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News Mighty No. 9 Wii U Stretch Goal Has Been Reduced
It's now set at a cool $2,200,000
The Kickstarter campaign for Mighty No. 9 kicked off over the weekend and it has already smashed through its original $900,000 goal, meaning the game will definitely be coming to PC. When comcept USA revealed its new project it stated a home console version for Wii U, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 would be made should...
News WayForward Launches Kickstarter Campaign for Shantae: Half-Genie Hero
Wii U listed as a platform
Late last week WayForward began a countdown to a Kickstarter project, prompting fans to speculate on what it could be. Perhaps unsurprisingly it's for a new title in one of its most adored original IPs — Shantae: Half-Genie Hero. If funded it'll be a multi-platform HD adventure for the character, with the Wii U listed...
News Keiji Inafune Thanks Mighty No. 9 Backers in New Video
Former co-workers and employers also appreciated
A very happy and slightly exhausted-looking Keiji Inafune has taken to YouTube to thank everyone who has helped his Mega Man-influenced Kickstarter project, Mighty No. 9, reach its initial funding goal in blinding speed. An update from the development team was also posted to the project’s...
News Jools Watsham Offers to Help Create a 3DS Version of Mighty No. 9
...And the response sounds rather promising
A few days ago comcept USA announced a Kickstarter project for Mighty No. 9 — a spiritual successor to Capcom's Mega Man series — and it has been receiving a lot of attention from funders, press and even other development studios since then it would seem. The project has already reached its minimum...
"With the Legends project we didn't get to do all that we wanted to do"
Over the weekend Mega Man creator Keiji Inafune caused a minor internet meltdown by launching a Kickstarter campaign for Mighty No. 9, a project with an all-star development team and a strong Mega Man vibe to it. At the time of writing the fundraiser has unsurprisingly gained...
News Mega Man Creator Keiji Inafune Working On Spiritual Successor Mighty No. 9
Wii U version added as stretch goal to Kickstarter campaign
Capcom may be content to allow Mega Man's 25th birthday to pass without a brand-new adventure, but creator Kenji Inafune has taken matters into his own hands and is attempting to make a spiritual successor to the Blue Bomber via Kickstarter. Mighty No.9 is Mega Man in all but name,...
Exclusive Exploring The Mysterious Cities of Gold With Fleur Marty
We chat about the title's new fundraising campaign and more
About a month ago Neko Entertainment and Ynnis Interactive announced they will be bringing Mysterious Cities of Gold: Secret Paths to Wii U and 3DS this October. It's based on the cult Japanese-French animated series of the same name, which aired in the early eighties and it has recently...
News Metroid Fan Film Fundraising Campaign Demolished After Claim From Nintendo
It's now "the subject of an intellectual property dispute"
Two weeks ago we reported that a Kickstarter campaign emerged for a fan-made Metroid film titled Metroid: Enemies Within. Its goal was to reach $90,000 to bring the 10-minute Hollywood-style film to fruition, and had Christian Cardona on board, who has worked on shows such as Bones, Lost and...
News Shadow of the Eternals Fails To Meet Funding Goal
Precursor goes back to the drawing board
Last month Precursor Games relaunched its crowdsourcing campaign to get its first ever game Shadow of the Eternals off the ground, but unfortunately it has failed to obtain the necessary funding. The campaign, which ran on Kickstarter, achieved $323,950, which is not even half of the $750,000 target...
News Candle To Be Given Its Time To Shine On Wii U
Teku Studios given Wii U developer status
Teku Studios has been hard at work on its innovative adventure puzzler Candle and has been running a Kickstarter campaign to bring the game to PC, while set up a Wii U stretch goal for good measure. The developer has now reached its goal of $40,000 but is still some way off the $85,000 needed for the Wii U...
News Metroid Fan Film Seeks Crowdfunding For Completion
See Samus in full Hollywood glory
If you're a fan of Metroid and have some spare cash lying around, you may be excited to know that a new Kickstarter project has been opened to fund Metroid: Enemies Within, a ten minute live-action fan film. "Fan film" might be a slight understatement, as the project is being helmed by Christian Cardona, an Emmy...
News Ghost Song: A Journey of Hope Could Come to Wii U if Kickstarter Stretch Goal is Met
The Metroidvania-style title has already hit its original goal
Ghost Song: A Journey of Hope is an interesting-looking sidescroller that takes much influence from the classic Super Nintendo title Super Metroid. Only a few days ago its developer Matt White set up a Kickstarter campaign for the project and aimed to obtain $15,000 to bring the title...
