The last of the Rainfall trio has a few firsts associated with it
Nintendo's game listing has updated to announce tomorrow's Virtual Console release will be Pandora's Tower.
The late-era Wii game, the last of the three major Operation Rainfall games, originally came out in North America in April of 2013. The game will launch on Wii U with tomorrow's eShop update at $19.99 US or $24.99 Canadian.
XSEED is still listed as the publisher for the game, meaning the Wii U has its first 3rd party Wii VC game outside Japan, and the game also supports playing with just the GamePad through its emulation of a Classic Controller. Note that the Wii U Pro Controller does not work in this fashion.
Good addition, though I'm going to wait for a potential sale someday. I already bought this game twice on the Wii (once imported & the 2nd time on the domestic release) & the game just doesn't control well without the Wiimote pointer so Gamepad controls are kind of a useless feature for me.
Xenoblade works better with a Wiimote + Nunchuck in my humble opinion since you can control movement on the battlefield and movement along the arts palette simultaneously. Although given the choice between better controls and off tv play I would still choose off tv play.Good addition, though I'm going to wait for a potential sale someday. I already bought this game twice on the Wii (once imported & the 2nd time on the domestic release) & the game just doesn't control well without the Wiimote pointer so Gamepad controls are kind of a useless feature for me.
This is a good point - Xenoblade would be a much better candidate to have released on Wii U because it would actually take advantage of the Gamepad controls in an excellent way. *sigh*
NoA is awesome though. I bow to their awesomeness and ask for more.
Any word on whether the (not quite game-breaking, but potentially serious) bug from the North American release is included? Is it possible for them to just release the EU version instead?
Is this game really that good? I bought and LOVED Xenoblade (then bought it again on New 3DS), but Pandora's Tower didn't look or sound fun to me. Isn't it a rogue like?
Is this game really that good? I bought and LOVED Xenoblade (then bought it again on New 3DS), but Pandora's Tower didn't look or sound fun to me. Isn't it a rogue like?The idea is that there are a number of towers that must be explored in order to gain beast flesh that you feed to your vegetarian girlfriend so that you can slow the curse. The curse works in real time so it's a bit like Majora's Mask where you need to manage your time. It's not a rougelike but more like a Zelda game with an actual story and RPG mechanics; you level up, you forge new weapons and collect materials to create potions and armour. Combat involves simple combos and correct timing to activate special attacks, there is also your chain which can be used in a variety of different ways. For example it can be used as a whip or projectile type weapon, you can chain two enemies together so that striking one will damage both at the same time, you can immobilize enemies with it, use it to open doors and swing across gaps. There is also a Resident Evil-ish inventory system where you have to manage equipment in slots for maximum efficiency.
Interesting note: NoA wouldn't publish the game on Wii, leaving it to XSeed. However, there was recently a note from XSeed stating that they have nothing to do with the digital release.
Is this game really that good? I bought and LOVED Xenoblade (then bought it again on New 3DS), but Pandora's Tower didn't look or sound fun to me. Isn't it a rogue like?
