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With all the news of these acquisitions, it appears that the Wii U is joining the fray.

ENTER: SILVER FALLS 'WHITE INSIDE ITS UMBRA'

An upcoming horror title EXCLUSIVE to the Wii U.

The game will utilize the Wii U gamepad, the Wiimote, and Wii Balance Board.

The Wii U Is Getting A New eShop Game In 2022, Will Include Balance Board Support

Silver Falls is a horror game launching "later this year"

www.nintendolife.com

Developer says it's 90% complete and they're gonna submit it to Nintendo sometime soon for eShop approval.

Video is cued up to showcase the gaming capabilities that can only be done via a Wii U.



Developer Chat




I for one am damn excited. I'll definitely be getting this day one, I even have a balance board. Looks like it's a small team but I think it looks impressive all the same.

 

[Punished Miku]

I might get this lol. I still have my balance board and my Wii U is hooked up.

 

[tommib]

I thought of getting a wiiu just for the prime trilogy. Am I insane? Will the eshop go down soon?

 

[Kilau]

 

[Punished Miku]

I thought of getting a wiiu just for the prime trilogy. Am I insane? Will the eshop go down soon?

Depends. You shouldn't get it for Metroid Prime.

If you do get it, it should be for multiple things.

• Starfox Zero / Starfox Guard
• Xenoblade X
• Devil's Third
• Wii support
• Virtual Console games, including many GBA games that play well on the gamepad. NES, N64, Wii games digitally.
• Twilight Princess / Wind Waker HD with map tools on the controller
• Wonderful 101 with original controller
• Zombi U with original controller
• Kirby and the Rainbow Curse

Probably forgetting some other stuff.

 

[Sosokrates]

Looks likenit could be good, reminds me of blair witch.

 

[StateofMajora]

I thought of getting a wiiu just for the prime trilogy. Am I insane? Will the eshop go down soon?

Doooo eeet.

Wii U is amazing.

 

[fart town usa]

Depends. You shouldn't get it for Metroid Prime.

If you do get it, it should be for multiple things.

• Starfox Zero / Starfox Guard
• Xenoblade X
• Devil's Third
• Wii support
• Virtual Console games, including many GBA games that play well on the gamepad. NES, N64, Wii games digitally.
• Twilight Princess / Wind Waker HD with map tools on the controller
• Wonderful 101 with original controller
• Zombi U with original controller
• Kirby and the Rainbow Curse

Probably forgetting some other stuff.

tommib yea dude, if can afford a used Wii U without stressing over it, definitely get one.

It's such a great console. It gets a lot of hate but there are lots of valid reasons to own one.

 

[EverydayBeast]

Depends. You shouldn't get it for Metroid Prime.

If you do get it, it should be for multiple things.

• Starfox Zero / Starfox Guard
• Xenoblade X
• Devil's Third
• Wii support
• Virtual Console games, including many GBA games that play well on the gamepad. NES, N64, Wii games digitally.
• Twilight Princess / Wind Waker HD with map tools on the controller
• Wonderful 101 with original controller
• Zombi U with original controller
• Kirby and the Rainbow Curse

Probably forgetting some other stuff.

You can do so much more with the Wii U gamepad because of the second screen, it's an aspect that makes the Wii U so deadly.

 

[LordOfChaos]

I'm hoping the Wii U becomes a Dreamcast situation and keeps getting games for years to come. Especially with the SDK leaked out there and the console itself being swiss cheese, it could have more homebrew support to come, hopefully with the SDK out there start to use the GPU more rather than basic homebrew games. Had a short active life but there's still passion projects like this coming out for it and I'd love to see more.

I saw the Miiverse replacement was doing beta testing

 

[fart town usa]

I'm hoping the Wii U becomes a Dreamcast situation and keeps getting games for years to come. Especially with the SDK leaked out there and the console itself being swiss cheese, it could have more homebrew support to come.

I saw the Miiverse replacement was doing beta testing

Nice, I actually donate to the patreon for the miiverse alternative but I don't follow it too closely. I still haven't modded my Wii U but I will someday.

 

[cinnamonandgravy]

I thought of getting a wiiu just for the prime trilogy. Am I insane? Will the eshop go down soon?

should get a wii u just to get a wii u.

 

[LordOfChaos]

I thought of getting a wiiu just for the prime trilogy. Am I insane? Will the eshop go down soon?

When the eshop goes down, arguably Wii U's with a bunch of things loaded on to them or physical media will be worth more, because you can't get them there any more. Flappy Bird effect.

Start collecting now.

 

[kunonabi]

I always wanted a Robotech game that used the gamepad, wiimote and nunchuk, and the balance board so I'm up for this.

 

[cireza]

Wii U is the best Nintendo console money can get right now. Also, all of their previous consoles are available on it in some way, except 3DS. But 3DS is great anyway, should be bought as well. And this is a proper handheld with dedicated games, not a home console wannabe, if you see what I mean.

