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L~A · May 20, 2014

Edit :

The Sadness IP is in the hands of a consortium with 4 studios currently fighting for the bid, and that while we at HullBreach and Cthulhi would like to make a competing bid and secure rights to Sadness, unfortunately we cannot at this time. Sorry to fans for any inconvenience.

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Video from 2006 :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=tJ7-LGVbMsA

There's an interview over at NintendoLife.

Now, however it is coming back. We can exclusively reveal that independent developers HullBreach Studios — working on HullBreach: Uncloaked for the Wii U eShop — and Cthulhi Games — developing Ex Oblivione for Wii U — are teaming up to collaborate on Sadness as a Wii U exclusive. The project will be discussed and details revealed as 2014 progresses, and it's targeting a 2016 release.

More details coming this year. Launching in 2016. Apparently, game is 2D now.

HUELEN10 · May 20, 2014

No fucking way.

Vandole · May 20, 2014

I will believe it 3 weeks after it launches.

sn00zer · May 20, 2014

Source?.....
EDIT: Nvm there it is

komplanen · May 20, 2014

So it's no longer a Phantom exclusive?

MrT-Tar · May 20, 2014

vapourware reborn as vapourware?

Volotaire · May 20, 2014

What? Really?

AcademicSaucer · May 20, 2014

Vandole said:
I will believe it 3 weeks after it launches.

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Hiltz · May 20, 2014

That's the same concept trailer for Wii. Where's the evidence that's is allegedly coming to Wii U (not that I believe it at all).This is probably one of those vaporware projects that sounds better on paper than anything else.

Mistouze · May 20, 2014

A new age of Nibris jokes? Yes please.

maxcriden · May 20, 2014

Unreal. Hopefully it really happens and turns out well.\

Hiltz said:
That's the same concept trailer for Wii. Where's the evidence that's is allegedly coming to Wii U (not that I believe it at all).

It's in the linked interview.

ETA:

Will any of the original source code be included, or is it ground-up development?

Randy Freer: The original Sadness was running on Gamebryo from Gamebase USA, which actually was one of the first companies to pledge support for Wii U with their own engine this gen. However, this new title will most likely make use of the Unity engine.

Jeremy Kleve: Since this is our own realization of the game, it would not feel right if we did not start from scratch. Besides, we are introducing new elements that were never intended in the original brief, including RPG and puzzle-based mechanics.

Randy Freer: Not to mention the shift to 2D.

Jeremy Kleve: Yup, that's the plan thus far.

It's 2D now.

Danthrax · May 20, 2014

Haha. Targeting release in 2016. They better hope Nintendo hasn't released a successor to the Wii U by then.

Always-honest · May 20, 2014

Ha,.. Haaaaijjp

Yonafunu · May 20, 2014

No way

NO WAY

OldKingDoran · May 20, 2014

Nah, i dont believe this

HUELEN10 · May 20, 2014

So this will be 2D huh? Hope it supports all controllers!

PAULINK · May 20, 2014

Sure it is.

Omzz · May 20, 2014

hey i remember when this was revealed

GameE · May 20, 2014

Not to sound like a dick, but I dont know about those devs....

Gammacide · May 20, 2014

HUELEN10 said:
No fucking way.

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Taco_Human · May 20, 2014

Didn't someone reveal it was all a hoax? I remember some user on the Ign forums admitting it or something.

They showed off all the artwork and crap and explained how they had interviews with the Ign staff about it.

Some deep prank.

Zalman · May 20, 2014

I... have never heard of this.

OnPoint · May 20, 2014

The joke that wouldn't die.

If this ever sees the light of day I'll have to try it.

HUELEN10 · May 20, 2014

To the doubtful, read OP's source; it's happening.

L~A · May 20, 2014

The vapourware that just keeps on giving!

luca_aros · May 20, 2014

This is a source btw

http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2014/05/exclusive_lost_wii_game_sadness_to_be_revived_as_wii_u_exclusive

victreeb3l · May 20, 2014

Oh fuck lol I remember this from years back.

SlasherJPC · May 20, 2014

No way. This will go down as vaporeware again, I'm calling it. That or a really, really bad game! Time will tell.

Tortimer · May 20, 2014

Never thought I'd hear about this game again. I was just thinking about it a few days ago. Wild to hear that it may actually come into existence.

SatoAilDarko · May 20, 2014

This we never happen but it made me laugh so that's great.

RyanDG · May 20, 2014

This makes no sense at all.

SonyToo! · May 20, 2014

2016 for a WiU exclusive?

Nibel · May 20, 2014

Jokes turning real never went well before :lol

But I wish them good luck with the project

Empty · May 20, 2014

blast from the past

one of the stupidest but funniest things from early last gen

Doogdogg · May 20, 2014

Wii U 2 launch title.

fredrancour · May 20, 2014

Thank you, internet. I needed a laugh today.

ActStriker · May 20, 2014

So, they're pretty much gonna take the name and use it to make their own game that isn't like the original concept

lol

evanmisha · May 20, 2014

"Targeting a 2016 release."

Read: Never gonna happen.

Off-Kilter · May 20, 2014

Now there's a thread title I never thought I'd see.

epmode · May 20, 2014

This thread is the best thread. More EVOCATIVE concept art/screenshots please!

Haunted · May 20, 2014

HullBreach Studios working on HullBreach: Uncloaked for the Wii U eShop
Cthulhi Games developing Ex Oblivione for Wii U

Sounds like it's in good hands!

Brazil · May 20, 2014

HAHAHAHA

Yeah, no.

Kurtofan · May 20, 2014

I wonder if it will come out before The Last Guardian.

0OoO0 · May 20, 2014

RiggyRob · May 20, 2014

If it's 2D, it's not the same game.

Lunar15 · May 20, 2014

I thought it was over. I thought with the Wii U, the Sadness rumors would end.

HUELEN10 · May 20, 2014

Wait. It got announced like 2005 right? Does that put it at around the same time it took Duke Nukem Forever to come out, should it come out in 2 years?

fredrancour · May 20, 2014

Kurtofan said:
I wonder if it will come out before The Last Guardian.

I would never stop laughing again. They'd have to lock me up in an asylum.

Stumpokapow · May 20, 2014

So to be clear, two no-name developers (at least one of whom identifies primarily as an IGN poster who made a "studio" with his brother) who are developing no-name games for Wii U that don't have any assets or release dates are teaming up to revive another no-name developer's no-name game that wasn't ever really made into a game, and are targeting a release that's quite possibly after the Wii U's lifespan as an exclusive because they have an emotional attachment to Nintendo... and they haven't actually gotten the project approved by Nintendo.

Yeah, this is embarrassing all around and it's especially embarrassing that NintendoLife's mandate actually tells them to cover anything, even stuff that's so patently nonsense.

AcademicSaucer · May 20, 2014

TrevHead said:
2016 for a WiU exclusive?

If i were them, i would have waited for e3 before starting development

they havent started shit ,haven't they?

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