eShop news (April 20): Bad North / The Way Remastered / Timberman VS

20 April 2018 Lite_Agent ANOTHER SIGHT, Atooi, Attu Games, Bad North, Digital Melody, Feudal Alloy, Forever Entertainment, Ira, Lunar Great Wall Studios, Manticore - Galaxy on Fire, PLAION, Plausible Concept, Rainy Frog, Soccer Slammers, Sparkle 2 Evo, The Way Remastered, Timberman VS

Today’s Nintendo eShop news: interview of the developers behind Bad North, but also…

The Way Remastered
Timberman VS
Soccer Slammers
Feudal Alloy
Ira
Another Sight
Sparkle 2 EVO
BAFL – Brakes Are For Losers
Manticore – Galaxy on Fire

Bad North

Today, Nintendo UK published an interview with Richard Meredith (Programming, Design & Business Development), Oskar Stålberg (Art, Design & Programming), and Martin Kvale (Audio & Music) at Plausible Concept, the developers of Bad North.

Here’s an excerpt:

NUK: Would you say Bad North is a game that’s easy to pick up and get into?

PC: Absolutely – this is one of our key pillars and goals for the game. Most strategy / tactics games require you to learn a whole bunch of abstract systems and concepts before you can even begin to have fun and then also require you to be constantly micromanaging everything. While games like that totally have their place and their audience, for a lot of people that’s just overwhelming.

So we almost consider Bad North to be a game for people who like the idea of playing strategy games more than the reality of playing (typical) strategy games. We’ve distilled down a lot of the concepts to a very minimalistic form, reduced the number and frequency of actions, and encourage you to learn the systems by simply playing the game.

There is certainly depth there as well for veteran strategy fans, but you find that depth over time, by watching how the battles play out. Despite having quite abstract characters, everything that is happening is shown clearly – you can see and hear when arrows strike a shield, or when two soldiers clash swords. You should be able to intuit why your strategy works or doesn’t work, which makes the game very accessible.

Click here to check out the full interview!

Bad North (Switch – eShop) comes out this Summer in Europe and North America.

The Way Remastered

Today, The Way Remastered was released on Nintendo Switch. Unfortunately, it has a rather annoying glitch, that could completely erase your save data. It was found before launch, which is why a patch has already been submitted to Nintendo and will be released as soon as possible. Unfortunately, it was after digital pre-orders went live, and the developers decided against delaying the release, especially as there’s a workaround.

If you don’t have the game yet, or if you’ve already bought it, you can simply wait for the patch to be released before buying / playing. But if you don’t mind the glitch and want to start playing asap (or if you already have started the game!), then you can follow the instructions from the developers (along with additional explanations) on this Reddit thread!

Timberman VS

Here’s a trailer for Timberman VS, on Nintendo Switch:

Timberman VS (Switch – eShop) comes out later this year in Europe and North America.

Soccer Slammers

Thanks to the Unity engine now supporting the Video Capture feature of the Nintendo Switch, developers can now easily implement it in their own games. That’s what Jools Watsham did for Soccer Slammers!

Here’s a video clip recorded that very feature:

YES! @unity3d now supports video capture on #NintendoSwitch, so @SoccerSlammers will too!! https://t.co/jATRMwIYws pic.twitter.com/c4NZqwkSAf

— Jools Watsham (@JoolsWatsham) April 20, 2018

Soccer Slammers (Switch – eShop) should come out by June 14th in Europe and North America.

Feudal Alloy

Here’s the latest video clip for Feudal Alloy:

Check out all equipmnent sets in #FeudalAlloy.You'll be able to change them as you wish!https://t.co/5btN9RII62 #indiegame #steam #madewithunity #Nindies pic.twitter.com/UzAaXESea5

— Attu Games (@Attu_Games) April 20, 2018

Feudal Alloy (Switch – eShop) comes out this Summer in Europe and North America.

Ira

Here’s the latest screenshot for Ira:

Ira (Switch – eShop) does not have a release date yet.

Source: official Twitter account

Another Sight

Here’s the latest screenshot for Another Sight:

Another Sight (Switch – eShop) comes out later this year in Europe and North America.

Source: Lunar Great Wall Studios (Twitter)

Sparkle 2 EVO

Earlier today, Rainy Frog announced they would released Sparkle 2 EVO in Japan, next month. In that country, it will be known as “Shinko no Himitsu” (lit.: The Secret of Evolution). The game will cost 500 Yen.

Here’s some screenshots: