Author Topic: New WiiWare developer... (Read 6695 times)

Smash_Brother · « **on:** August 25, 2007, 06:01:29 PM »

I submitted this as news, but I've no idea if the submission form worked (it hasn't for me in the past).

Medaverse Studios

Their first game will be called "Gravitronix".

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Details:
-Gravitronix is an action/battle game for 1-4 players (possibly .
-The game takes place in a single-screen arena.
-The objects seen in the logo are your weapons.
-Projectiles will have different physics.
-There will be a great deal of depth in the control scheme.
-Veteran players will master maneuvers which make rookie players cry "HAX!!!"

Nothing else but a press release, though.

There was also bPlus who announced a game called "PLÄTTCHEN twist ’n’ paint"(their logo is too big to post). Looks like they're an Austrian company.

Kairon · « **Reply #1 on:** August 25, 2007, 06:30:17 PM »

For a second there I thought you were gonna say that YOU were a wiiware developer...

Smash_Brother · « **Reply #2 on:** August 25, 2007, 06:33:43 PM »

If I were going to do that, wouldn't you expect me to make a thread entitled "OMFG!!! OMGF!!!! I'M DEVELOPING FOR WIIWARE!!!!!!11!"?

Mashiro · « **Reply #3 on:** August 25, 2007, 06:37:43 PM »

Wait . . . wait wait wait . . . wait . . .

Cap, our Cap is actually a developer of games?!

Why wasn't I informed?!

NWR_pap64 · « **Reply #4 on:** August 25, 2007, 06:44:21 PM »

So far we have two Wii developers confirmed. I wonder what the final developer tally will be.

MaryJane · « **Reply #5 on:** August 26, 2007, 01:51:48 AM »

I doubt if anyone was more excited about WiiWare than me. But with Nintendo saying their first games are going to be puzzlers, and the two confirmed indie devs also making puzzlers, I'm starting to feel a little disappointed. Yes I know that XBLA is full of very successful puzzlers, but I really don't care, I wanted to see like miniature Zack and Wiki games. Those are the kind of puzzles I want to download on WiiWare. How about a miniature Mario game where you basically play the same 5-10 levels but each time you go through it there are different rules (like what items can be found, how many times an enemy must be hit to kill it), by having 10 or 20 changeable rules you can have a lot of different options(someone do the math for me

).

The obvious response is to be patient, but I've been freaking patient waiting for WiiWare to even come out, where are the games!! I can play puzzlers free on sites like Yahoo! and MSN, adding Wiimote controls isn't really going to sell me.

Edit: If they end up making the Paranoia game seen here with very early concenpt art, for WiiWare then I take back what I said.

NWR_pap64 · « **Reply #6 on:** August 26, 2007, 05:22:12 AM »

It is kinda disappointing that the first two Wii Ware games are puzzlers, but I think they just want to start with something simple before moving onto bigger projects.

Also it seems that the Meda guys are aware that puzzlers are common so they want to make it a different one, so I say wait to see with what they come up with.

UERD · « **Reply #7 on:** August 26, 2007, 05:41:04 AM »

I know they said somewhere that they wanted the first games to be simple, and introduce more complicated action/RPG/whatever games later on. (I can't find the source, though.) So I'd give it a couple of months before coming to a conclusive judgment.

Smash_Brother · « **Reply #8 on:** August 26, 2007, 06:22:39 AM »

It's not a puzzle game. They posted some more details.

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Details:
-Gravitronix is an action/battle game for 1-4 players (possibly .
-The game takes place in a single-screen arena.
-The objects seen in the logo are your weapons.
-Projectiles will have different physics.
-There will be a great deal of depth in the control scheme.
-Veteran players will master maneuvers which make rookie players cry "HAX!!!"

UERD · « **Reply #9 on:** August 26, 2007, 06:34:30 AM »

Is there going to be online play?

MaryJane · « **Reply #10 on:** August 26, 2007, 06:59:11 AM »

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Originally posted by: Smash_Brother
It's not a puzzle game. They posted some more details.

