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Why Lobodestroyo Is The Next Gen RARE Platformer You've Been Waiting For

The Legend of Lobodestroyo Vs. La Liga De Los Villanos, or Lobo for short, was successfully funded on popular crowd-funding website Kickstarter towards the tail-end of last year. As the debut game from Florida-based Lefthanded Games, this Rareware-inspired action platformer is set to find itself a very welcome home on the Wii U eShop when it launches Q2 2015.
Nintendo Enthusiast’s resident indie nut, Andy, reached out to James Guy, Creative Director at Lefthanded Games to find out more about this awesome game, it’s inspirations and of course, any Wii U specific details the team has planned.

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crysisfibre4006d ago

looks like some good 'ol fashioned fun.Me likey!

LightDiego4006d ago

This game looks awesome. The developers are really cool too, it was really worth it to join Kickstarter for this project.

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Lobodestroyo Devs Show Slow Progress Doesn't Equal Kickstarter Robbery

Josh Griffiths writes: "A recent commenter on Kickstarter elicited a response from James Guy, founder of Left-Handed Games and creator of Lobodestroyo. The commenter accused him of robbing his backers, and said he couldn’t even post an update."

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Lobodestroyo's Kickstarter Absence and the Virtue of Patience

Josh Griffiths writes: "It's been eight months since Lobodestroyo's last update promised more frequent updates. What's going on with the 3D platformer, and why the silence?"

garyanderson2999d ago

Good to know he's still working on it, but a Kickstarter update every now and then would be nice.

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Platformer Dreams : On Shantae and Why There Aren’t More 3D Platformers

Josh Griffiths writes: "It's no secret that 3D platformers don't normally do well on Kickstarter, and using Shantae Half Genie Hero as an example, we're going to look at why.:

GregMicek3036d ago

I'm guessing it's because 3D platformers are harder, and thus more expensive, to make than 2D platformers, which we see tons of.

PhoenixUp3036d ago

There are still quite a number of 3D platformers around. Let's not pretend that genre went completely extinct