Publisher Atooi has announced a tasty new Switch eShop bundle for North America which includes four of its catalog in one handy package.
The games included are Mutant Mudds Deluxe, Mutant Mudds Super Challenge, Mudd Blocks, and Xeodrifter. The bundle will be available from today for a special launch price of $14.99, saving you a cool 40% off the regular price of $24.99.
At the moment, the bundle is only available in North America, though Atooi confirms it will also be available in Europe at a later date.
Here's some information on each game included:
Mutant Mudds™ Deluxe:
Our hero, Max, may be just a 2D sprite, but he can leap into the third dimension by jetting between the background and the foreground playfields with his trusty jetpack in this unique dimensionally-woven experience.Armed with a heavy-duty water cannon, Max has what he needs to vanquish his long-term nemesi: the Mutant Mudds. Max must blast and hover his way across the soiled landscape to seek out mysterious Water Sprites. Legend says collecting all of the mysterious Water Sprites will wash the filthy Mutant Mudds away for good!
Mutant Mudds™ Super Challenge:
Here comes a challenge! Mutant Mudds Super Challenge!! Over 40 levels filled with malicious mutant mudds. This adventure is designed for super players; featuring a host of new platforming challenges and unique boss fights that will test your skills.Max receives special intel, revealing the location of the original meteor impact site and the fact that mutant mudds are still being spawned from it! Max sets out from a secret hideout in the jungle to locate the meteor and destroy it for good.
Mudd Blocks:
Max’s mudd-busting work is never done! A muddy horde of mutants is rising up from below… in block form!? Throw water bombs down to wash them away. You can even use the multicolored mudd blocks against themselves. Anything goes!Go solo and best your high score or team up with a friend for two player co-op or head-to-head versus fun. You can even try one of the other unique modes, such as Numbers and Rescue to put your block-busting skills to the test.
Xeodrifter™:
Xeodrifter is the story of an interstellar drifter traveling the stars on a simple mission of exploration. You join our nomad as he embarks on the investigation of a small cluster of four planets in the omega sector, after a collision with a rogue asteroid damaged his warp core.
Will you be adding these games to your Switch collection? Let us know your thoughts with a comment below.
[source atooi.com]
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This is a lot like the Atooi collection they released physically for 3DS, except that:
I'm not really a fan of bundles of effectively unrelated games (unrelated gameplay-wise); if I wanted one of the games, I'm always happy for individual sales, but I certainly don't want all 4.
Dumb. Jools is a crook.
Don’t support this pond scum of a tool named Jool(s).
No one buy this!
Might I ask why Jools has this negative reputation?
In my memory he was a champion of the DS/3DS era and running a small development team successfully punching way above their weight.
His updates from yesteryear always seemed very honest and gave the impression the studio were just trying to pay the bills.
Am I missing something?
@Andyv01
Most of the Switch library has been repackaging old Wii U / Steam releases, and other smaller releases including a Nonogram (Picross) puzzle game called Atooi, and a multiplayer platformer / trivia game called Run Box Run.
They've failed to deliver on projects like Chicken Wiggle, which had a 2018 Kickstarter campaign, and Treasurenauts.
@Andyv01 he ran a Kickstarter 5+ years ago, collected 35k dollars then abandoned the project. Just ghosted everyone. Go look for Chicken Wiggle on Kickstarter.
@RupeeClock did Treasurenauts never come out? I remember that being on my list of games to look out for on 3DS, but I just now realized I never got it lol. Wow.
To be clear, this has the same games as Mutant Mudds Collection and Xeodrifter. Yes, it has four games (although Mudd Blocks is a pretty small puzzle game), but you can get them as two releases already.
I used to really like Renegade Kid/Atooi, but lately it has been harder and harder to believe in them. Treasurenauts never materialized, and Hatch Tales/Chicken Wiggle Workshop is nowhere to be seen. Their latest games don't interest me whatsoever, but at least they're honest about the fact that those games exist mostly to pay the bills.
I wish the other company they split into would re release those dementium games. The first got a nice 3ds remaster but I loved 2.
@Piyo I like Xeodrifter. I played & beat it on both Wii U & Switch. I'm not too into Mutant Mudds, though (even though I still bought the collection on Switch).
I paid like two bucks for these two game separately. Why is nintendolife shilling so hard for bad deals lately? You would get more readers if you warn people against spending fifteen dollars on this, rather than losing trust by helping to rip them off.
Not supporting anything Atooi does until they release Chicken Wiggle/Hatch Tales.
@Andyv01 Renegade Kid ended up splitting up into 2 companies, Atooi being the half that Jools kept, and keeping the rights to the 2D games. The other individual whom I forget the name of, he kept the 3D games, like Dementium and Moon/Moon Chronicles. Not sure who has the rights to ATV Wild Ride/Wild Ride 3D, but since Wild Ride hasn't been released on Switch, probably not Atooi.
Renegade Kid never released Treasurenauts, and got into a bad habit of making a new game to get more money to finance another project, despite not following through on current promises.
@wideawakey The sad thing is, this isn't the only case where NL refused to call out grifters like Jools.
They were shilling pretty hard for the Intellivision Amico a few years back. Even when users here repeatedly pointed out what a joke the Amico was, NL kept giving it the spotlight (and arguing in the comments) until it became common knowledge that Tommy was an utter fraud.
I didn't want to be negative and I wasn't going to comment at all but after reading the comments I see I'm not the only one with a bad impression of this guy. I also remember him not wanting to release a game in Europe in the 3DS era, while he did release it in America, I was really sad about it because it was one of the decent ones. liked Mutant Mudds and Dementium but I didn't enjoy the Xeodrifter one much
I agree with all of the F Atooi sentiments above.
Maybe good news for people asking about Dementium...atooi just received the rights to it last month. So don't be surprised if they announce ports for it. I'm sure they will release them before Hatch Tales lol
But yeah, I'm with others in which I can't support atooi anymore. Jools burnt too many bridges.
@Christoble I backed that Kickstarter. Jools' almost complete lack of updates in the past 5 years has rubbed a lot of people the wrong way. He'll go completely radio silent for months on end and then pop up all of a sudden with "look guys, here's one of the sprites from the game, isn't it cool?"
Like someone said, f**king crook.
Compare that to Adam Kareem's Kickstarter for Protodroid Delta (another project I backed) and it's like night and day. Yes the game's been delayed a few times but he's been consistently coming out with monthly updates, going into the nitty gritty of the game's development, and if he goes a month or two without an update, he's back with some massive super update telling us how the game's coming along. It's a shame that he seems to be completely burned out and has given the impression he won't make another game after this, because he's clearly worked hard and I would 100% back another project of his.
Edit:
In fact, @Olliemar28 I think any future articles/stories on Atooi's games should make readers aware of Jools' antics on Kickstarter. They should be informed in regards to who they're giving their money to.
@Markatron84 the worst part about it, is he took the money to use on other projects.
So yes, I was definitely missing something. Thanks to all for the more recent information. Certainly dosn't paint a pretty picture.
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