Thought it has been years since production stopped on the Nintendo Wii U, the console and its games have been well remembered. Every once in a while, theWii U even ends up trending on Twitterfor various reasons. One game studio liked the Wii U so much that it made a holiday-themed game available for the Wii U eShop, but just released it this January.
Ultra Dolphin Revolution is an indie game developer that specializes in retro-styled games for Nintendo consoles. Making games for older consoles isn’t unheard of, asthere are studios that still make games for the Game Boy. This indie developer has made several action arcade games for the Wii U such asShadow Archer,Space Hunted, andSpellcaster’sAssistant.
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Ultra Dolphin Revolution releasedSeasonalAssistantthis week, which is a festive spin-off ofSpellcaster’s Assistant. This magical retro arcade game is currently only on theWii U. The game has eight holiday-themed levels, and players use different festive magic and power-ups to get through the game. The studio comically tweeted that the game, instead of being late for the 2020 holidays, was just “super early for the 2021 holidays.”
It is interesting the Ultra Dolphin Revolution is releasing games likeSeasonalAssistantexclusively on the Wii U, even though also releasing the game on a console like the Nintendo Switch would probably increase its playerbase. While it’s unknown how may players will still have access to this game, it’s a nice thought for the developers to keep adding some new adventures to the Wii U. Adding new content for the console will at least balance out manyapps such as Netflix being discontinued on the Wii U.
The Wii U has quite the lasting power, especially since many players haveWii U exclusive games they want to come to modern consoles.Seasonal Assistantlooks like it is a cute enough game, and hopefully some gamers who still play on the Wii U will want to try it out.
Seasonal Assistantis available now on the Wii U eShop.
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