In the vacuum left behind by major third party developers, indie games have been the lifeblood of the Nintendo eShop, filling the digital storefront with all sorts of unique and interesting games. One game that caught our eye is Mekazoo, a neon-centric platformer that seems to be equal parts Donkey Kong Country and Sonic the Hedgehog. The game is due to launch on other platforms on 15th November, so The Good Mood Creators went ahead and put together a trailer showing it off.
There's still no word on when (or if) the game will be launching on the Wii U, but considering that it was developed in Unity, the wait hopefully shouldn't be much longer. And, if the developer opts not to bring it to Wii U, perhaps we can expect it on the Nintendo Switch.
What do you think? Are you looking forward to Mekazoo? How long do you think it'll be before it shows up on the eShop? Share your thoughts in the comments below.
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Insert Freakazoid Theme Joke Here
It definitely caught my attention, but with the saturated 3rd party library I'll wait for reviews first.
Played the alpha, pretty neat game.
The camera is zoomed out too far, but it looks pretty fun.
@Solid_Stannis
Platformer extraordinaire
Mekazoo, Mekazoo!
Can't choose a game style to wear
Mekazoo, Mekazoo,
Sonic 1 or DKC?
Mekazoo, Mekazoo,
why not be both on your TV!
Mekazoo, Mekazoo!
Its program's overloading,
it has a retro coating,
textbook case for the Wii U,
Mekazoo, Mekazoo!
Check out those Good Mood folks,
indie studio ace,
thought that a retro cool game
the doomed Wii U would grace;
but Mekazoo's out just on Steam,
and on rival consoles,
it was gonna be a dream,
instead we still got boned!
His home base, so, is not Wii U,
Mekazoo, Mekazee,
only hardware that's not screwed,
Mekazoo, not for Wii!
Runs around corkscrews and loops,
Mekazoo, Mekazoo,
its Wii U relase went "whoops",
Mekazoo, no Wii U!
He's here to save the nation,
by "here" I mean "PlayStation";
just pretend it's not for you,
Mekazoo! Mekazoo...
Mekazoo!
Also for @ThanosReXXX, I know he enjoys this stuff.
I'm interested but I don't know if it's still coming to Wii U. This game has been in the oven a long while. It caught my attention early on with its graphics, gameplay and cast of characters.
@AlexSora89 And the original song is... ?
And you're just looking for likes...
Like the look of it and the idea of having to use different animals to solve puzzles and get through levels is also nice. It has certainly been done before (for example in Lost Vikings, or even in Lemmings, for all you retro gamers) but it is nicely done in this game, and the overall look of the game comes across as pretty solid to me, so I say: bring it on...
@ThanosReXXX
Nahhh. By the way, as suggested by Solid_Stannis' top comment, the song is the Freakazoid theme.
Looks fun I would prob pick it up on the Wii U if released.
@AlexSora89 I've only ever seen one or two episodes of that, and it was so long ago, I couldn't remember the song even if I wanted to.
@ThanosReXXX
You should, then. That was a brilliant animated series.
@AlexSora89 Hm... there was a reason why I only watched so few of them.... Opinions and all that...
@ThanosReXXX
If that is the case, you've easily missed some of the most creative satire on censorship: the "Relax-O-Vision" episode.
@AlexSora89 Well, the series just didn't appeal to me. There's tons of stuff that all of us miss on a daily basis from all the shows and series we don't watch/can't watch, because each and every program will have something funny or interesting at one point in time, but I couldn't really be bothered to go through all the episodes to find it, let alone watch 20 minutes of one episode to see that one funny thing.
@ThanosReXXX
Ouch! I thought yours was just a case of "didn't happen to see it", rather than "not my cup of tea at all". Sorry!
@AlexSora89 No need to be sorry, my friend. What a boring world it would be if we all agreed and all liked exactly the same things...
@AlexSora89 I liked the Mekazoo, Mekazee, shows you weren't just phoning it in.
"indie games have been the lifeblood of the Nintendo eShop"
Lifeblood? Is that what we are calling the condolence cards and flowers the Wii U occasionally gets placed in it's coffin these days?
Dear Wii U, you perished too soon, enjoy this indie game in the afterlife. Signed, indie dev #237
@ThanosReXXX
Yep, totally boring.
@rjejr
Yep, re-lyric-ing a song isn't easy, especially when it's a theme song you're used to hear in another language. The Italian dub tried its darnedest to keep the meaning of the song while also having to sacrifice some of the song's puns and rhymes in the process.
I'll be buying this... on PS4. I don't see any reason to wait for it on Wii U.
@AlexSora89 Now, doesn't that make you more sympathetic to the poor souls trying their best to do a good job at localizing BotW?
@ThanosReXXX
That's another thing entirely. BotW's dual release started off as a necessary evil and is going to end up as a total middle finger to Wii U users.
@AlexSora89 Obviously, I was just kidding and I was only mockingly comparing what you mentioned about translation and missing jokes and such with localization, which does have the same issues, by the way.
Nintendolife Mekazoo is still coming to the wii u. I tweet the devs and yes the game is coming to the wii u
@ThanosReXXX
Of course you were! But the new delay, while promising for people wanting a good Switch Zelda game, is also a sore spot for those who have waited for a new Zelda ever since the Wii U came out.
@AlexSora89
I wanted to like it. I mean, it came from the same minds that brought Batman the Animated Series. The art style, albeit simplistic, was very good, and the satire to every venue of the cinema and tv was there. But, it all went, mostly, over my head. Its the same as the Animaniacs: while they were just a bit too insolent for my tastes, Freakzoid's humor was just too tongue-in-cheek for its own good, IMHO.
@BulbasaurusRex
No it's not. The zoom is perfect.
@maceng
Fun fact: it was supposed to be an action-comedy starring The Creeper from Batman: The Animated Series, until executive producer Steven Spielberg stepped in and demanded it to be retooled into pure comedy. And just like that, Freakazoid was born.
@AlexSora89 At times I found the show got a little too weird for my tastes (prefer the stories that still have a decently coherent plot among all the wacky comedy), but other than that I loved it. It's a shame both it and "Earthworm Jim" got canned after only two seasons each. That's a brilliant song parody, by the way.
@BulbasaurusRex
I knew someone with such a cleverly punny-named avatar would appreciate the new lyrics! Thankyew!
@AlexSora89 If you think that's clever, my NNID is TaurusBulbasaur.
@BulbasaurusRex
I get it!... I don't get it.
@AlexSora89 An anthropomorphic bull named Taurus Bulba is the main villain in the pilot episodes of "Darkwing Duck," another classic 90's cartoon.
@BulbasaurusRex
Dammit that should have been in my reference pool. In my defense, though, I remember little to nothing about Darkwing Duck aside from the main heroes and the kick-backside theme song, and I got your reference only when you flat-out explained it to me.
DuckTales, on the other hand...
#2017hype
@AlexSora89 Well, not quite.
As I remembered, Spielberg from the get go wanted to create a new superhero, and Tim Curry? delivered. He said that The Creeper on B:TAS was as Freakazoid should have behave.
An don't get me started on Freakazette...
Met some of the devs a couple of times at events and they're a really chill bunch.
For Wii U, I'd guess the challenge would be whether the performance holds up with all those shiny effects.
@maceng
Wasn't Freakazette just mentioned in the Animaniacs mashup song?
She appeared on the pilot episode, standing above her own name. It was just on for like 3 seconds.
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