It's pretty creepy.
I played Year Walk as well as their Beat Sneak Bandit on the iPad. Year Walk had a great mood that would gain on being on a big screen. Hope they implement at least some basic Gamepad button support even though their games are very touch screen based.
I will always take more good Wii U games! I hardly play on PC anymore so this is the only way I would play them.
I'm in! I've always wanted to play Yearwalk but hadn't gotten around to buying it, but I would definitely do so on the WiiU. As for the others, they look great too - interesting graphics, nice choice of music, mysterious mood...I want to see more. And I've always thought that the WiiU could carve a nice niche for itself as an indie game console in addition to their 1st party games. Nintendo has always = creativity and different in my books.
Don't mind if I do! ...Download these Simogo games from the eShop, that is. I abhor playing games on a smart phone and nearly always prefer any console/handheld port, so this is fantastic news. Simogo has real chops when it comes to crafting an experience around relatively simple mechanics. And I can't wait to see how they adapt to the Wii U interface, which should offer some tantalizing opportunities to expand and/or improve the interactivity and playability of these affecting indie gems.
So yeah, more games is good, obviously.
Those 'trailers' are unfortunately very, very vague and uninformative though. Just some scrolling images and alternative music.
I LOVE Simogo's games! I'll gladly buy all their games over again for the Wii U!
Wow, I am quite surprised by the amount of love this company is getting for their Wii U announcement (this is the internet after all). I'll sing their praises as well. It will be nice to FINALLY get some games other than platform/puzzle/metroidvania pool that so many developers are into putting on to Nintendo systems.
Merely porting games like these to Wii U seems to be concidered risky so I applaud a studio willing to bring something a little different to the table.
Looks pretty cool. Another solid game on eShop!
Notice I'm not saying "eShop is better than ...service," I'm saying it's got another good game coming to it, calm down.
The trailers don't give much of a sense of what the actual gameplay is like, but after reading a few reviews, all three of those games look like they'd be pretty interesting on Wii U.
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