Interview Retromade Games On Developing Desert Strike Tribute Hell IX For Wii U
"Our basic philosophy is to return to classic gameplay"
Retromade Games has just launched its Kickstarter campaign for helicopter shooter Hell IX, and has confirmed that the game will be headed to the Wii U eShop if its funding target of $22,000 is met. An action title which calls to mind the old-school gameplay of Desert Strike and Tiger Heli, Hell...
News Mysterious Cities of Gold: Secret Paths Coming To Wii U and 3DS This October
Will be in French, a Kickstarter campaign may bring English localisation
Back in May we reported that Neko Entertainment would be bringing a Mysterious Cities of Gold title to Wii U and 3DS this fall but the developer revealed little other details. More information has now appeared on the horizon, including the title of the upcoming game:...
News Monochroma Aims to Bring Its 1950s Dystopia to the Wii U Library in 2014
This game looks gorgeous
While some may not be fans of crowdfunded games, it'd be churlish to disregard them entirely, especially as promising titles such as Cloudberry Kingdom and Shovel Knight are coming to Nintendo platforms courtesy of receiving vital funds through their own campaigns. Sometimes projects of undeniable quality emerge, and one...
News Candle May Light Up Wii U If It Reaches Its Stretch Goal
Update: Will come to Wii U eventually should original goal be met
It's come to light that Candle will eventually be developed for Wii U should the original goal be reached, regardless of whether or not it meets the $85,000 stretch goal. Speaking to Nintendo Enthusiast Teku Studios co-founder Miguel Vallés said it would come to Nintendo's system...
News Organic Panic Could Come To Wii U if Kickstarter Goal is Reached
Hoping to ripen in the eShop
Last Limb is currently developing Organic Panic, a fun-looking physics-based platformer based entirely on weapon-wielding fruits and vegetables. The studio opened up a Kickstarter campaign not too long ago in order to obtain funding for the project and should it reach its $40,000 target the game will come to the Wii U...
News Precursor Games Relaunches Shadow of the Eternals Kickstarter Campaign
The funding goal has been significantly reduced
Precursor Games has been trying to get its first ever project off the ground for a good while now. Back in May the developer - which is mainly made up of a handful of former Silicon Knights employees - opened up a crowdsourcing campaign on its own website in an attempt to obtain the funding required to...
News Liege Channels Fire Emblem And Final Fantasy Tactics, And It Could Be Marching To Wii U
Coda Games is awaiting Wii U developer approval
We're massive fans of both Fire Emblem and Final Fantasy Tactics here at Nintendo Life, so you can imagine how interested we were in Liege when we discovered that the game takes inspiration from both. Developer Coda Games has expressed an interest in bringing the tactical RPG to the Wii U eShop, and...
News Soul Saga: Episode I Kickstarter Campaign Closes After Tripling Original Goal
Plenty of stretch goals reached
Disastercake's Kickstarter campaign for Soul Saga: Episode I has officially closed after receiving more than three times the original target. The project had 5,631 unique backers and amassed an impressive total of $195,528 in the end. Originally aiming for a PC, Linux and Mac release, Soul Saga: Episode I will now...
News Precursor Games Relaunching Shadow of the Eternals Kickstarter Campaign
It's set to emerge from the shadows on 25th July
Precursor Games has announced it will relaunch its crowdfunding campaign for Shadow of the Eternals on 25th July using Kickstarter. In the message posted on its website, the developer revealed there will be some contests and two podcast shows, one run by the studio that will feature developer...
News Whilom: Sins Will Battle Onto Wii U if Kickstarter Stretch Goal is Reached
The project needs $80,000 to make it
Dreamken Studios is currently developing a 2D RPG called Whilom: Sins and in order to get the project off the ground it has set up a Kickstarter campaign. The game, which is described as a hybrid between fighting games like Streets of Rage and adventure titles such as Final Fantasy and Chrono Trigger, will be r
News Project Sweat Could Come To Wii U if Stretch Goal is Reached
Action RPG needs £45,000 to come to Nintendo's system
Humid Games recently opened up a Kickstarter campaign for an action RPG that goes by the name Project Sweat. It's trying to gather £25,000 so it can release on Windows, Mac and Linux but now the project has new stretch goals to include console versions as well. Should Project Sweat manage to...
News Soul Saga: Episode I Officially Heading To Wii U
Kickstarter project smashes through that $80,000 stretch goal
Soul Saga: Episode I will officially be coming to Wii U after the one man development studio Disastercake reached the $80,000 stretch goal on Kickstarter. Originally, the stretch funding level to bring a Wii U version stood at $105,000 but Mike Gale, the man behind the beautiful looking...
News Armikrog Officially Coming To Wii U
Kickstarter campaign hits Wii U stretch goal just in time
Pencil Test Studios has been running a Kickstarter campaign over the past month for its point-and-click adventure Armikrog, and the project has officially reached its set target of $900,000. What's more, the campaign even managed to reach its Wii U stretch goal with just a couple of hours to...
