It's a sign of the growing prominence of the eShop that titles considered to be retail releases in the DS can be enticing download-only games in the 3DS generation. Prominent 'Nindie' Renegade Kid knows this all too well, and the studio's latest enhanced re-release - Dementium Remastered - is heading to North America on 3rd December. It has new difficulty settings, artwork and effects, while also removing respawning enemies and adding a host of other improvements.
The studio has now shared its final trailer for the game prior to that launch in North America, which gives a good idea of the game's style across one and a half minutes - check it out below.
Studio co-founder Jools Watsham has also updated us on a European / Australian release for the title. Courtesy of the new and improved ratings process in PAL territories it's already passed that stage, with Renegade Kid now in the final stages of preparing for the Nintendo approval process. At the moment the aim is for a January / February 2016 release in both the EU and Australia.
Are you planning to pick this up on the 3DS? Let us know.
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I really don't know why they are bothering. Make a new game or put it on wiiu in hd
yawn Either release something in Europe/Australia already, or just shut up. I'm so sick of their broken promises and utterly stupid business decisions.
That was by no means a jab at you, Thomas. I appreciate the comprehensiveness of the article.
At the start, I really hoped for the best for Renegade Kid, I really did, but most of their troubles are of their own doing. They've released how many games now, and yet they had the nerve to request crowd funding for Cult County? (which may have ceased production as we've heard nothing of it for over a year) If they hadn't managed their finances effectively enough to be able to afford to develop a new game, then that is their problem. They've had plenty of avenues to generate an income. If they can't afford to finance a particular type of project, then they should opt for a smaller scale project (or projects) until they can. It isn't rocket science.
@sillygostly It's fine, I didn't take it personally I think with the rating system change this one is nailed on for early 2016 (as I said in the article it's about to go for approval). But yeah, I totally understand the frustration with various games no making it to Europe.
Loved this game back in the DS days but remember a few big drawbacks...which it sounds like they fixed in this version.! So ill be grabbing it for my 3DS collection too! Day 1 purchase.
I certainly like the music!
The gameplay and atmosphere look rather generic though.
Won't be buying this since I'm not much into horror games, but it's certainly good to see less represented genres get games on the handheld. Even if it's remakes.
I never played it on the DS, so I'll likely pick this up next month. I'm a huge fan of horror, but I'm not sure how well the genre would work on the 3DS. RE Revelations was really good, but it never really scared me.
And this game is now definitely in 3D right?
I like renegade kids games even tho we don't get enough of them in Europe hopefully with the new rating system we will get all there games coming over.
I'll probably get it if it's good. I'm new to the horror genre and I prefer the games to have an atmosphere and some sort of psychological component. Not just jump scares like FNAF.
Day 1 purchase!
I won't get too excited before I see the game on the EU eShop. I'm still bitter about the fact that Moon Chronicles was supposed to be released in Europe a year ago but there's still no word about it.
@Michael_JF
I think you'd like it, then. While there are plenty of jump scares too, this games is very weird and messes with your brain. I mean, it takes place in an insane asylum so...yeah. Haha. It feels very 'Silent Hill'ish rather than 'Resident Evil'ish. It's been years since I played it on my DS Lite but I remember it was one of the highest quality games on the system at the time and pushed it to its limits.
@invictus4000 Thank you for the recommendation! I've never actually played a Silent Hills game mostly because the only one on a Nintendo console is Shattered Memories and my parents thought I was too young for it when it came out. But I've been wanting to try one out for a while now and I know this game stated out as a SH so I figured this would be a good place to start.
Looks pretty good to me.
@cfgk24 An excellent question, that I too would like a confirmation of. No 3D = no Gen0neD
I loved this on DS, but would have rather had this on WiiU.
@sandman89 I MOSTLY agree. I really hope they'll consider a Wii U HD release. I'll still buy this though...never did beat it on DS...I'm not that great at FPS games and the respawning enemies didn't really help my cause lol
I will absolutely get this when it makes it to europe, I'm still hopefull they will get moon chronicles out over here too, hopefully this new ratings system means we get a lot more games
I'm please to hear it, but I'm still waiting on Moon Chronicles for Europe
Looks decent, which is good since it looked horrible on DS lol.
I played this back in the day on the original ds. This game was freaky as hell and will scare you poopless. The atmosphere and enemies and all those crazy noises.....the trailer gave me flashbacks. I own the sequel but haven't got to it yet. PLAY THIS GAME!
This is a must buy for survival-horror fans, plain and simple. On the DS the graphics were so-so, the controls were iffy, with either stylus or a, b, x, y buttons for camera controls, but regardless of these shortcomings it was still atmospheric and scary as hell at times, especially when played in low light with nobody else around...
And now with better visuals and 3D (I can imagine that will also enhance the claustrophobic effect that the game uses), better controls and probably also better sound I would recommend it even more. If this kind of game is your thing, you can hardly go wrong by giving this a go.
@Gen0neD There is a Scan code to watch the trailer in 3d on your 3ds tbh. . . .
@cfgk24 The scan code from the picture in this article only gave me a picture in 3D, not a trailer.
Can't wait to get it. I also hope they'll release the second one, which I LOVED. I wonder if they'll do a Vita port as well
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