Hero of Legend
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Edit: Price is £7.99, €8.99, $8.99.
https://twitter.com/SquareheadStdio/status/703343786919927809
Trailer (thanks jariw!):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QglVTS6zQy4
Out on March 10th. (edit: Sounds like it's that day in both NA and EU)
http://gonintendo.com/stories/252888-official-pr-star-ghost-preparing-to-launch-on-nintendo-eshop
This is seemingly based on a mobile game he did called Star Drift which is essentially the same thing (shmup, music by David Wise), but OMG I actually suggested he'd bring it to Wii U a year ago, and he did it!!!
https://twitter.com/SquareheadStdio/status/582534428817244160
And you read the title right; he worked at BOTH Retro Studios AND Rare! However his only Rare role was a programmer on Banjo-Kazooie.
Website with more screens:
http://www.squareheadstudios.co.uk/star-ghost.html
PR:
South Wales, United Kingdom, 26th February, 2016.
Squarehead Studios has announced that it is an officially licensed Wii U™ developer and is bringing its new title, Star Ghost, exclusively to the Nintendo eShop.
About Star Ghost
Set to launch in March 2016, Star Ghost is an exciting evolution of the side-scrolling shoot-em-up, featuring procedurally generated levels, a unique control scheme and an atmospheric soundtrack from renowned composer, David Wise.
Rhys Lewis, founder, Squarehead Studios said "I am delighted to be able to return to Nintendo development with a game that is so close to my heart. I wanted to focus on a tight and accessible gameplay experience that celebrates the arcade games of the past, whilst taking advantage of today's much improved graphics and processing power."
Star Ghost challenges the player to patrol 12 beautifully rendered star systems, navigating the fragments of exploding planets, surviving intense asteroid fields and dogfighting deadly Sentinel ships in a desperate bid to save the galaxy from the Metagon empire.
About Squarehead Studios
Squarehead Studios is an independent game developer, founded in 2014 by former Nintendo developer, Rhys Lewis. Based in the beautiful mountains of South Wales, Rhys formed Squarehead with the aim to engage and delight gamers of all ages with high quality, easily accessible entertainment.
About the Development Team
Prior to founding Squarehead, Rhys was the A.I. lead at Retro Studios. He has contributed to a number of well-known titles, including Banjo-Kazooie, Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, Donkey Kong Country Returns and Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze.
David Wise is a highly acclaimed composer, perhaps best known for his work on the Donkey Kong Country series, Diddy Kong Racing and Star Fox Adventures.