Atooi's 'Run Box Run' Will Be Free If You Own Any Of Its Previous Switch Games

Oh sweet, a freebie. Now, if only it came with 12 friends to play the game with lol.

Oh nice! Didn’t initially really care to know anything about this beyond the fact that it existed, but as I own Mutant Mudds & Xeodrifter, I’m now a lot more interested 😂

With all the free QubicGames titles sitting on my Switch that I've downloaded and barely touched, I'd definitely be open to giving it a solid try.

Fine, I'll get it, if only to hold me over until Chicken Wiggle/ Hatch Takes

I wont complain because its free for me.......but I definitely wouldnt pay for this.
It might get a quick 5 mins play at a family gathering at best.

I only clicked on the topic because of the mention of 'Atooi'

For a moment I was excited to get this for free but then realized I’m not actually eligible because I own Mutant Miss and Xeodrifter both on 3DS, not Switch.

Pictooi isn't an Atooi game? Either way I already have Mutant Mudds and Xeodrifter so..

I have Xeodrifter and Mutant Mudds, so...don't mind if I do? Although I don't normally use online multiplayer anywhere, so this gift may be wasted on me in terms of the dev's goals.😅

Still not interested.

Well, that rules me out as my copies of Mutant Mudds Collection are physical.

I HAVE THE MUTANT MUDDS COLLECTION!!!
Free game here I come!

@Zach I kickstarted Chicken Wiggle/Hatch Tales for Switch. Maybe 2023 will be the year.

I own all 4 and my favorite is Xeodridter so that means I can get RBR for free, but not excited all, it's looking like a freeware version of the excellent Runbow.

An Atooi game which looked interesting and fun (a Far cry from RBR) is Treasurenauts, which has been in development limbo for 10 years.

Why am I not surprised another atooi game is releasing before Hatch Tales…

The way they have been handling that game is so bad. If they communicated on why games like Run Box Run and Pictooi are releasing before it I could maybe excuse it. It’s just a bad look and it feels like he threw his backers under the bus.

I just wish Jools could focus on one game at a time.

@KanaMomonogi That's precisely correct. He DID throw us under the bus. He gave us attitude not too long after the KS was funded (paraphrasing: "you're not entitled to anything as the backer of my project", horrible, unprofessional KS mentality), he ghosted us a ton on the KS page and on social media (no updates for months or even a year at a time, rarely any replies, etc.), we were always in the dark, and super long spans of time went by without any significant update, it's 4.5 years now and we still barely have any decent info on the game (partly due to them restarting development and working on like FOUR or FIVE other games in this span of time, essentially). Recently, head of Atooi Jools recently started blocking some more supporters on Twitter, the people that used to be his fans, his supporters (some I didn't even know supported them because they didn't really speak out before in the last few years) who were actually very polite and were approaching him after a long time about the KS. That really made even more supporters upset.

NintendoLife should consider actually covering the KS story.. I find it pretty wrong that they continue to advertise their games but refuse to cover their neglect and poor behavior (Jools') for well over four years. I think like a year ago I approached someone at NL and they essentially refused to cover this, maybe deliberately, I don't know. They prob wanted to wait longer for any news (yeah, like that makes sense?). I'm also pretty sure they're direcdlty responsible for a lot of Hatch Tale backers even being there in the first place, because they tried to hype up these games at times. It would help to overall INFORM the public with more informative, complex, and investigative articles rather than just try to sell us games, please.

Also, for those who were looking forward to or backed the project for Grant Kirkhope's contributions to the soundtrack, bad news, he just told us recently he only did ONE TRACK!

I wouldn't recommend supporting this developer. This is my opinion, but I think besides the developer being a pain to interact with when they only respond to you, rarely, (with what I interpret to be) fake positivity and vague empty promises, the quality of their releases have also significantly went downhill and it especially shows as we know it's not getting their full attention and love in development, and it's just gonna blend into all the other games on the eShop, even as a free game for prior customers.

Sorry, Mutant Mudds fans. It's not that time anymore, things have changed. It helps to be informed before you buy these Limited Run Games physical editions and support such a developer too.

I like Mutant Mudds and Xeodrifter, but I really don't like the direction Atooi is heading. But maybe after this one they'll finally release Hatch Tales and maybe even continue working on Treasurenauts (or cancel it if they need to).

I enjoyed Mutant Mudds and Xeodrifter on 3DS. But I’d enjoy my copy of Hatch Tales/Chicken Wiggle Workshop on Switch that I paid for years ago even more!

I won’t buy or play any other Atooi games until they give me that one. Even at the price of ‘free’. I don’t even want all the extra features they’re adding and dislike the new optional art style. A straight port was all I asked for and the rest could have been free DLC updates as and when they were ready.

Guess I'll at least try it then but I doubt I'll play much more than that.

I'll get it since it'll be free for me.

I too am a KS backer of Hatch Tales, which I want. Also want Treasurenauts.

I also don't appreciate the direction Atooi has gone, nor Jools' looooooong periods of silence. I'm sure many of us are tired of these throwaway, filler games like this one, and want to see them return to more substantive stuff like Mudds, Dementium, Xeodrifter, etc...

Ahem.... Chicken wiggle? I'm still a little bit sore that he took my money and has not delivered.

@Ogbert I feel the same way. They should have kept it simple. I believe the thinking for the overhauled graphics was that the 3DS game would look ugly blown up on a TV. It should have looked fine, though, in handheld mode.

Fun fact: I asked Jools on Twitter about any update to Hatch Tales (Chicken Wiggle Workshop) since it's been forever since an update, and got blocked without warning.

Good sign!