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Wii U Indie Connection Sale going on right now!

by: Sean Colleli - posted: 1/31/2014 6:19:00 PM
More On: Nintendo Wii U Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams Bit.Trip Presents Runner 2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien Toki Tori 2

The Wii U is in bad shape. Satoru Iwata has been sweating blood the past few weeks as he stood in front of displeased investors, and he even took a 50% pay cut. But all is not doom and gloom for the Wii U. From now until February 13th, five indie studios are coming together to support a sale and promote indie development on Wii U.

If you buy (or already own) one of the following indie games on the eShop--Spin the Bottle: Bumpie's Party, Mighty Switch Force! Hyper Drive Edition, BIT.TRIP Presents... Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien, Toki Tori 2+, or Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams--you can buy one or all of the remaining four games at a 60% discount. The developers have also made short goofy videos to promote another studios' game.

I think this is awesome. Indies having goodwill enough to promote each others' games is great, but they also recognize how important it is to promote the Wii U as a fertile indie platform. To be honest, it's true; while big AAA publishers have been abandoning the Wii U en masse, smaller, riskier studios have been consistently positive about the console and how refreshingly welcoming Nintendo has been to indie developers. There are several indie projects--Shin'en's FAST Racing Neo being one of them--that have me just as excited as Smash Bros, X or DK Tropical Freeze.

You can check out a couple of the funny promo clips below, and see the rest after the jump. Two Tribes also has a blog post about it here.

 

 


 PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Indies promoting each other on WiiU eShop

Super Indie Connection Sale starts Thursday 30th on Nintendo eShop

January, 30th, 2014 – Five independent developers unite to offer their WiiU games with a very special deal on Nintendo’s eShop: If you buy one of the participating games, or, even better, already own one of those games, you will get one or all of the others with a 60 % discount. The games are: ‘Toki Tori 2+’ by Two Tribes, ‘Mighty Switch Force’ by WayForward, ‘Runner 2’ by Gaijin Games, ‘Spin the Bottle: Bumpie’s Party’ by Knapnok Games and ‘Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams’ by Black Forest Games.

Collin van Ginkel, co-founder of Two Tribes: “We felt it is time for doing something that makes gamers aware that there are indie games on WiiU. At the same time we wanted to do something that is a big Thanks for the fans of our games who already bought them. With this promo, indie studios from different countries support each other. Everyone made a short video about one of the other games and distributes this on their YouTube channels. It’s freaking awesome!”

The promo on eShop US and Europe starts on January 30th and last until February 13th.



Here is the link to Collin van Ginkels Blog about the Indie promo:

http://twotribes.com/message/super-indie-connection-sale

The videos

Black Forest Games -> Mighty Switch Force
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOUd8UOcmxo

Knapnok -> Runner 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrYXzSU1JAo

Two Tribes -> Giana Sisters
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lj2WiArEgqw

Runner 2 -> Toki Tori 2+
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEBS1Vr4sGA

Wayforward -> Spin the Bottle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbVbmZAD3xI





About the games



Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams

"Morph at will between two dynamically different dream worlds in this fast-paced platformer! Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams combines punchy graphics and tight controls with the challenge of retro era platforming."

Toki Tori 2+

"Toki Tori 2+ is a Metroidvania style puzzle adventure. There are no tutorials, there's no hand-holding, no-one tells you what to do in Toki Tori 2+. The fun is in exploring and overcoming the obstacles of the lush forest island on your own merit."

BIT.TRIP Presents... Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien

"Runner2 is a rhythm-music, auto-running platformer. Players will run through fantastic environments, using brand new moves, to amazing new soundtracks as they run, jump, slide, kick, and soar toward the goal of tracking down the Nefarious Timbletot who has un-fused CommanderVideo's reality."

Mighty Switch Force! Hyper Drive Edition

"Space Hooligans have escaped custody and are wreaking havoc all over Planet Land!

HQ calls on cybernetic peace-keeper Patricia Wagon to bring these renegades to justice."



Spin the Bottle: Bumpie's Party

"Spin the Bottle: Bumpie's Party is a game for 2-8 players. You sit in a circle around the GamePad and spin a virtual bottle. Collaborate with your friends and complete the most challenges to win Bumpie's Party! Spin the Bottle might be tongue-in-cheek, but don’t worry kissing is not required."

About the studios



About Two Tribes:

We're Two Tribes, a small independent game developer based in Amersfoort, The Netherlands. We've been in business since 2000 and best known for our games like Toki Tori, Swap This!, Swords & Soldiers, Edge and others. Our most ambitious project yet is Toki Tori 2, a puzzle adventure game that takes place in a beautiful open world!

About KnapNok Games:

KnapNok Games is a small indie studio creating rich and engaging games for new and nontraditional interfaces and input devices.



About Gajin Games:

Gaijin Games is an award-winning, Guinness World Record-breaking (seriously!) San Francisco- and Santa Cruz-based video game development studio that focuses on making unique gaming experiences for discerning humans. Founded by Genuine Men, Alex Neuse and Mike Roush, Gaijin Games has been responsible for tickling the world with its rhythm-music eccentricities since 2008 with their IGF award-winning BIT.TRIP series and the console version of the IGF award-winning lilt line. In addition to rhythm-music stylings, Gaijin Games has also branched out into the puzzle genre with their Robotube brand, including BlokTonik for the iPad and the upcoming Destructamundo. Moving forward, Gaijin Games aims to bring their special brand of entertainment to all platforms, console and otherwise.



About WayForward:

WayForward has been making games for Nintendo platforms for over two decades, from the Super Nintendo to the Wii U and everything in between! Check out their awesome lineup in the Nintendo eShop



About Black Forest Games:

Black Forest Games is an independent game studio focused on high-quality video games. The studio is based in Offenburg, Germany, and currently employs a team of 40 international industry professionals who specialize in building games for all major game platforms.



More at

www.twotribes.com

http://www.knapnokgames.com/

www.gaijingames.com

www.wayforward.com

www.black-forest-games.com