Mecho Wars Overworld - looks pretty nice, no?
Luc Bernard spills the beans in drunken video preview
It's been a while since we heard from our old mate Luc Bernard but then he has been a pretty busy chap lately. He's moved to the US, founded his own development studio and is currently putting the finishing touches to the iPhone title Mecho Wars.
The game is shaping up nicely and owes a massive debt to the Nintendo classic Advance Wars, which is certainly no bad thing.
Luc has just posted a video online in which he reveals that the game is going to be released on both WiiWare and DSiWare. He'd also rather drunk in the video, and as a result it contains several pieces of bad language - so consider this NSFW or for the ears of easily offended people. Footage of the game is also included.
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1. Bass X0
15 May 2009, 14:45 BST
I hope it does well.
2. Egg miester
15 May 2009, 14:53 BST
i do not understand why porting i phone games to the wii ware, i hope its good
3. Adam
15 May 2009, 15:13 BST
Nice. Looks just as fun as Advance Wars except with a much more interesting atmosphere and style. And fortunately a turn-based game should not be plagued by the same control issues Eternity's Child supposedly had (not that I've played it).
4. Damo
15 May 2009, 15:30 BST
I've been lucky enough to play the iPhone version (as you will no doubt have seen if you click the link in the news above) and it's great. Really polished, really well presented and has bags of potential. It will be perfect for the iPhone and I can imagine the controls will translate well to the Wii and DSi.
5. Hyper Luigi
15 May 2009, 15:34 BST
Looks neat,I must buy this.
6. Golgo
15 May 2009, 15:42 BST
Luc Bernard's presentations reminded me of the junkie towards the end of Withnail and I. Anyway, hard to improve on GBA Advance Wars, which is perfection.
7. pie4prez
15 May 2009, 15:56 BST
This game looks great. But what happened to Eternity's Child?
8. Damo
15 May 2009, 16:04 BST
@pir4prez - It's still being worked on by Alten8, Bernard has no involvement with it now.
9. zoipi
15 May 2009, 17:36 BST
Simply great... Thanks Damo to give us some impressions of the iPhone version... Now, waiting for news about Rose Princess...
10. NESGamepro
15 May 2009, 18:02 BST
That video needs subtitles. Can I get a WHAT?!
11. DaDun
15 May 2009, 18:14 BST
this looks bad imo i dont like this footage in comparison to advance wars AT ALL. Are all the attacks just spheres firing at ur opponents?
12. Swerd_Murd
15 May 2009, 20:00 BST
agree w/ DaDun...just looks unpolished. It seems very apparent that I'm not looking at a GBA or in-house game. Something about the fonts used and general presentation...plus this gameplay style has never appealed much to me.
13. LEGEND MARIOID
15 May 2009, 20:03 BST
Again, not my kind of thing, but could be a potential great of the ware service. The hits just keep on coming w.r.t. announcements of potentially good wiiware games
14. SupermarketZombies
15 May 2009, 21:22 BST
Ohhh snap I definitely want on the DSi. There are so few games to look forward to on DSiWare right now...
15. Toddr
15 May 2009, 21:22 BST
"He'd also rather drunk in the video,"
Shouldn't it be He's, not He'd?
16. Objection_Blaster
15 May 2009, 21:25 BST
Hope for the best. Be nice if we'd see ANY of his games on WiiWare at this rate.
17. Neomega
15 May 2009, 21:35 BST
@Objection_Blaster: too true.
18. Sean Aaron
15 May 2009, 21:50 BST
Turn-based strategy game on the Wii? Count me in!
19. theberrage
15 May 2009, 21:59 BST
I would have liked to play eternitys child on wiiware
20. Stratos
15 May 2009, 22:30 BST
Do we even know if Alten8 is still working on the title or if they've canned it? It's been so long for an 'optimized port' I'm beginning to wonder if they just scrapped the project.
21. WhoKnew
16 May 2009, 02:01 BST
This does look fun. Might get the DSiWare version.
22. SonicMaster
16 May 2009, 02:44 BST
I haven't been able to watch the video yet, but I'd like to see how drunk this guy is.
23. Corbie
16 May 2009, 02:51 BST
I've contacted Alten8 about this game and still no response. If I get one I'll post it in the news.
24. SonicMaster
16 May 2009, 03:26 BST
@corbie
So, do you know a bunch of these developer people?
25. Esposch
16 May 2009, 06:10 BST
@ SonicMaster
They're not hard to contact. Just find the email on their site and ask them something. Don't expect a proper reply, though, unless you write "BTW I help run the most reputable source for WiiWare news in the world." Just for clarification: I'm not saying Corbie doesn't know developers, I'm saying he doesn't have to to get news.
~Esposch
26. Haze4peace
16 May 2009, 10:49 BST
Wow this is a direct copy of Advance Wars... would rather have that instead.
27. Esposch
16 May 2009, 11:31 BST
@ Damo
Would Luke want you to show us this?
28. SonicMaster
16 May 2009, 16:25 BST
@espach
Thanks for answering that question directed at corbie. Would it be acceptable to ask someone a question and lie about running the site?
29. SonicMaster
16 May 2009, 16:27 BST
sorry for messing up your name, Esposch
30. SonicMaster
16 May 2009, 16:31 BST
Aargh! I hate it when you click the button more than once and your comment is posted multiple times. Something else completely random, the longest word in the dictionary is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. I'm in elementary school and I memorized that
31. Hardy83
16 May 2009, 17:03 BST
I do find it hilarious that more and more WiiWare games are just Iphone ports... As if the Iphone is becoming the the leader in downloadable games.. LOL oh wait, people say it's not a gaming machine.. LOL
32. Esposch
16 May 2009, 23:44 BST
@ Hardy83
Until they release an iPod Touch/iPhone with a D-pad, Joystick, some face buttons and L and R triggers, (and maybe a better pricing system to encourage more "real" games rather than encourage excessive amounts of quick ) it will never be a gaming machine. Looks at his DS games and remembers that the iPhone will never get a game of TWEWY's standard
@ Sonic Master
I personally wouldn't because:
a) That's a bit dog.
b) They'll probably be able to tell that you're lying.
You'd be better off asking one of the Nlife staff to ask the devs (if they're a huge corporation like Sqaure nix or Nintendo), or just ask yourself and don't lie if they're a small dev like Two Tribes or something. From my experience, small devs can be really nice and helpful, whereas big devs with customer support departments never actually support their customers.
33. SonicMaster
17 May 2009, 03:22 BST
@esposch
1. I was being sarcastic, but then again, it's hard to show sarcasm on the web.
2. I'm only 10, so I'm not really gonna do this a lot. Although, I may ask WayForward a question about the flip champs release date.
34. SonicMaster
17 May 2009, 03:23 BST
Would wayforward be considered a "small dev?"
35. Esposch
17 May 2009, 04:09 BST
@ Sonic Master
1) That's not sarcasm...
2) To my knowledge WayForward is both a small and nice dev. They will probably give you a straight answer
If i may ask though, why didn't you just go to WayForward.com and click contact in the first place?
Although I must ask, why didn't you just go to wayforward.com and click contact in the first place?
36. SonicMaster
17 May 2009, 04:20 BST
@esposch
Maybe it would help clarify that I was joking if i put lol.
37. minimario man
17 May 2009, 14:28 BST
DSi ware does apear to be getting a lot better. Nintendo better watch out and start creating more first party games!
38. GMo4824
18 May 2009, 08:12 BST
just give me Advance Wars
k thx
39. The_Indigo_Effect
21 May 2009, 04:24 BST
Luc is quite the professional!
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