Renegade Kid has been a longtime supporter of the Nintendo eShop, with games such as Mutant Mudds, Xeodrifter, Bomb Monkey, and more periodically turning up through the storefront's lifespan. Particularly fond of retro inspired games - with Moon Chronicles and ATV Wild Ride 3D being notable exceptions - the studio's shown creativity and passion in its output. While not all of Renegade Kid's games have been easy recommendations, the loyalty this studio has shown to Nintendo cannot be understated.
Today on Twitter, studio lead Jools Watsham, revealed that Mutant Mudds was the studio's best selling game, with Moon Chronicles coming in second place. We awarded Mutant Mudds a 9/10 in our review, praising it for its tight controls, strong level design, and old-school visuals. Additionally, the amount of post release support has been excellent, with free DLC adding significantly more value to the game. We also gave Moon Chronicles: Epsiode 1 a “good" recommendation, and the last 3 episodes in the season were just added this week. A handy, retro-style infographic was shared in the post, visualizing the difference in sales for the studio.
With Treasurenauts and the second season of Moon Chronicles on the way, Renegade Kid's got plenty to be excited for in its future. What do you think? Are you a fan of Renegade Kid's work? Sound off in the comments below.
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I love Xeodrifter and would welcome more like it. Mutant Mudds Super Challenge is a day one buy. Also, I'm looking forward to playing the rest of Moon on my 3DS. Yes, I love these guys' games! Still waiting for Treasurenauts though...
Oh yeah. These guys are awesome. I'm looking forward for this Xeodrifter to arrive here in Éire-land.
I wonder how many sales they lose in Europe due to the huge delay in the 3DS versions when the Steam versions come out the same time as the US release dates.
So basically Mutant mudds did amazing, Bomb monkey kinda flopped(cheapest of these games and out second longest yet it sold the least)ATV did okay, DX did okay, Moon is doing pretty good and so is Xeodrifter,
Not really interested in almost anything they do. Xeodrifter might be on my radar and that's about it.
Hopefully they price their products better in the future, it could help a lot more with their sales I think. Their games always seem slightly more expensive then they should be in my opinion.
I only bought Mutant Mudds. I will be buying Treasurenauts when it finally arrives though.
Crazy how Mutant Mudds is their best seller by a large margin, though it has to be said there is a gulf in quality between that and RK's other games (plus the eShop was a wildly different market 3 years ago). I'm not surprised Bomb Monkey failed to sell at that price.
Hopefully Treasurenauts gets RK back on the path of releasing excellent games rather than simply good.
I'd also like to add that now is the perfect time for a European release of Moon Chronicles. With the new 3DS on the horizon, many early adopters will be keen to purchase games which use the console's additional buttons.
Yeah well I'm still waiting for Treasurenauts.
Very tempted on getting Moon now that it is discounted.
Thanks for your dedication Renegade Kid, I look forward to more of your games.
@sinalefa It is perfect at 4.50 Honeslty, you feel cheated if you paid full price for it. I got it when it was discounted to 5.99, and it still felt light on content for the price.
I hope they have sales on the DLC. Because 9 dollars is a bit steep for all of it.
I started playing Moon Chronicles recently (it was on sale). While the graphics and FMVs look somewhat dated, it soon brought me memories of those early DOS-based FPS for PC, like Blake Stone or Doom, and it started to grow on me. Also, 60 fps even with 3D on is very much appreciated. By the way, Episode 1: Chapter 2 is where things really start to get going.
You'd see way higher numbers if they actually were sold in EU aswell. Still want that Moon series.
@GeminiSaint
BLAKE STONE FTW
Seriously, I loved that game.
I just hope they release Xeodrifter in Europe. Although I'm not a big fan of Mutant Mudds I still find it entertaining and worth the price.
Well, Mutant Mudds was like one of the first major games on the eShop and I still see it pushed on the home screen now and again (or with very minor digging) so it's no wonder it's sold loads. Some of these other ones I've never even heard of, so it's no surprise they've not sold. What the hell is "Bomb Monkey?"
Honestly, in the misty far off times of early 2012, Mutant Mudds was the darling of the eShop. Do you remember what it was going against, though? Games like Freakyforms. Very different environment. (No offense to Freakyforms, I still have that on my 3DS.)
I like Renegade Kid and will continue to support them. @jools has a relationship with community members by being active on the message boards and even in some of their games which have been released. Its a down to earth approach which I think most gamers appreciate. Just by reaching out and being seen and communicating with gamers is really something special which most companies do not do. Thanks again @jools I hope we see more from renegade kid soon.
@WaveBoy That's the thing, I've given their games far too many chances. I've played dimenium and thought it was ok. Once I got to the flying insects or whatever they were that really turned me off. I also have Mutant Mudds, Episode one of Moon, and the off-road game and really didn't care for any of those. Xeodrifter is about the only thing that remotely interests me from them atm and only because it's getting good ratings. I can't trust it at full price though so I'll wait.
@Windy I will give you that, always a plus one for devs that reach out to their fans.
Love Renigade Kid. I support them to the best of my ability and will continue to do so. Can't wait to download Moon soon.
Don´t forget: Mutant Mudds is available worldwide, while Xenodrifter and Moon are just in the US-eshop. Sales of these two would be higher.
I don't like their best job yet, so...
Broken data source alert!
There's a noticeable disparity with the 3DS sales because Moon 3D and Xeodrifter are US-only. Mutant Mudds is available worldwide.
Well if Renegade Kid actually releases their games outside of Europe then the sales will improve!
I have Bomb Monkey and it is a nice and relaxing puzzle game with a lot of personality (visual wise). I also downloaded the first episode of Moon Chronicles and really enjoyed it. I dig this studio, and look forward very much to Treasurenauts!
I just hope Renegade Kid would release their games in Europe as well. Most of their games are only released in North America.
They are starting to compete with Nicalis on the title of who cares the least about their European fans. Nicalis is the grand champion on that.
@Windy: Totally agree. Though his games aren't necessarily always great, his relationship with the gamer community is unmatched. I have everyone of his releases, and will continue to support him in the future. Looking forward to Treasurenauts as well:)
Besides Xeo Drifter, the only games I enjoyed from the list is Bomb Monkey and moon, I say the Dementium remake will take the cake once that gets released...hope Jools add a survival mode in that.
Moon Chronicles is the only game I have and really like. The others look cool but my backlog of games is SO deep right now that I'm not looking to add anything else.
Keep up the great work Jools!!
@WaveBoy I haven't played Dementium yet. My first exposure to RK was Mutant Mudds. Was the sequel to Dementium any good?
If Bomy Monkey and Mutant Mudds DX were available here they'd at least have two sales more by now.
As pointed out in the Nintendo Life review, Bomb Monkey really needs better high score tracking when you play it. It's not bad, though, and I bought it on sale quite some time back along with ATV and Mutant Mudds. I will probably buy Xeodrifter next.
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