It has now been confirmed that the Wii U games list is being strengthened alongside the Nintendo Switch.
Developer SnowCastle Games has announced that Earthlock: Festival of Magic is now available to buy on the console.
Earthlok retails at around €9.99 / £8.99 / on the Nintendo eShop, providing some old-school entertainment for RPG fans.
“Earthlock: Festival of Magic is an adventure RPG inspired by the classic 3D RPGs of the late 90’s, with a fresh take on turn based combat and character progression,” the official game description explains.
“Enter a beautiful world haunted by its fateful past and join a party of unlikely heroes on their journey to rescue Amon’s uncle from an ancient cult and uncover the secret of Earthlock.”
Earthlock hasn’t been confirmed for Nintendo Switch yet, although the development team did provide another teaser that could point to some big news dropping soon.
SnowCastle wrote: “keep an eye out for announcements from Cross Function during Tokyo Game Show.”
But even without Earthlock, there’s going to be plenty of launches to look forward to.
This week saw the launch of The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth+, retailing for £35.99 on the Nintendo eShop.
There’s also R.B.I. Baseball 17 and Lego Worlds available to purchase this weekend, costing £24.99 online.
It follows news of a new Mario Maker update deployed by Nintendo this week.
The minor software patch doesn’t add any new content to the game but does show that the Japanese games giant haven’t abandoned the console completely.
The new Mario Maker update addresses these problems:
- Addressed an issue that caused text in the e-manual to display incorrectly.
- A number of issues have been fixed to make for a pleasant playing experience.
However, while Nintendo are continuing their support for Mario Maker in this regard, there’s a much bigger change on the horizon for fans.
Nintendo are gearing up to launch their full Nintendo Switch Online service in early 2018, meaning some of for the Wii U are being put out to pasture.
The Miiverse is being closed in November, affecting both the Wii U and the Nintendo 3DS.
This will mean Super Mario Maker users will still be able to share levels, but will not be able to comment on them.
There have been no reports on when Nintendo may look to shutdown full multiplayer support for the Wii U, which has seen the last big releases arrive for it.