 

[Redneckerz]

Another Wii U title on the horizon is Bizerta: Silent Evil

It looks amazing but it is in release hell. Also in first person.

But Silver Falls has a decent shot at releasing. Hopefully it pushes the system!

 

[CamHostage]

Another Wii U title on the horizon is Bizerta: Silent Evil

Wow, looks very sharp in images, I hope they can get Blizerta out. Was this one of those in-development-before-eShop-closure games, or is this an independent really set upon making a Wii U game? I feel I'd cut my losses and port/modify it for Switch if I could (and maybe still push for the "original" version released as a loveletter to the intent, similar to how Retro City Rampage eventually got on 8-bit carts but they made their money and got their acclaim from people buying the game on actually viable platforms.) Unfortunately, you can't use Switch both on screen and as a touchscreen device, so it wouldn't be a perfect port... would be cool if there was a way of linking 2 Switches and having one as the TV player while second Switch is the handheld for the controller and puzzles and touch systems. (Would be a limited number of players, requiring two Switches in the house, but it's not too far-fetched if it could work.)

Back to Silver Falls...

This guy is crazy, it seems, but it's intriguing. Making 3DS and Wii U games this late is a new level of retro-releases that I wasn't ready to expect yet (although I do check out the PS Vita homebew scene every now and again, so I guess it's the same thing.) He's also got a GBC Silver Falls. I'm not sure why this guy is putting so much of this brand into retro-releases (it doesn't seem to be an exercise in pushing old hardware as some projects are, and aside from the Balance Board, not much of the original hardware's exclusivity appears to be used in these, so it's unclear to me why he's making life so hard on himself? But, it's a thing for some people.) Unlike some retro developers, however, he has been able to get some Silver Falls game on the proper Nintendo Store for modern Nintendo platforms, so at least he's not completely losing his mind over this. Reviews are sketchy on the Silver Falls games, so again, I wonder what he's aiming to do with all of this, but it's interesting to see somebody still mining the old platforms.

 

[spookyfish]

tommib yea dude, if can afford a used Wii U without stressing over it, definitely get one.

It's such a great console. It gets a lot of hate but there are lots of valid reasons to own one.

I loved the Wii U. They didn’t go far enough, in my opinion, having the gamepad be an afterthought, but it was one of my favorite systems. Great games on it.

 

[consoul]

Given Nintendo's recent announcement that they'll be ceasing the ability to add credit to your account in the WiiU eShop in August, that puts a hard deadline on any of these last gasp games.

If they don't have them on the eShop before August, they're screwed.

So, it'd be good to know what dates they're targeting, which regions they're supporting and how much they're thinking of selling them for.

I'm gonna grab some eShop cards so I can pick up a few WiiU games before they kill the store for good.

 

[LordOfChaos]

Another Wii U title on the horizon is Bizerta: Silent Evil

It looks amazing but it is in release hell. Also in first person.

But Silver Falls has a decent shot at releasing. Hopefully it pushes the system!

Same game as this from 6 years ago? Is there footage of it in motion on a modern build? Looks completely different

 

[youta]

I'm still holding out for Sadness.

Believe.

 

[Orbital2060]

Depends. You shouldn't get it for Metroid Prime.

If you do get it, it should be for multiple things.

• Starfox Zero / Starfox Guard
• Xenoblade X
• Devil's Third
• Wii support
• Virtual Console games, including many GBA games that play well on the gamepad. NES, N64, Wii games digitally.
• Twilight Princess / Wind Waker HD with map tools on the controller
• Wonderful 101 with original controller
• Zombi U with original controller
• Kirby and the Rainbow Curse

Probably forgetting some other stuff.

Yeah the Wii support is why Im keeping it. Ive got all of my legacy Nintendo games on it, the upgraded VC versions. And some great games like you mentioned, and I would add stuff like Super Mario 3D World, and NES Remix 2.

 

[fart town usa]

Thankfully Nintendo is still gonna let him upload the game(s) to the Wii U eShop and 3DS eShop.

Silver Falls (@silverfallsgame)

Just finished talks with #Nintendo. We have a lineup of #WiiU and #3DS exclusive games to celebrate the rest of the year before #eShop closes on those consoles. THANK YOU Nintendo for letting us do these last minute releases for the fans. More details coming soon.

nitter.net

 

[fart town usa]

Wow, looks very sharp in images, I hope they can get Blizerta out. Was this one of those in-development-before-eShop-closure games, or is this an independent really set upon making a Wii U game? I feel I'd cut my losses and port/modify it for Switch if I could (and maybe still push for the "original" version released as a loveletter to the intent, similar to how Retro City Rampage eventually got on 8-bit carts but they made their money and got their acclaim from people buying the game on actually viable platforms.) Unfortunately, you can't use Switch both on screen and as a touchscreen device, so it wouldn't be a perfect port... would be cool if there was a way of linking 2 Switches and having one as the TV player while second Switch is the handheld for the controller and puzzles and touch systems. (Would be a limited number of players, requiring two Switches in the house, but it's not too far-fetched if it could work.)

