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Tuesday, April 14, 2009

WayForward Explains DSiWare's Might Flip Champs at GDC

In the same vein as its Developer's Voice videos for indie WiiWare titles, Nintendo posted an interview with WayForward (Lit, Contra 4, Shantae) on its upcoming DSiWare title, Mighty Flip Champs. Shot at the Game Developers Conference and posted yesterday on Wii's Nintendo Channel, the video shows the first footage of the offbeat 2D puzzle/platformer.

Mighty Flip Champs has players switching between alternate mazes displayed on the system's opposite screens, appearing in the exact spot on the next maze (or "page", to use creative director Matt Bozon's book metaphor).

Voldi Way, Wayforward's "tyrannical overlord," also indicates that the studio might have more DSiWare titles on the way: "We have drawers full of our own ideas that we normally can't do. Just like WiiWare, DSi gave us an opportunity to do something that we're really passionate about. Mighty Flip Champs just happens to be the first [idea]."

Also appearing on the Nintendo Channel yesterday, this odd advertisement for Vicarious Visions' DSiWare release Mixed Messages, which plays like a mix of Broken Picture Telephone and Route24's LOL (Archime DS):

[Via GoNintendo]

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