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Details:
-Gravitronix is an action/battle game for 1-4 players (possibly .
-The game takes place in a single-screen arena.
-The objects seen in the logo are your weapons.
-Projectiles will have different physics.
-There will be a great deal of depth in the control scheme.
-Veteran players will master maneuvers which make rookie players cry "HAX!!!"

I thought the objects in the logo were the puzzle pieces, hence my thought that it was a puzzler.
Now I need more info on the game, those details dont really explain the game.

Kairon · « **Reply #11 on:** August 26, 2007, 09:12:40 AM »

It's no big surprise that puzzle games will be the first ones out the gates: they're the quickest to develop!

Though I'd personally want to see some indie 2D platformers over WiiWare.

NWR_pap64 · « **Reply #12 on:** August 26, 2007, 10:19:24 AM »

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Originally posted by: Kairon
It's no big surprise that puzzle games will be the first ones out the gates: they're the quickest to develop!

Indeed. I heard that Meteos was programmed by a small team of developers and look at how that turned out.

UERD · « **Reply #13 on:** August 26, 2007, 11:32:44 AM »

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Though I'd personally want to see some indie 2D platformers over WiiWare.

2D platformers, 2D arcade shooters, 2D RPGs...I wonder what the limitations will be. Will WiiWare games be net-capable? Are the graphics going to be limited? When is Nintendo going to release hard drive support?

Kairon · « **Reply #14 on:** August 26, 2007, 11:35:49 AM »

Or at least HDSD Card support!

Smash_Brother · « **Reply #15 on:** August 26, 2007, 11:39:04 AM »

I expected everything coming out first for WiiWare to be puzzlers, honestly.

And that includes games from Capcom like puzzle fighter.

Dirk Temporo · « **Reply #16 on:** August 27, 2007, 08:08:28 AM »

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Veteran players will master maneuvers which make rookie players cry "HAX!!!"

o lawd, it's wavedashing all over again.

NWR_pap64 · « **Reply #17 on:** August 27, 2007, 08:16:29 AM »

Interview with the Platchen developers

Some new info and screens on their project.

Smash_Brother · « **Reply #18 on:** August 27, 2007, 08:30:00 AM »

Also, the one piece of news I actually discovered first and submitted, like ever, and they never posted it.

NWR_pap64 · « **Reply #19 on:** August 27, 2007, 08:33:39 AM »

NWR hasn't talked about bPlus either, which is surprising because they have far more concrete details that Meda studios (they have the details, but no screens of footage, and it seems bPlus has been working on their game for a while now).

Is the site trying to avoid doing news about Wii Ware developers in fear they might be fake and/or become vaporware developers a la Nibris?

NinGurl69 *huggles · « **Reply #20 on:** August 27, 2007, 09:25:52 AM »

It's because they're too small to provide PLANET GAMECUBE with media perks.

UERD · « **Reply #21 on:** August 27, 2007, 09:26:02 AM »

Is Nibris really vaporware? Anyways, it might be better if they did a combined feature about WiiWare and got interviews and quotes from both dev teams. I don't know if they deserve the same amount of screen time as the bigger, more conventional devvers.

The Kirbster · « **Reply #22 on:** August 27, 2007, 09:50:09 AM »

I went to the main news page and nothing is posted there. I think that NWR dont give much attention to WiiWare related news, which sucks the big one.

Smash_Brother · « **Reply #23 on:** August 27, 2007, 09:54:13 AM »

It's no big deal. I thought I had something to actually contribute.

I'm sure GoNintendo will go insane with it soon enough anyway.

As for Nibris, I'm not sure, but their website is still up although the Sadness movies are no longer there.

Louieturkey · « **Reply #24 on:** August 28, 2007, 06:43:39 AM »

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Originally posted by: Smash_Brother
It's no big deal. I thought I had something to actually contribute.

I'm sure GoNintendo will go insane with it soon enough anyway.

As for Nibris, I'm not sure, but their website is still up although the Sadness movies are no longer there.

Give them 8 years and if they still have nothing, then is vaporware. Think of the Phantom console group and Duke Nukem Forever.

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