Free Origin Story and 'Remaster' Update Coming to Affordable Space Adventures

awesome!!! ready to play this again; it was an amazing adventure

Yes, remember this being mentioned a while back, very excited to get into this again.

That's great they're doing this! It's been on my to get list but there was a few other games ahead of it.I think I'll change that and get it during the promotion then wait for the update to play it.

This is why it's sometimes good to wait. If there are so many changes in the update they are calling it a remaster I'll assume the game will be noticeably improved. Played Toki Tori 2 after the + update and my understanding is that it was a much better game.

And of course with retail games you sometimes have to wait until the first patch just to fix all the broken stuff. Or wait for all the DC like the Witcher 3 is getting.

And of course my favorite reason, being able to pick up a new copy of Bayonetta 1 and 2 on Friday for $35. Which will come in handy this holiday w/ the weak release schedule on PS3 and Wii U. Pretty much just XCX and some toys-to-life for my kids.

Problem for me was never lack of content, but price. Digital goods aren't worth nearly as much to me as physical - and I still have a $10 limit for digital content in almost all cases. Remastering content and adding more levels is nice, but without a sale bringing the price to $10 or less it won't affect my choice to buy.

@rjejr nonsense, the game was fully playable and bug free the week it launched. If you don't support innovative games (that have already a big job grabing attention to their small niche) no updates, no sequels, no anything will come out; because the developers need the sales - and first week sales are really important!!
So, if you like what you see about a new game, with new mechanics and a new sudio; support it with passion; if the new game is sucessful great things will come.
Or you can die playing GTA 9 and Assassins Creed 23 (with bugs) because it's a "safe bet"

@ejamer that $10 limit of yours has no connection with the real world; about a year ago development cost raised the price of all indie games ; only few are under $15. It's economics. Too bad you're missing many great games out there, better and more enjoyable than many $60 plastic discs you care so much about. Or maybe you just have to wait over a year to play them on a sale, but as I said, that's very bad for newcomers in this industry.

@vonseux: Nonsense. It has a lot to do with the real world - notably that it's real money coming from my real wallet, for entertainment that is competing against other very real and very inexpensive options.

Paint it however you want - you are free to hold different opinions - but there are good arguments for why digital content is worth less to some people and your rhetoric doesn't change that. Especially for someone like myself who isn't a newcomer and has an extensive backlog of great games waiting to be played.

I'm not trashing Affordable Space Adventures. The game looks great and reviews have convinced me it's worth trying. It's just not worth $20 for me. (FYI: Canadian price is $25; assumed price after the upcoming discount will be $20. There are many great retails games available for Wii U, Wii, 3DS, and DS for that price point - comparing only to brand new $60 retail releases is foolish, doubly so when Affordable Space Adventures is already 6 months old.)

@ejamer what I say it's not up to a single individual decide what's the price for a digital game; it's the market. Today we're all on a market that is common to have this games over $10. You're using a personal theresold to say the game "problem" is the price. If anything, it's your personal problem, and you're very short of options under that price. There are people that think the same and only buy games under $0.99 - because thats their iOS standard - Nice strategy to wipe the backlog tough.

Really? Short of options? This discussion is done, because you have officially been drinking the Nintendo Fanboy kool-aid if you think there aren't a TON of options available (including retail) for less than $20 - and enough quality digital games under $10 to keep you busy for years.

Edit: Added the qualifiers "retail" when talking under $20 (which is the price of ASV with sale price) and $10 for digital.

@ejamer for less than $10 I say

@vonseux " a "safe bet""

You say safe bet like it's a bad thing. IT' scalled a safe bet for a reason you know, it' ssafe. We can't all be early adopters, some of us like to spend our money o nthings that work out of the box, not broken games that need to be fixed after they already have our money. If everyody bought the game DAy 1, then the developers would have no reason to support it or patch it or add DLC. You should be thanking guys like me who wait, otherwise all the worl dwould get is broken game sw no follow up.

Early bird gets the worm but the 2nd mouse gets the cheese.

I didn't have an issue with the price; if more people buy it at discount, great. Update should get me to pick it up again; I can't really remember why I put it down in the first place!

I guess me and roommate are coming back for one more adventure.

Loved this game! Amazing couch co-op experience (truly cooperative for once, not just playing "side-by-side"), with some very clever gameplay mechanics and really well implemented gamepad use.
Wasn't there some talk about (paid) DLC to expand the game down the road? I mean, obviously, I gladly take new content updates for free, but I would also be more than willing to give them a little something for their efforts - esp. if those efforts would turn out to be rather substantial and just as high quality. If there was one thing about the game I disliked, it was that there was just so little of it!

I'm going to try to buy it before the discount arrives as this game deserves the monies. I haven't been able to afford it until probably next week sometime but I've been wanting this game for agessss. So I'll buy it before the discount then wait until the new update arrives to play the game.

That's great! I've played it with my 8yo and 4yo, and we had a blast (pun intended)! Will definitely go back!

Bought it day one, cool game. Happy to read about some new levels. I'll absolutely enjoy them soon after they hit NA.

Meant to buy this but it slipped off my radar. Won't make that mistake twice, especially with the added attraction of new content. Between this and Year Walk, I've enjoyed these innovative, if too late, uses of the Gamepad.

I will probably get this now. Looking forward to co-oping it with the wife.

@Ralek85 Yes, future paid DLC has been mentioned to arrive later:
http://nintendoeverything.com/affordable-space-adventures-getting-5-new-levels-this-summer-dlc-planned/

And you're absolutely correct. This is a true co-op game in every sense of the word. It's also an awesome game to play in single player, resulting in much less screaming to the team mates.

The Wii U has largely been a Nifflas player for me, with Knytt Underground being a key experience in the single player department, and Affordable Space Adventures playing a similar role to co-op.

Sounded like a good game already, but with this update and a sale price; I'll definitely have to pick this up this month.

Great game cannot wait for the extra content!

@ejamer hey there! I'm not trying to get in to a fight with you here - you're entitled to your opinion on this, obviously - but this is genuinely one of the best games I've ever played, seriously. It is just impeccably designed. I think you should make an exception to your rule for this one.

Ps. I'm not being paid by nifflas or Knapnok or anything, honest. 😊

Yay! Some of my friends with whom I played the campaign asked me frequently if there was any new content - now I can finally tell them there is and that we have to meet again to tackle the new levels.

Cool! I was actually going to buy this this week, but now I guess I'll hold off for the updates and sale.

The game is amazing. Go get it now if you haven't already!

@Samurairu It's funny, it seems like the video game industry is trying to stretch stuff out with DLC and season pass and the episodic model, but TV watching has come down to binge watching on Netflix with an entire season being released all at once.

I'm trying to take it on a case by case basis myself. We signed up early for Lego Worlds on Steam for $15 b/c I wanted to see how that matures, and I bought Spaltoon day 1 b/c of all the promises, but some games seem broken until they get patched. I wouldn't get The Witcher 3 or Fallout 4 until I know they are "done".