About a year ago, Slender: The Arrival received a rating from the PEGI board; which naturally led to an assumption that the game would soon be releasing on the eShop. The horror title featuring the infamous character released on PC and Mac about two years ago and it seemed like a good fit for the eShop, but there was no more activity around this release after the PEGI rating happened. However, recent developments seem to indicate that it may in fact still be on track to arrive on the Wii U.
It's just emerged that the German USK rating board recently rated this game for the region, seemingly indicating that a release is inbound. Hopefully, there'll be more news in the near future surrounding this, as it would make an excellent Halloween release. Here's a video of the next-gen version of the game in action:
What do you think? Is Slender: The Arrival finally going to arrive? For those of you that've played it on other platforms, how is it? Share your thoughts in the comments below.
[source nintendoeverything.com]
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I've never been a fan of jump scares, not two years ago and certainly not now, but it sadly seems to define the horror genre these days.
creepiness and that thing makes me think of those creatures called silence from doctor who.
"Here's a video of the next-gen version of the game in action"
They've been out for nearly 2 years.Surely they're current gen by now?
@OorWullie That's what the Youtube video is titled. I suppose they just called it that to differentiate it from the X360 and PS3 versions.
A game that caused 2 tween girls to stab another girl to almost to death irl, ending up on the WiiU? Oh ho hoooo...
I played the demo on 360 and found it entertaining enough. My girlfriend couldn't stand it but she's a bit of a wimp. Would consider it for Wii U, but I have ran out of internal memory. I don't like the idea of having my Wii U games on a hard drive... So Wii U eShop isn't much good for me anymore :/
This was a fad that died out fast. It's all about FNAF now.
This isn't too bad of a game on the PS4. Could add some good scares for Wii U owners who are dying for some good horror titles, but this isn't the best game out there in the genre.
I had this on PC pretty disapointing to be honest and I'm a big fan of the horror scene
Wake me up when jump scares are out and pychological horror has returned.
I think it would be cool to just have it on Wii U.
If they can maybe integrate the GamePad screen as some kind of extra view, maybe a bit like you're looking down a digital camera, then it might actually be pretty neat.
Either way, yeah, why not.
@Dankykong The game didn't cause that. Daft, probably slightly mentally disturbed but certainly disturbed, youths caused that.
It's sad when you hear of stuff like this, especially when it's related to something that's supposed to be about playing and having fun, as video games generally are.
Will make a good Halloween release, the eshop should have enough 'spooky' things to make a theme of it. Sadly my hope that Splatfests would give levels Halloween and Christmas themes, like changing from day go night, doesn't look likely. Anyway, this game merely looks okay for what it is - I'll be preoccupied with Project Zero when the time comes, so probably won't be tempted.
I do have some mild interest in this game, but I'm more looking forward to Fatal Frame. I can't imagine Slender: The Arrival making any sort of use of the GamePad while Fatal Frame is perfect for the system. I understand it is an old release on other consoles though. I mainly try to play games on Wii U that add features not possible on other systems. Can't wait to try out the trial version too. I just wish the game was getting a retail version.
Wait, Slender is still a thing? I thought that people moved on to those Chuck E Cheese rejects...when did we go from psychological horror to jump scares? They're not scary. That sense of fear you have when you experience one? That's not fear. That's just being startled, a common reaction to things coming out of nowhere.
Great but, whichUSK rating did it receive?
Hopefully it looks more like that and less like the ps3 version.
Why? Why would anyone in their right mind pay money for this?! Opinions on the horror aspect of jumpscares aside, this game is literally just a slightly less ugly version of a freeware game that can be brought to similar visuals with a few mods. Besides, the whole concept of Slender is a one-trick pony that gets old as soon as you finish the objective once.
@Dankykong Slender Man didn't originate as a video game character. The game made it popular, but wasn't the source.
About time hopefully this will be out this month for some Halloween jump scares looks ok for a few hours of horror entertainment but the big one is Fatal Frame/Project Zero cant wait.
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