
As you probably know Minecraft: Wii U Edition hit the Wii U in late December, and it's doing particularly well in Japan. It's the number one selling game in the Wii U charts in Japan at the moment.
That's not discouraged publisher Cypronia from releasing its Minecraft-inspired title Cube Life: Island Survival into the Japanese territory, however. It launched there this Wednesday for only 1000 Yen (compared to Minecraft's asking price of 3,888 Yen) and has already found success jumping straight to number 15 in the charts. That's actually pretty impressive when you see the calibre of games in the charts which it is competing with!
Cypronia assures us it's not resting on its laurels with the development of the game. Update 1.2 is currently under approval with Nintendo and should be released for free soon; this will offer the ability to share maps in a similar way to Super Mario Maker and lots more.
The battle of Minecraft and its clones still rages on.
[source nintendo.co.jp]
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Woah that's nice to hear, some healthy competition will be good.. Also the update.
good for them. I hope the studio comes up with a more original IP instead though
Man, CubeLife is a tough game. Either that or I just am clueless as to what I'm doing. I'll get back to it one day but right now it's sitting on the shelf collecting virtual dust.
Doesn't Cube Life have proper Wii U game pad support? Maybe that'll push MS to update Minecraft properly.
It's a well made game that can be unforgiving at times but I've enjoyed it. I never played Minecraft so I can't compare the 2 but for a fourth the cost I'm happy with it and what it offers
@bezerker99 - it is difficult but the last update that hit about a month ago helped correct that a little. Makes the game more manageable to begin with
Sorry but I think you mean 13th instead of 15th. The 15th place there is Smash Bros. Very good for the dev.
All right, I can't wait for the update!
I made a few suggestions earlier, and Cypronia wrote me back and hinted that they might be included in the next update.
@bezerker99 I know what you mean. Right now I've been trying to swim to-and-fro the various islands and not starve. (apparently a raft isn't enough, you need to build a 'wooden' raft)
I was checking out the Nintendo eShop this morning and Minecraft: Wii U Edition has jumped to number four on the All Bestsellers Chart. It's the current number one, Splatoon is number one on the All Bestsellers
Cube Life is an awesome Nindie game. They're loyal to the big N, free updates, and you just can't beat that price. Yeah, Minecraft is a good game, but I free dirty and ripped off playing it.
@sinalefa real time chart update! It was in 15th place at the time of writing
@Dazza
Oh, that's cool.
From the studio that bought us Angry Bunnies and Cake Ninja, I'd like to see something more original next time!
@bezerker99
I downloaded cube creator for 3ds, which I'm assuming is fairly similar, and all I do is dig holes. I can't build anything so I just destroy the pre built stuff and tunnel. I'm like a mole person.
The price really hurt Minecraft U
@sinalefa Yes, it is 13th now. Nice
@Moon Well, if you are interested to buy more original titles from Cypronia, you should try the following games:
Bubble Pop World
https://www.nintendolife.com/games/3ds-eshop/bubble_pop_world
Forgotten Legions
http://www.cypronia.com/games/40-forgotten-legions
Color Zen
https://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/wiiu-eshop/color_zen
@Cypronia Me & my household love Colorzen. I'll give the others a try.
Proving the naysayers wrong. I love it. Go go go
Wanted to play this. Too bad I was denied entrance to the giveaway (Despite Cypronia confirming I was applicable too) :v
@Gridatttack it was fixed shortly after people started complaining.
@Morpheel They just added 6 more countries, while Cypronia said we latin American people could participate, so I still couldn't enter :/
@shinesprite
Now that the bug with arrows going through walls has been fixed it is a lot easier in the start. You used to have to make treehouses but as well as the arrow issue the cannibals with axes don't break down walls as easy now.
On the first map I stay long enough to build a good supply of coconuts and mangos. You can last at night outside the first few but you are better off making a shelter right away. Gather coconuts and mangos and wood till about 14:00. Then enter the area thst has a touch outside. You can take the torch or almost anything you build to your inventory by attacking it barehanded. (you need a pickaxe for cobblestone etc.)
Anyway take the torch go inside the cave and make a craft table. Craft some wooden pickaxes(at most a couple then switch to stone) and get to digging stone. When you have a few stone block off the way you came inside the cave so no cannibals can get in at night. Then using the large torch you took from outside you can craft a furnace which is a great lightsource as well. If you have enough wood make a chest as you will need it with no backpack. Keep digging toward the center or down till 5 am.
