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This looks like it might be alright and it's only £2.69

That’s from the same guy that made Toree 3D, Toree 2, MacBat 64 and Regina & Mac. His newest game to date (Beeny) is a prequel to Super Kiwi 64 and – spoiler alert! – the final level of that is (I presume) the opening level of Super Kiwi 64.

Good to know Super Kiwi 64 is out tomorrow. It should be good – the rest of those games I listed are.

It's a simple niche that's kinda cool to see a Dev focus on for such a low price tbh! Looking forward to playing Kiwi after work tomorrow for sure

I get the feeling the guy just wanted these kind of games to play and decided to make them himself - nothing but respect for that.

Aye, that's why I really like the New blood devs too.

Speaking of 3D platformers, I wanted to bring this to people's attention. Lunistice looks like the sort of PS1-esque 3D platformer fans of e.g. Toree would get a kick out of, but bar Ninty Life's 9/10 review I've not seen it mentioned anywhere. Might get some wishlisting around these parts?

Unlike The Outbound Ghost in its current incarnation, apparently.

Yes Lunastice is great! The Dev has said they're working on a sequel that's Dreamcast era graphics too

The outbound ghost situation is the worst!

Free demo. for Lunistice too!

Think Cappa might have picked up Lunistice

I think Smurf was talking up Lunistice on twitter, full of praises he was.

Yeah Lunistice is ace, it's not very long but there's room for replays with speedruns, for a fiver it plays really well.

Normally that would put me off, but I really got on with the last 3D platformer focussed on speedrunning that I played this year!

Even if you don't go back to previous levels it's still a good time for very little money.

That’s the big eShop Christmas sale underway.

https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Nintendo-eShop/Nintendo-eShop-Sale/Nintendo-eShop-Sale-1460557.html

Well over a thousand games have been discounted, though disappointingly few from my own 50-odd game wishlist. Anything standing out for youse? The one I immediately saw and thought 'bugger me, what a bargain that is' was Huntdown at 80% off for £3.59:



Cracking game. James Pond II has also made an appearance in the eShop charts because it's only £1.99 - what a time to be alive!

I will hopefully get on the Lunistice at some point. I daren't look at the sale; spending small amounts of money is still more than spending nothing...

I almost bought Yooka Laylee, a game people tell me is shit, just because it's cheap. Luckily my new card didn't work and I couldn't be arsed to fix it.

Nah Yooka Laylee is alright, certainly for the £3 odd it costs, I do hear the sequel is the better game though which is more of a Donkey Kong Country than a Banjo Kazooie.

I've no shortage of good 2D platformers, though.

The Impossible Lair is very, very good though. I might have enjoyed it more than any of the Donkey Kong Country games to be fair.

Remiss of me not to mention that Neo Turf Masters/Big Tournament Golf is half price again.

+1 to Impossible Lair being great. It's baffling that a game as terrible as Yooka Laylee could produce a top tier platformer for a sequel, but my goodness they killed it.

+1 to Impossible Lair being... er, good. It's really solid, like really solid - but it's so bereft of anything new in its levels, with the possible exception of a couple of the B-sides or whatever they're called, that I don't think Buska's missing out on much if he overlooks it. And I still think the Lair is pants. Still good, mind.