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[Tripon]

"I shouldn't reveal too much without Knapnok's permission, but so the reason it is for the Wii U is uhmm... *thinks* Actually, when I heard about the Wii U for the first time, the fact that it would have a seperate touchscreen built-in with the controller I got quite excited. Because you know... Okay, you know the old game Steel Battalion for I think the first Xbox? This came with this huge controller, which was designed just because for that specific game. I guess it is kind of tricky to sell something like that, since you need to sell the hardware. The game essentially makes... wouldn't be able to play without having these buttons and stuff. I guess what the Wii U did by having a separate touchscreen and a controller at the same time, was that it opened up for a new like... I would say for that kind of game, where you can have more an advanced control system and menu. At the same time, it doesn't have to clutter what's happening in the game with a lot of elements that pop up on the screen. I started to think about what kind of games would be really excellent with this kind of hardware and what would work specifically well for the Wii U and we came up with this idea."

In an upcoming episode of Connectivity, you will be able to hear Nifflas talk about Knytt Underground, which is coming soon to Wii U. He details the ideas behind the title and how he tried to understand the world as a whole.

So uh, they're trying to make a game inspired by Steel Battalion, I guess?

 

[Cameron122]

Steel Battalion had the best controller ever.

 

[Colonel Mustard]

I'm pretty excited for this. Knytt and NightSky are fantastic. Bumpy's Party is objectively the most fun party game ever made.

Edit:
Pretty sad this dropped off the front page so quickly. Where's the throngs of Gaffers that supposedly love indie games?

 

[Prince Vultan]

I'm pretty excited for this. Knytt and NightSky are fantastic. Bumpy's Party is objectively the most fun party game ever made.

Edit:
Pretty sad this dropped off the front page so quickly. Where's the throngs of Gaffers that supposedly love indie games?

I'm a staunch supporter of indie titles, but I thought Knytt Underground was a real snoozefest, so it's hard for me to get too excited here.

Sorry

 

[LiquidSolid]

I'm a staunch supporter of indie titles, but I thought Knytt Underground was a real snoozefest, so it's hard for me to get too excited here.

Sorry

Get through the first two chapters, those are basically tutorials. Once you get into the third chapter, it completely opens up and gets crazy.

I'm pretty excited for this. Knytt and NightSky are fantastic. Bumpy's Party is objectively the most fun party game ever made.

Edit:
Pretty sad this dropped off the front page so quickly. Where's the throngs of Gaffers that supposedly love indie games?

In this case I think you can blame the title. Doesn't exactly draw the eye.

 

[Tripon]

Get through the first two chapters, those are basically tutorials. Once you get into the third chapter, it completely opens up and gets crazy.



In this case I think you can blame the title. Doesn't exactly draw the eye.

They haven't actually released the title yet, or anything about the new game other than the game is inspired by Steel Battalion.

 

[@MUWANdo]

Bumpy's Party is objectively the most fun party game ever made.

They really shouldn't have called that thing "Spin The Bottle", it created a lot of confusion and immediately turned a lot of people off, I think.