News A Hat in Time Smashes Through All Kickstarter Stretch Goals
Developer still in talks about a Wii U version
At the end of May Gears For Breakfast opened up a Kickstarter campaign for the beautiful 3D cel-shaded platformer A Hat in Time. The campaign is in its final days now and it has not only achieved its set target but has smashed through every single stretch goal too. A Hat in Time will now feature a...
News You Can Now Pre-Order a Copy of Soul Saga on Wii U For Only $15
Update: Wii U stretch goal reduced to $80,000
Since we posted this exciting news, Disastercake has been in touch with us to let us know it has reduced the Wii U stretch goal to $80,000. Here's what Mike Gale has just told us: I wanted to let you know that I reduced the stretch goal for the Wii U down to $80,000. I really want to see Soul Saga on...
News Indie Point And Click Adventure Armikrog May Hit Wii U
It needs to reach its Kickstarter goal first
Pencil Test Studios has announced on the Kickstarter page for its upcoming adventure Armikrog that Nintendo of America reached out to them at E3 and expressed interest in the title coming to Wii U. While there are no concrete details or plans yet, here's what Pencil Test Studios had to say: After E3 we...
News The Hand of Panda Has Just Over a Day to Reach its Fundraising Goal
Not far to go
At the end of last month we reported that martial arts style game, The Hand of Panda, was to chop its way onto the 3DS eShop if it successfully reaches its Kickstarter goal. The campaign is coming to a close with just over a day left and an asking price of $3,000. It's been doing pretty well, having reached $2,456 at the time of...
News New Collection of Video Game Books Gets The Go-Ahead After Smashing Kickstarter Goal
Earthbound and Super Mario Bros. 2 both feature
A new set of books based on video games is set to be published after the team behind it smashed through their goal on a recent Kickstarter campaign. The series - known as Boss Fight Books - will feature five books based on historic and groundbreaking video games - two of which are on a Nintendo...
News Darkness Falls Early For Shadow Of The Eternals
Crowdfunding campaigns closing, relaunch promised
Percursor Games’ journey to crowdfund Shadow of the Eternals, the episodic spiritual successor to Eternal Darkness, has faced its share of stumbling blocks, including split campaigns and
News Shadow of the Eternals "Unlikely" To Be Released If Funding Methods Fail
Backers from devs own site will be refunded if necessary
It was announced earlier last month that a spiritual successor to Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem was in development for the Wii U. The game in question, Shadow of the Eternals, received the Kickstarter and
News Kickstarter Campaign Opens For A Hat In Time
Wii U version possible, although it's not promised
Back in February, we reported that 3D platformer A Hat In Time could make its way to Wii U, after developer Jonas Kærlev explained how he was in touch with a publisher that had taken an interest in bringing it to the system. A Kickstarter campaign has just launched for the beautiful cel-shaded...
News The Hand Of Panda Is Looking To Slap The 3DS eShop Soon
Kickstarter campaign for martial arts-inspired title opens
“If you're a fan of the bonus rounds found in most fighting games, wouldn't it be awesome if there was a game based solely on that?” That’s the concept behind The Hand of Panda, which is being developed as an eShop title for 3DS. The developers behind the game are Isaias Martinez and...
News Rex Rocket Smashes Through Its Kickstarter Target
There are plans for a Wii U and 3DS adaptation
At the end of last month a Kickstarter campaign started for the interesting looking 2D platformer Rex Rocket, which takes a leaf out of Metroid's book and combines it with a hint of Mega Man. Developer Rob Maher - who now runs the newly named studio Castle Pixel - confirmed with us that if the project...
News A.N.N.E Developer Confirms Wii U Version, Regardless of Kickstarter Stretch Goal
Failure to hit target will merely delay eventual release
In recent times we've seen plenty of Kickstarter projects offer up stretch goals for Wii U or 3DS releases, and a number of them have hit those targets. A.N.N.E, on the other hand, doesn't look likely to hit its amended Wii U target of $140,000, as it's resting on just under $90,000 — at the...
News Nintendo Launches Kickstarter Parody "Crowdfarter" To Promote Game & Wario
New Wii U title gets humorous promotional site
We've seen a lot of Kickstarter-related news posts recently, and Nintendo has jumped on the craze by producing a parody site to market the forthcoming Game & Wario. Dubbed Crowdfarter, the site encourages people to spread the word about the Wii U title on Facebook and Twitter. Doing so earns coins,...
News Silicon Knights Working On Various Legal Issues
Precursor Games controversy continues
Developers Silicon Knights and Precursor Games have been wrapped up in questions and controversy since the announcement of Shadow of the Eternals, Precursor Games' "spiritual successor" to the seminal GameCube horror adventure Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem. Speaking to Game Informer, Silicon Knights chief...