As far as I know there is only coal, no ore on the first island. At 5 open your stone blockade and having crafted a stone sword or two and an axe if you have room go hunting boars with at least two inventory spots free. Make the small packpack and gather more leather for armor, leaves for maps, wood for more pickaxes and always make sure to have at least 10 coconuts and mangos before you go underground at night.
Moving forward replace the outside stone of your cave with cobble stone. Then have a spot where if you take out one stone you can kill cannibals but they can't get in.
After you level up a bit, have full leather armor, local & world maps, large backpack, a good supply of cobblestone & stone, wood and stone tools(mostly pickaxes) swim east to the next island. Just hold the jump button and you will swim at the surface. Don't head into shark infested waters when swimming for obvious reasons.
If you make it that far you should be able to figure the rest out easy.
Hopefully they add an asynchronous multiplayer option for the survival mode because after trying out create mode with my bro with me being on the gamepad and him being on the TV I realised how much fun it could be surviving with a buddy!
Is this the Minecraft-inspired game that was discounted to about EUR 1/GBP 1 on Wii U eShop a month or two ago? (I remember it did cost NOK 8, down from 64, here in Norway, a discount of whopping 87.5%!)
Well deserved, go Cypronia! Push for the 1.2 update, now, I've run out of islands!
@Cypronia Was 13th
its now 6th HOLY COW!
@SetupDisk Thanks for your tutorial. This sounds like a really good plan to start the game. Thumbs up!
@BornInNorway81 No, it is not. You mean other game, not Cube Life
@Uberchu Yes, it is now 6th !
@BornInNorway81 that one was stone shire. It's pretty bare bones and basic, but yeah, for the extreme discount it was nice.
@SetupDisk Thanks for the tips, it's not easy to find English strats for this game.
Also, what happens after you have completely cut down and harvested all the coconuts and mangoes on an island? Is there a way to re-spawn the trees?
Much respect.
I'm greatful to see Minecraft on Wii U- I really am. I'm glad it's there and it should be. BUT, I'm also glad Cube Life has proven to be a serious contender. Minecraft is a great game but they missed a major opportunity with the gamepad. I'm assuming Cube Life rectifies this and that's why it's doing so well (well that and the price, which is a huge blow to Minecraft).
If you can buy a game just as good as Minecraft, WITH gamepad integration and for 1/4 the cost, I'm surprised it's not at the #1 spot by now. That gamepad integration was vital.
@improviser £17 for the PC version is a very good price considering the amount of things you can do in Minecraft compared to other games.
@shinesprite
As far as I know there is not but there are plenty of coconuts around the various islands. I tried leaving some green on the coconut trees in the previous version but they didn't seem to grow back.
Also the best place to have your eventual homebase is on the map with the ship. Cannibals never attack there at night. As far as I know this did not change in the update.
This one is not my strategy but it works well. You can actually make land bridges between islands. It takes a while but using all those earth blocks you get by mining you can hold the jump button in the water and swim backwards while placing a long solo string of blocks with one empty space between the surface of the water. That avoids the damage sharks can give you.
Just make sure you go back to shore and save there often! Then when you decide how wide you want to make the bridge(3 blocks seems plenty to me) swim out the same way dropping blocks again. For the middle you can just walk along either side to fill it in. If you go all the way to where it asks it you want to go to the next screen you can actually connect with a bridge on the next screen so you never fall in the water.
A more safe method that takes a bit longer is make the first string of blocks out so far then return to the start and walk along it filling in the rest of the bridge. That's much safer.
@shinesprite
Another important thing to remember is the cannibals can't jump as high as you can. So you don't have to make an actual treehouse to feel safe on the surface. You can jump two blocks high so just make a couple of two block high steps and as long as that is in a open field or the highest point you can build there. Just make sure you keep the rest at that level so they can't dig their way up. They don't seem to do it on stairs but to feel safer you could always get rid of the last step(2 blocks deep) every night.
@SetupDisk That's sort of what I've been doing on the first island. I'm just not sure how to create large floating platforms (or walk bridges for that matter) without building temporary post-like structures underneath.
@Cypronia last I checked it was 5th! congrats on a job well done. Varry impressed!
Maybe people that play the game here should make a guide. There is a wiki but it's basically just a list of items and enemies and the crafting guide(which is in the game anyway).
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