It's UE4 so it shouldn't need an outside port house for Switch.
With Vita and WiiU they literally had to port the entire engine since there was no native support.
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Bloodstained for Wii U cancelled in favor of Switch
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It's UE4 so it shouldn't need an outside port house for Switch.
With Vita and WiiU they literally had to port the entire engine since there was no native support.
Mr_Antimatter
Member
Nintendo's support for past consoles is pretty bad, to be honest. Wii was killed years before the wii U, and it seems the wii u is dead once the switch was announced.
On the other hand, playstations seem to get games for years after their successors, mainly from third parties. As for the Vita, it's been on life support so long, i'm sure the God Emperor will have one on the golden throne.
Pyroclastic
Banned
Sorry for the Wii U owners
If they're even thinking about cancelling the vita version I hope they do it sooner rather than later just so I can get my expected disappointment out the way
If they're even thinking about cancelling the vita version I hope they do it sooner rather than later just so I can get my expected disappointment out the way
Alex_Mexico
Member
This has to be a joke post. You're a GAF member, you can't be serious about the WiiU's death coming as a surprise!
I'm sure buying the game at retail will be an option.
Its a joke in the sense that i knew exactly what is going on with the wii-u ans switch. But i really did buy a wii-u lol.
Beyond the few already mentioned, Cloudberry Kingdom, Adventures of Pip, Tadpole Treble, Starwhal, Twisted Fusion and you could count Citizens of Earth, just off the top of my head. Hex Heroes, Soul Saga and Heart Forth Alicia have all recently reconfirmed Wii U support.
Don't get me wrong, a lot of projects have pulled support late in the game.
RPG_Fanatic
Member
Nice that the Wii U selection is automatically switched to Switch for people for have it. Makes things easier for me.
Honest question: What is getting released for the WiiU this year? Digital or physical. Most sites only listed a couple things, but very incomplete... I think? If so, the Wii had a couple more titles come out after the WiiU launched, before it died, giving it... a "nicer" death.
There's footage of switch version? Where?
LiveFromKyoto
Member
I saw this coming for months, especially after Yooka-Layley was moved. But still, it sucks. I was hoping they'd stick with it but also release a switch version, so that this could be the last major release for the Wii U.
Off the top of my head, all I can think of is the Zelda DLC.
There's a few indie releases every week or two on Wii U and 3DS still on the eShop. Nothing big. Under £10 games (shovel-ware).
I suspect Nintendo's being particularly aggressive here. As in, I could see them offering NES/SNES support for awhile, and Sony and Microsoft likely kept at it for at least a year or two with PS3/360, but here they were probably being a pain about it for most of 2016 then went full on "but really, you should just move to Switch" by the end of the year.
Shin Johnpv
Member
Backed for Wii U version, but also have a Switch, bigger but, this game is looking like its going to be terrible. Really disliked the demo, and everything I've seen of it since. May ask for a refund.
NinjaCoachZ
Member
Yeah, this was pretty much the logical thing to do once the game got bumped. No surprise here at all.
So weird though, I remember them saying their first projected release window was March 2017 and thinking that was so far away... And here we are...
I think there's a physical version of Axiom Verge getting released, actually.
So weird though, I remember them saying their first projected release window was March 2017 and thinking that was so far away... And here we are...
I think there's a physical version of Axiom Verge getting released, actually.
Yea i dunno what all the fuss is about, game doesnt even look at that enticing.
And i love my castleroids.
Blame Nintendo, not the Kickstarter campaign.
People need to do more research on what it means to support a Kickstarter before actually doing it.
C'mon man. I know what Kickstarter is, I know what it means to support a Kickstarter better than most. That doesn't give them carte blanche to break promises.
Not saying you have to share my point of view but "research" isn't what's lacking here.
Yeah I can see a couple VC titles show up for a few months, but this was what I expected. They seem to really be pulling in devs to jump on Switch (and some, I wonder how many were going to put their titles on WiiU before being forced to... Switch).
No offense, but keep the following mind:
The didn't plan for this
They're making up for it
You can get a refund if you want or a different version.
If the game hadn't been delayed or the Wii U wasn't a abysmal failure then they probably would've still made it.
Shit happens in development, they're doing far more than most Kickstarters. It's not like they're taking your money and running.
Don't forget Shantae.
Wandering Robot
Member
This couldn't have been much of a surprise to anyone, but I hope everyone ends up cool with the move forward. It's got to lead to more sales, at least.
ArtHands
Thinks buying more servers can fix a bad patch
That's not really true though. Everyone's still getting surprise 3DS is still getting new games. In fact, we are at the point that people want Nintendo to kill 3DS to shift total attention to Switch.
Actually, it does.
That is part of the risk you take when supporting a video game Kickstarter. Things change during development. Things can happen that are out of the developer's control.
Absolutely no logical person expects them to put out a Wii U game in 2018. The Wii U failed because of Nintendo's decisions and no game developer is going to put out a game for it two years after the console died.
damn man, people already corrected you but
seriously, nice grade 2 reading comprehension lol
Mr_Antimatter
Member
To be fair, nintendo hasn't said if the switch will replace handhelds, while they were clear it was a replacement for console.
I think they are being hesitant, for fear that it woudl fail and they wouldn't have a portable to hold them up. It's like how the DS isn't the Gameboy DS, for fear it wouldn't catch on.
Just_myles
Member
Is this true? I backed this game and am curious about that.
While the Vita's clearly in its sunset years, Sony is still pressing carts and granting cert to games.
It might survive long enough to see Bloodstained get released.
Hellsing321
Member
Was probably going to go with the PC version but after getting the switch I think I'm going to have to change to that version.
FingerBang
Member
I didn't know I wanted this game until now. The Switch could be my non-cutting-edge-graphics third party machine.
Splatoon just came out, Mario Maker and Xenoblade X were slated for the fall, Bayonetta 2 and Hyrule Warriors came out the prior fall... Breath of the Wild was yet unnamed but still what we saw looked amazing... mid 2015 was probably when it peaked as a relevant platform!
I didn't say things can't change. I said they don't get carte blanche to break promises.
Whatever, I've been through the crowdfunding rodeo many times but you seem in the mood to lecture strangers on the Internet, so knock yourself out.
Dude, you need to let it go. With the release of BotW the Wii U is effectively dead now, and it's going to be even deader by the time the game releases. You can complain all you want but that won't change the fact that the Wii U is EOL now, and it's not the fault of the Bloodstained devs at all.
I think it's actually because third parties still have games slated for 3DS, and if Nintendo came out and said "Yeah 3DS is dead as fuck" then that would have a negative impact on said third party relations.
If you read the statement, it says they are having difficulty working with the hardware maker Ninendo on the Wii:U.... Logical sense to move to the Switch.
Alex_Mexico
Member
With the mini map on the corner and the full map being one button press away o don't think we'll miss having the full map on a second screen at all.No playing Bloodstained with the map on the gamepad? This is disappointing. The WiiU was the only system capable of doing this.
If releasing Bloodstained on switch and cancelling WiiU helps Iga's chances of having a successful game and potential franchise then I'm all for it.
Alex_Mexico
Member
And passionate enough as to Kickstart the spiritual successor of a niche 2D Japanese game from 1997? If you're all these things and still are a WiiU only owner by mid 2018 I'll be shocked... shocked if there are any significant number of people like this.
Mr_Antimatter
Member
Depends, once can end of life a platform and still have positive relations with third parties. The Vita still gets a lot of games, yet, has been dead for years.