Developer Interview Yacht Club Games - Kickstarter Can Show The Demand for Indie Titles
Sean Velasco shares his thoughts on the crowdfunding platform
Over the weekend you may have seen a feature that we posted considering the increasing relevance of Kickstarter. The crowdfunding website has exploded in popularity in the past year, with many projects subsequently emerging that'll make their way to Wii U and/or 3DS. We spoke to two...
Talking Point The Increasing Relevance of Kickstarter
We speak to successful crowdfunders
Kickstarter, as regular readers of Nintendo Life have no doubt noticed, is becoming increasingly visible in the gaming media. It's not just here that the crowdfunding site is gaining a lot of web space, as increasing numbers of fundraisers begin to emerge, gain significant support and, of interest to us here,...
News A.N.N.E Reaches Kickstarter Target, Ten Days Left To Hit Wii U Stretch Goal
$150,000 is a big ask
Late last month we reported that a new Kickstarter campaign had emerged for "Metroidvania-style platformer" A.N.N.E, a 16-bit art style game with plenty of 2D exploration. Developer Gamesbymo has now successfully reached its target goal of $70,000 for the project this weekend. To secure a release for the Wii U, it must reach...
News C-Wars Smashes Kickstarter Stretch Goals to Confirm Wii U and 3DS Releases
All stretch goals hit, including "Cyber-Lover Mode"
Earlier this week we reported that the developers of C-Wars had been approved as 3DS developers, while its Kickstarter fundraiser was close to its 3DS stretch goal. The good news is that the game isn't only coming to 3DS, it's coming to Wii U as well. The real-time-strategy title, that
Developer Interview Island Officials on Kickstarting "Orion's Odyssey"
"Nintendo has been nothing but supportive"
You may not have heard of Island Officials, but this New Jersey-based development studio has been supporting Nintendo handhelds for years, and is currently running a Kickstarter campaign to fund its DSiWare puzzler, Orion's Odyssey: A Pattern Blocks Adventure. We chatted with Island Officials' Ryan Morrison...
News Road Redemption Hits Its Kickstarter Target
Let's not be rash, we have a bit of a wait
In recent weeks we've brought Road Redemption to your attention, a Kickstarter project that's promised Wii U as a platform alongside releases on PC and Mac. It's another title made possible by Nintendo's increasing openness to indie developers, as well as the Unity engine support included on the Wii U...
News Life of Pixel Could Make It To Wii U Should It Meet Kickstarter Stretch Goal
The Vita platformer is hoping to jump onto other systems
UK-based developer Super Icon is behind the fun-looking Life of Pixel, which is available to download now on PlayStation Vita. It plays like a platform game and allows you to progress through several eras of gaming by giving you a broad selection of levels based on various classic old-school...
News Delta Six Gun Controller Starts A Kickstarter Campaign
Perfect for FPS fans
The video game market isn't short of first person shooters these days. With franchises like Call of Duty being released on a yearly basis there's clearly a lot of demand out there for the genre. However, it's easy to see how people may feel that they can't get into the game with a normal controller, and for this reason inventor...
News Road Redemption Developer Has No Legal Worries Regarding Road Rash Comparison
"EA does not hold a copyright or patent on motorcycle combat"
DarkSeas Games has stated that Road Redemption is an attempt to resurrect the kind of action made famous by the Road Rash series, but could this potentially lead to legal issues? Apparently not. Speaking to The Jace Hall Show, DarkSeas Games stated that it has nothing to be concerned...
News Orion's Odyssey: A Pattern Blocks Adventure Reboots Kickstarter Campaign
If at first you don't succeed...
A few weeks ago, we reported on a DS Kickstarter project from developer Island Officials called Orion's Odyssey: A Pattern Blocks Adventure. The ambitious Kickstarter goal was to raise enough funds to release a limited run retail edition of the unreleased, finished puzzle title. For various reasons, the lofty goal...
News Abandoned Pixel Perfect Punch-Out!! Book Has a Knockout Ending With Mike Tyson
Public release failed due to licensing issues
While we cover a fair share of Kickstarter development fundraisers, one that's worth a mention is the Pixel Perfect: Mike Tyson's Punch Out!! book project, which was to raise money to enable public distribution for a limited run of 200 copies. The book itself was finished, an unofficial encyclopedia for...
News C-Wars Developers Officially Approved for 3DS, Stretch Goal in Sight
Wii U target needs a late surge
We've already told you a little bit about C-Wars, the pixel-based, roguelike tower defence mashup currently fundraising on kickstarter, with a positive being that the promising title has rather attainable stretch goals to make the leap from PC to 3DS and Wii U. One of those goals is definitely in sight as it...
