Fresh Legend of Kay Anniversary Screenshots Stalk Into View

I have pre-ordered this game. Never played, but very pleased to have a good platformer for WiiU

I looking forward for this game... Looks really good

Fed up of Wii U games that look like Wii games.

Wow! I'm very interested in this game.

This looks pretty solid and I'll probably get it after another inevitable price drop.

@Espy I wasn't aware your Wii showed HD visuals? That's pretty cool.

Does anyone know if this game is coming to other platforms other than Wii U, or is the Wii U finally getting some love?

@Epsy @lividd3ad BUUUUUUUUUUURN!

@JLPick PS4 and PC too, as far as I can tell.

@lividd3ad I'm not referring to the HD visuals - that's a very small part of the whole picture. The textures look really basic, and the lighting artificial. I just see so many Wii U efforts where they haven't really tried. Whether or not it looks identical to a Wii game or not, my point is people aren't pushing the Wii U to its modest capabilities.

Oh dear, I've started something here again, haven't I?

@Espy Heh, well it WAS a port of a PS2 game.

I'll be happy to support this one at release. I even went after some PS2 videos on Youtube, and voice acting aside, it looks really cool.

@lividd3ad

The more people that think like you (waiting for the price drop), the more developers and publishers become reliant on DLC to make a profit. If you care about gaming, you should be supporting it. I know it can be tough to buy games new all the time with limited budgets, but the fact is, companies not making money on Wii U due to similar attitudes is why there are almost no games on Wii U.

You're basically saying you want to tell the last (or one of the last) 3rd party Wii U developer to screw off and take his business elsewhere, where the fans actually support the games.

Looks like a PS2 game to me, which I take as a win as Jak and Daxter is still my all time favorite game. Though it kind of looks like Tak and the Power of Ju Ju more than J&D but the first couple of game sin that series was good as well.

Interesting that Amazon US has this for May 29 as rumours keep appearing for Splatoon releasing on that date. Amazon US still has Splatoon w/ the placeholder date of Dec 31.

Which leads me into this rant - feel free to skip it, you've probaly already all read it a million times anyway:

Looking on the Wii U eShop last night under Ntinedo Directs, Nintedo had a direct 11 out of 12 months in 2013, only missing March. And in 2014 they had on eat least every month, with several months having 2 b/c of all the mini solo game ones. This year, w/ March ending today, we've had 1. And that one didn't even include Mario Maker or Yoshi's Wooly World, both of which Nitneod has previously stated would be released in the first half of 2015. And Splatoon is maybe due in May, which is 31 days away but we sitll don't have a date yet. Why can small ittle companies like this have a pre-order date for a $25 game on Amazon but Nitnedo can't get it together? Why have Nintendo Directs if they aren't going to have them regularly? Why not just release information on a regular basis via social media or their own website?

Like it or not hype is part of the video game process, as it is in movies and tv shows. I have seen so many commercials lately for Game of Thrones and Home and Mortal Combat X. Nintnedo's secrecy isn't helping them. Why can't they get it together and make an effort? Such great video games, such little to non-existent effort to market and sell them. It makes no sense.

End of rant.

Edit - Well that rant worked out ok, barley 10 minutes after I wrote it Nitneod announced the next ND for 6PM tomorrow. Now that wasn't so hard Nintendo, was it?

@Quorthon I think you'll find what I'm "basically saying" is that I'm a student and don't have a massive disposable income to spend on games as and when they come out. I try my best to keep up with new releases but smaller ones such as this aren't a massive priority for me.

This game is looking oKAY, and I mean that in the swellest way possible!

@Espy it's also a $25 dollor budget retail release. This is a remaster of an old game and looks way better than the original if you ask me.

I will be open minded as I never played the original game.

Always nice to get another game like this.

@faint True, I wasn't taking the price into account. There are much nicer HD remakes out there, though.

hopefully this comes out on Wii U's Eshop or Steam but if not ill pre-order the retail version at gamestop.

Hmmm, not really up to standard graphically. Might get it if the reviews come out well though.

It's up for preorder on Amazon US for both Wii U & PS4, which is somewhat random.
The game is Also listed on Nordic Games's Website, http://www.nordicgames.at/index.php/product/legend_of_kay_anniversary_edition
with a date of June 30th, 2015, soo...

This looks neat, and it seems like they're putting in real effort. Is it still too much to hope for a new voice for the main character, though?

I have it preordered for a while now on Amazon, it's gonna be about £18 so whatever that is in Euro and postage. I'm sure gamestop will be charging €60 for this.

Anyway, looking forward to it.

If it plays nice, I'll probably try it. I know the original was well received among many people.

Plus, it seems like this is a 20 buck release or so? If true, that's just good value for fun.

@lividd3ad

I'm just pointing out that when Nintendo fans treat 3rd party games as unimportant, second-string, afterthoughts, that's a big part of why those 3rd parties abandon the machines. And without revenue from 3rd parties, Nintendo loses money. And without the padding to the library, other consumers are less likely to care, so Nintendo loses money. Suffice to say, this will ultimately tell the devs that they should've skipped Wii U, and gone for PS4 or XBO.

