Metroidvania forma.8 Launches This Month On The European Wii U eShop

Better late than never

by Damien McFerran Mon 6th Feb 2017

MixedBag has revealed that its Metroidvania title forma.8 is coming to the European Wii U eShop - as well as other platforms - later this month.

The game has been on our radar since 2014, and the developer lavished praise on the Wii U's unique controller in an exclusive interview with this very site in the same year. In 2015 it was confirmed that the title had been delayed for some final polishing, and last year it was revealed that it was also coming to the New 3DS.

After four long years of development, it's finally coming to the Wii U eShop on February 28th, alongside versions for the PS4, PS Vita, Xbox One and PC. It will cost £11.99 pounds / 14.99 Euros.

There's no word on the New 3DS edition, but we've asked and will update this post accordingly when we hear back.

Damien has been writing professionally about tech and video games since 2007 and oversees all of Hookshot Media's sites from an editorial perspective. He's also the editor of Time Extension, the network's newest site, which – paradoxically – is all about gaming's past glories.

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Dudikowski
Mon 6th Feb 2017

Really liked the demo. Will definitely download.

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SLIGEACH_EIRE
Mon 6th Feb 2017

I'll be interested to see how this reviews. Fair play to them for not giving up on Wii U, unlike others, including Nintendo.

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RatKing64
Mon 6th Feb 2017

I will be getting the Vita version, but its cool that Wii U owners have one more game to play through while they wait for the Switch.

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sandman89
Mon 6th Feb 2017

Does anyone know what's happened to darksiders remastered for wiiu?

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Pod
Mon 6th Feb 2017

I'd been looking forward to this!

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FGPackers
Mon 6th Feb 2017

@sandman89 I'm starting to think that will become a Switch remastered containing 1 & 2, with 3 announced at E3

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D1c3r0ll
Mon 6th Feb 2017

Looks interesting.

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AlexSora89
Mon 6th Feb 2017

Nice to see some developers from my homeland keeping their promise to bring a game to Wii U, of all consoles.
Bel lavoro, ragazzi.

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gcunit
Mon 6th Feb 2017

Art style and the floatiness of the 'character' you're controlling aren't quite for me, but I certainly wish it well.

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TimeGuy
Mon 6th Feb 2017

I've been keeping my eye on this. Hopefully they didn't abandon the 3DS version.

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BulbasaurusRex
Mon 6th Feb 2017

What about a North American release?

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komayto
Mon 6th Feb 2017

Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet... ok.

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chiptoon
Mon 6th Feb 2017

@FGPackers don't tease! That would be brilliant!

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nab1
Mon 6th Feb 2017

If there's a demo I'll try it. I didn't like the last indie metroidvania on Wii U.

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sketchturner
Mon 6th Feb 2017

Feels like I was excited about this about 10 years ago. The demo was a bit underwhelming though. Nice visuals and decent gameplay but a little slow for my tastes.

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aaronsullivan
Mon 6th Feb 2017

Looks good and fleshed out since that "Nindies" demo. I enjoyed the demo and thought it had some clever mechanics so I'll be looking forward to reviews. Hopefully NA soon? Seems like a good candidate to go over to Switch as well...

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HeroOfCybertron
Tue 7th Feb 2017

I was interested in Forma.8 when it was first announced at a past E3 and I played the demo but know that it's taken so long to come out and the fact that the Switch comes out next Month I'm not that interested in the game anymore at least the Wii U version I may pick up the 3DS version.