Back to Silver Falls...

This guy is crazy, it seems, but it's intriguing. Making 3DS and Wii U games this late is a new level of retro-releases that I wasn't ready to expect yet (although I do check out the PS Vita homebew scene every now and again, so I guess it's the same thing.) He's also got a GBC Silver Falls. I'm not sure why this guy is putting so much of this brand into retro-releases (it doesn't seem to be an exercise in pushing old hardware as some projects are, and aside from the Balance Board, not much of the original hardware's exclusivity appears to be used in these, so it's unclear to me why he's making life so hard on himself? But, it's a thing for some people.) Unlike some retro developers, however, he has been able to get some Silver Falls game on the proper Nintendo Store for modern Nintendo platforms, so at least he's not completely losing his mind over this. Reviews are sketchy on the Silver Falls games, so again, I wonder what he's aiming to do with all of this, but it's interesting to see somebody still mining the old platforms.

Great post. That Bizerta game looks amazing but man, search results show that it's been in development since as early as 2014. Looks amazing from that screenshot.

For the Silver Falls series, I downloaded the GBC game and put it on my SNES classic, seems fun enough. I'm really interested in the 3DS title though, Silver Falls: 3 Down Stars. Reviews are bad but I guess the initial release was really buggy, I read a few comments and I guess there were 5 or 6 updates since and the game (based on 2 people) is really solid now. It only runs on the 'New' 3DS, which I don't own, but thankfully my buddy does. I plan on sending him some money so he can download it for me. Even if the game isn't good, I'm compelled to try out RE/SH clones.

 

[synchronicity]

The WiiU deserved so much better.

 

[fart town usa]

The WiiU deserved so much better.

Yea, I think the biggest injustice for the Wii U is that so many people just write it off, act like it isn't even worth existing.

It definitely doesn't have the biggest software library but the thing is a juggernaut when it comes to obscure but useful features and the software library it does have access to has tons of fantastic games. Soft-mod it and you effectively have one of the greatest consoles of all time and arguably the best Nintendo console of all time because of its 1:1 legacy support. The amount of flak it gets doesn't even make sense cause it sold 13 million worldwide, most people have never played it or even see it in person. It reminds me of the Sega Saturn back in the day, most people didn't know anyone with a Saturn and few even got to actually play it.

 

[SF Kosmo]

With the eShop shutting down after this year, they better hope they don't have any delays.

 

[LordOfChaos]

Great post. That Bizerta game looks amazing but man, search results show that it's been in development since as early as 2014. Looks amazing from that screenshot.

I was looking through their twitter and it seems like that's probably a PC screenshot though. Any of the Wii U footage I can find is old and doesn't look like that.

https://twitter.com/edroxinc

 

[Redneckerz]

Great post. That Bizerta game looks amazing but man, search results show that it's been in development since as early as 2014. Looks amazing from that screenshot.

I did a preview a few years ago and i recieved a behind the scenes video with first person gameplay. It really looks wicked.

The thing is that Ed Rox keeps delaying the release. It was 2019 first, then end of 2020, then beginning of 2021. Now its 2022.

It will come out but i hope it happens before the eShop closes up shop.

 

[fart town usa]

The Wii U game has been successfully submitted to Nintendo and they are currently testing it. Hopefully it will be available soon on the Wii U eShop.

This guy is nuts, he's making 7 games for the Wii U and 3DS. The other week he made a post that said that Unity has corrupted his game build. Thankfully he is good with back ups because it's happened to him in the past.

Silver Falls (@silverfallsgame)

WHITE INSIDE ITS UMBRA! https://youtu.be/Nt8gyijbkiU

nitter.net

I'm really excited to try this out, I don't even care if it's janky. I have a lot of respect for a 1 man studio who is making something as ambitious as this for the Wii U of all things.

 

[Esppiral]

I thought of getting a wiiu just for the prime trilogy. Am I insane? Will the eshop go down soon?

If you want to play Metroid Prime trilogy better get an Xbox Series.

 

[Shifty]

Respect the dedication.

But laugh at it all the same.

 

[fart town usa]

Respect the dedication.

But laugh at it all the same.

Right. I like his positive attitude. He doesn't care at all about making money off of it. He just wants to make a Wii U horror game that utilizes all the Wii U features and totally accepts that few people are going to buy it. I'd be surprised if it hits 100 downloads.

 

[fart town usa]

This actually released last week but I forgot to post it.

Two games in the Wii U eshop. I got both. White Inside Its Umbra is the one that people were excited over. Survival Horror that utilizes the balance board, game pad, wiimotes, etc. Basically a one man operation to give the Wii U a final send off.

I haven't played either though, I want to make sure I give it the proper treatment and attention. Developer poured his heart into theses titles.