Anywhere else, and 3rd parties generally get equal attention to 1st parties from consumers.

With this being one of the very last 3rd party releases for the Wii U, it's sad to see that it'll be treated so poorly.

On the upside, this will help Nintendo go third party far faster. Nintendo fans have already given 3rd parties ample reason to avoid not only the Wii U, but also the 3DS and NX.

Now I really want that Conker's Bad Fur Day sequel, after seeing these visuals.

@Espy This is a remaster. The original release, with a few tweaks and rezzed up visuals.

It is an EShop budget release and it isn't meant to push the Wii U or any platform they are releasing it on.

@liveswired It is a retail title, actually. Albeit a budget priced one.

Personally I think people are getting overly excited for a half-hearted remake of a game that failed to set the world on fire ten years ago.

Never played this title, but somehow I feel I should get the game

Looks good, i'll buy it.

lol keep on dreaming about Nintendo going 3rd party just because Nintendo fans simply prefer 1st party games
Same old delusions from the same old guy

@lividd3ad Thanks!

1. Disregard comment section drama
2. We're getting a game.
3. Win.

I'll wait for a review

This game seems like it's going to be cool

@darkgamer001

Did you speak this same way about Nintendo on mobile? "Keep dreaming, never going to happen?"

I'm willing to bet you did.

And before Atari and Sega had to quit making consoles, they, too, lost all of this third party support. Nintendo cannot survive alone, no matter how deluded some fans become. They can clearly not support two platforms simultaneously on their own, and they have announced, essentially, three others--mobile, NX, and QoL.

Again, like Sega during the Genesis~Saturn era, and Atari with the Jaguar, they are spreading themselves too thin.

Never heard of Legend of Kay outside of this remake, but I never did pay attention to PS2 games. I'll be getting this for Wii U on day one, though!

Nintendo cannot survive alone, no matter how deluded some fans become.
Three generations of hardware, bordering on 4...indicate otherwise. Just who is really deluded here?

@Quorthon you sure assume a lot about products we know nothing about.

The game looks like it could be fun and I'm always down for online leaderboards a big plus for me gives titles a little extra life in my opinion, I've read some of the comments above and I think almost any 3rd party support is better than none it is a shame Wii U has been treated like it has from Nintendo and 3rd party the Wii U is an AWESOME CONCEPT it's such a shame it's not had a chance to shine gamers talk so much about graphics and the Wii U is not the inferior in my opinion to the PS4 or XBOX is there a difference yes is it huge NO . It's sad to see all the titles that have skipped Wii U that could have ran just fine on Wii U we have a PS4 at our house as well and the games that have been released for both systems few as they are we have gotten on Wii U for the gamepad factor alone WatchDogs, Splentercell, Skylanders TrapTeam, CallofDuty Ghost , Nintendo should have doubled their efforts with 3rd party in my opinion the Wii U is an Amazing but VERY VERY overlooked system .

So wait, this game could potentially come out on 29th May? Splatoon is also rumoured to come out on the 29th May. Meanwhile Hatsune Miku: Project Mirai DX is definitely coming out the 29th May.

So that makes three games that I want and plan to purchase, all potentially coming out on the same day! Well, certainly will save me two extra trips to the store.

Anyway, whilst my anticipation for the likes of Splatoon and Hatsune Miku: Project Mirai DX is far higher, I do have an interest and intent to purchase for Legend of Kay Anniversary. I'm glad to hear more information on this game, and look forward to it's release. If it comes out on the 29th May though, it may be a while before I get around to actually playing.

Looks like what a mobile game is in HD but it was a PS2. Maybe i will get it if the reviews are good

Oh yeah, I remember reading about this PS2 game I've never heard of that is getting an HD release on Wii U. It's a strange turn of events but we could always use more good 3D platformers, especially due to the lack of a real 3D Mario game on the system. ('real' meaning no time limit and not set up with short linear levels. I love 3D World but I want to see a successor to Galaxy, Sunshine and 64 this generation.)

@JLPick It had only been listed as Wii U. Amazon of America, now says PS4 also. Wii U has the cheaper version. No details if any real difference.

@Espy 1. PS2 remake
2. IT'S IN HD

@NaughtyOttsel22 I know. I apologise, I forgot 1080p automatically makes everything beautiful.

Well, at least it's another third-party game for the Wii U. I was actually thinking about playing this one so the fact that Legend of Kay is coming to the Wii U in HD, I will definitely buy this. I will wait for a price drop first since I also want Splatoon, Hyrule Warriors, Rodea the Sky Warrior, The Angry Video Game Nerd Adventures, and Super Smash Bros. Lucas and Mii costumes DLC.

I played this on the Ps2 and I will play it again! I love it! One of the best Ps2 games, I'll get all the versions!

It's so weird how people seem to care about this nobody anthropomorphic mascot.