Choice Provisions is a prolific studio responsible for engaging and quirky gameplay experiences. Titles such as Woah Dave!, the Bit. Trip Saga, and Dragon Fantasy: The Volumes of Westeria, are its most notable releases and they've all done pretty well commercially and critically. Perhaps in an effort to provide something different, the studio has recently been working on a game called Tharsis, and there now exists strong evidence that it's coming to Wii U.
Originally announced for PS4 and PC, Tharsis is a dark turn-based strategy game centered around humanity's first trip to Mars. Like the Fire Emblem series, perma-death is a feature, and survival is intentionally made quite difficult. It looks like a good time, and a recent PEGI rating indicates that a Wii U port is underway. If the studio follows through, this should make a nice addition to the eShop; it seems like there's a bit of a dearth in terms of strategy games.
What do you think? Would you like to see Tharsis come to Wii U? What's your favorite strategy game? Share your thoughts in the comments below.
[source pegi.info, via totallychoice.com]
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I don't have enough information to say if I want the game at all, but I'm always glad when Wii U gets games, even those that aren't my thing. (cough cough Minecraft...)
I'd be happy to have this as an option for my Wii U.
Choice provisions? I don't need to know what it is. Day one for me. I've enjoyed everything they have released on a Nintendo console. Even lit line which it seems almost nobody bought
@faint I remember Lilt Line! Always kinda wished they'd do a sequel to that, I thought the concept was pretty cool.
I'm happy that its comming, but I'm far from convinced by the trailer. Turn based strategy is the best thing in the world when it's done right, but it can just as easily be the worst, so the dev team really need to know what they're doing to pull this genre off.
...Dice rolls and ugly character models are certainly an ominous sign, but fingers crossed.
Mmh, don't know. I'd love a Laser Squad/Space Crusade kind of game, but I can't say the trailer has convinced me. Will wait for a review. Or maybe I better go dig up my old Amiga...
@MitchVogel the guy who developed it put up a kickstarter for it a while back asking for 50,000. It was around the same time as mighty number nine launched which may have helped contribute to its failure
This looks fantastic, kind of stoked these space/rogue/survival games are in vogue right now.
Problem with this kind of games, that it's always better on a ps4 or pc.
love my wiiu for her exclusives
More choice can't be a bad thing. Don't know enough about this game to know whether I'll buy it or not.
Both the concept and art strike me as rather odd. Which may or may not be a good thing, depending on how well it all works out.
They certainly had me hooked at the cannibalism part, even if the characters' faces creep my out a bit, and it's unclear how many decisions will be determined through dice rolls.
@defrb not at all. GamePad always makes it the superior version.
Looks interesting.
The indies are the real third parties now supporting all formats and giving customer choice of where they want to play there games the AAA third parties suck now because they have become something to be brought off by the highest bidder
The gameplay kinds reminds me of what I've seen of games like Darkest Dungeon and The Walking Dead where you're making choices about rationing food for characters and it affects their emotional state being in the condition they're in, but with some dice-rolling goodness mixed in. I could definitely get down with this at the right price.
Awesome. Love the style of this. Love their other games except lilt lines which I hadn't even heard of.
Would love a Faster than Light port. I just don't get sick of that game
@faint https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2013/09/lilt_line_developer_seeks_crowdfunding_for_sequel_and_includes_a_wii_u_stretch_goal I remember reading about it! I'm pretty disappointed, that alpha footage of 3D stages looked really good. I would've bought it!
Another person who bought Lilt Line on Wii (and later on iPhone) and keen supporter of Choice and liking turn-based strategy. Looks like a win-win to me!
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