eShop news (Nov. 12): Protect Me Knight / Hollow Knight
Today’s Nintendo eShop news: Protect Me Knight / Gotta Protectors seemingly headed to the Nintendo Switch, but also…
- Hollow Knight
- YIIK
- Wargroove
- Nairi: Tower of Shirin
- Treasure Stack
- Summer in Mara
- Ary and the Secret of Seasons
- Shakedown Hawaii
- Feudal Alloy
- Valiant Hearts: The Great War
Protect Me Knight / Gotta Protectors
On December 1st, Ancient is hosting a fan event in Japan. On that day, a leaflet will be distributed to attendants, and a blurred picture of that very leaflet was posted on Twitter. It shows that Protect Me Knight is seemingly headed to the Nintendo Switch sometime in 2019. Unfortunately, it’s not clear if this is a brand new game or a port (the latter is more likely). We will have to wait until the fan event to find out!
Here’s the picture of the leaflet:
Protect Me Knight / Gotta Protectors (Switch – eShop) comes out in 2019 in Japan.
Source: Ancient (Twitter)
Hollow Knight
Bad news for players who were waiting for the physical release of Hollow Knight: Team Cherry has announced its cancellation, and the termination of the partnership with Skybound Games. It doesn’t mean there will never be a physical release, as the team is still going to investigate other ways to bring the game to retail, but this would be in smaller quantities.
We’re regretfully announcing the cancellation of physical copies of Hollow Knight and our partnership with Skybound Games.
As a team of 3 people still in intensive production of Hollow Knight, taking the game into the retail space (even with the extensive assistance of Skybound) proved more work than we could reasonably manage.
In future we will investigate other ways to deliver physical versions of Hollow Knight, though likely that will be in smaller quantities.
We’d like to thank Skybound for the amazing opportunity they provided, and for their professionalism and enthusiasm the whole way.
Source: Team Cherry
YIIK
Here’s the latest set of early pictures for YIIK:
Early sketches of Alex and Vella in the final style we settled on for the conversation portraits. As you can see, Vella's default is always upset with Alex. #gamedev pic.twitter.com/yc5Bc0g7ri
— ACKK: YIIK is coming 01/17/2019! (@AckkStudios) November 11, 2018
Early version of Alex's room and living room from the prototype as all as the final design. (Note: this was taken in Unity editor that's why the windows are grey and you can't see the outside.) Alex's room was the first location we made when making the prototype. #gamedev pic.twitter.com/BiwvUwkFrK
— ACKK: YIIK is coming 01/17/2019! (@AckkStudios) November 11, 2018
When first designing menus for YIIK I drew up the general flow inside of sublime text and used generic items to get a feel for it. Programming it was annoyingly difficult. Definitely the hardest part of the game for me. #gamedev pic.twitter.com/jtxC77RS20
— ACKK: YIIK is coming 01/17/2019! (@AckkStudios) November 9, 2018
YIIK (Switch – eShop) does not have a releaser date yet.
Wargroove
Here’s the latest screenshot for Wargroove, showing a non-final game adjustment screen:
Wargroove (Switch – eShop) comes out in Q1 2019 in Europe and North America.
Source: Tiy (Twitter)
Nairi: Tower of Shirin
Here’s the latest video clips for Nairi: Tower of Shirin:
A blast from #NAIRI's past~
A study filled with boring books… and a cute little duck plushy.https://t.co/iBh5kGGlMz#VisualNovel #VN #indiedev #indiegame #storytelling #adventure #cute #anime #2D #Comedy #NintendoSwitch #ScreenshotSaturday pic.twitter.com/kfzOgLGqxk— Another Indie (@AnotherIndieS) November 10, 2018
https://twitter.com/AnotherIndieS/status/1061664854426103808
And here’s the latest screenshots and illustrations for it:
Nairi: Tower of Shirin (Switch – eShop) comes out on November 29th worldwide.
Source: Another Indie (Twitter) / Home Bear Studio (Twitter) / Another Indie (Twitter) / Another Indie (Twitter)
Treasure Stack
Here’s the latest video clip for Treasure Stack:
Player two ( @leonyx03 ) shows us how careful planning under pressure can pay off with two massive matches in a row! #screenshotsaturday #indiedev #gamedev #nindies #pixelart pic.twitter.com/kD1tq8gc1M
— Treasure Stack (@TreasureStack) November 9, 2018
And here’s the latest screenshot for the game:
Treasure Stack (Switch – eShop) comes out in December in Europe and North America.
Source: Pixelakes (Twitter)
Summer in Mara
Here’s a video clip for Summer in Mara:
https://twitter.com/chibigstudio/status/1061181316690071552
Summer in Mara (Switch – eShop) does not have a release date yet.
Ary and the Secret of Seasons
Here’s the latest video clip for Ary and the Secret of Seasons:
#screenshotsaturday for #indiegame @ArySeasons Sneak peak behind our processes and pipeline with this procedural bridge creation tool made in @unity3d, powered by #Houdini. Tools like this really speed up content creation! #indiedev #gamedev #madewithunity pic.twitter.com/kbfsSODB4M
— Fishing Cactus (@FishingCactus) November 10, 2018
Ary and the Secret of Seasons (Switch – eShop) does not have a release date yet.
Shakedown Hawaii
Here’s the latest video clip for Shakedown Hawaii:
Searching for coins in the open world of #ShakedownHawaii | Coming Q1 2019 to #NintendoSwitch #PS4 #PSVita #3DS #Steam #screenshotsaturday pic.twitter.com/NcdrRxRGLV
— Vblank (@RetroCR) November 10, 2018
Shakedown Hawaii (Switch, 3DS – eShop) comes out in Q1 2019 in Europe and North America.
Feudal Alloy
Here’s the latest video clip for Feudal Alloy:
One of the overheated rooms in #FeudalAlloy.
Wishlist: https://t.co/RgjnUdkGxn
WEB: https://t.co/oKuWwScNlK #screenshotsaturday #gaming #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #nintendoswitch #Nindies pic.twitter.com/zCTVSObvQC— Attu Games (@Attu_Games) November 10, 2018
Feudal Alloy (Switch – eShop) comes out in January 2019 worldwide.
Valiant Hearts: The Great War
Here’s the launch trailer for Valiant Hearts: The Great War, now available worldwide: