At least something after the bad news after world of goo

Well, I guess I'll have to pick up the PC version now. At least for the time being. I hope some US publisher will consider giving the game a try here in the US on the WiiWare service.

Why didn't this get the epic fail picture?

Although I should be happy that this would make up for World of Goo, im actually quite sad for the Americans. Also I hope this isnt a sign of things to come because America and Japan have quite a few games I would like released over here and if they start limiting releases like this I may miss out on some of the games I really want... then the only option "gulp" would be having to resort to alternative means of getting the game and to be honest I would rather buy my wiiware games rather than wad installing region unlocked version.

oh come on this was one of my few hyped wiiware games coming out and for the record he would get a lot more sales on wii ware then pc. a pc game has to be well known and hyped to get sales

This is what I wanted most.

@deshadow52

Did you read the article correctly?

It is written that Eternity's Child is going to be released first in Europe, and well I do not control the releases, and let's make this clear, I do not even own Eternity's Child Wiiware version. Alten8 does, so they want to go first with europe and don't have any plans for USA at the moment, but that does not mean it won't come out in the USA, it just means it will come out later.

Again I don't know when I do not own the Wiiware version.

^Hi Luc!

I'm sure it means it will be released at a later date, like DYC or Pop here in Europe. No need to worries, just buy the steam one and when it gets released on WiiWare buy it again

Whoooooooosh
I love the french temperament

yeah it's just people should not get angry at me directly, I do not control the release

besides both versions will have their own exclusives

and at 5 dollars it's not like we're ripping anyone off

@lucbernard

well i did. I might of misunderstood, sorry. But you did say something like "there is no press surrounding the game we dont know if people will want it" but i guess that could mean your thinking about it

@deshadow52

I was talking about other games that I have pitched to publishers, which had great game design (probably some of the best I've designed), but got shot down because they weren't known

okay i understand now sorry

Wow... What a surprise...

Hi Luc... Im glad that you take the time to read and reply to comments regarding games I only wish more people (designers and developers) would do that.

I really do hope that the game does get a US release as this seems to be one of the most anticipated third party wiiware games more or less since wiiware was first announced.

@lucbernard

for the record though i wasnt mad at you directly i was just mad(i didnt even know you were on wiiware world) but im glad you told me to read the article again it got me to understand whats going on a bit better. and i am excited for this game to come out and i hope it gets succesful.

That's strange because I very recently emailed Alten8 and they said it would indeed be coming out in North America for WiiWare.

I wonder if they had this and the world of goo releases for each country planned all along.

Apparently it costs a lot of money to put games onto a virtual system to sell to us or something? I mean is the translation from PAL to US really as difficult and time consuming and money depleting as they have made it out to be over the decades? Geez.

@XCWarrior

well it is being translated to seven or more languages and that doesnt sound easy

@bwaybuddy26

well you must know more than I do from what i heard Europe is first
lol haha isn't that hilarious I don't even know when my own game is coming out

@lucbernard

yeah thats got to suck. youd think they would give you such details

i'm still confident we'll get it, SSR was originally a Japan-only release, but Hudson decided America should have it too. If we don't get it, i'm going to be so sad though, I'm not a fan of pc-gaming unless it's RTS.

hey Luc !!

MY GOD A DEVELOPER ACTUALLY POSTED!

This is actually one of the games I was really, really looking forward to. It LOOKS great, the level designer-

Wait, it's five dollars? Okay, I really need to clean the fridge for this game! Stupid Nintendo...

I'd take eternitys child over world of goo. although they both look like really fun games. Eternitys Child is my most wanted game. Surely it'll come out in north america.... $$$$$$$$$ !

Oh well......

It doesn't really matter to me that much if we get it or not.

Even though the game looks pretty good.

Wow, seriously? That sucks..... This game was literally my most anticipated wiiware title. I guess I'll be picking it up on steam then...

This sucks, I wanted to play that game

this was one of my most wanted games on WiiWare. And I hate Steam with a passion so that is out of the question. I really hope it does come to NA sometime, keep up the good work Luc.

I am really looking forward to this so a NA release would be appreciated. k thanks.

I want to play it too

Fark Steam

I was/am looking forward to this on the wii.

I have will have to submit some daily "questions" using the everybody votes channel regarding a us release.

This seems fair now...

i aggre with Versus22, this seems fair now

Man, this blows... Why can't everyone just get games around the same time. I've been looking forward to EC for a long time, and I'm not really a big PC gamer, so I'll try to wait it out, unless it looks like its never gonna make it to WiiWare in the U.S. at all. This game looks like a blast, and I've been really wanting to play a new 'classic-style' platform for a really long time and this game looks like exactly what I was waiting for. I guess I'll have to wait a while longer now. Who knows, maybe I will get it for the PC, I just really wanted to use the Wiimote and the Nunchuck... I'm not a big fan of using the mouse and keyboard for video games.

well all we do now about this whole situation is hope for the best its not like its saying its never going to be realeased (even though thats what i thought its said at first) so im sure well get it its just not planned yet

nooooo!! I want Eternity's Child in America!!! It was an instant download for me...

I was interested in this game for the artwork, price, and accessibility on the wii ware service. I can't stop downloading games!!! I also never buy pc games so I hope this eventually makes it to wii ware otherwise I'm sure I'll be missing out on this one.

If it's already translated to English, why not release it in NA?

Unfortunately if the game is just released on PC, half the people who play the game will do so illegally. Alten8 will make much less money than if they released the game via WiiWare, so this seems like a very bad business decision.

In World of Goo's case, they needed the money right away, so they had to make their decision. I'm not sure why Alten8 did this though...

god why is it that people don't realise business, it's not as easy as Oh let's just release it in NA tommorow...

european companies deal with Nintendo Europe, americans deal with the USA one

both are seperate and do not act as a whole

oh yes and you think that us devs of EC are rolling in cash lol, now see why it's multiplatform?

One thing I don't quite understand that perhaps Luc could possibly explain to me. Why does it seem that Devs are extremely dependent on publishers for WiiWare? I though the point of WW was to circumvent them all together so you Dev's can make a better and direct profit? Or is that a long term goal for you once you have a bit more cash to play with?

PS- Thanks for actually hopping on the comment section and chatting with us about this. I think this is the first time I have gotten to speak with a Developer directly.

Luc, you can't really expect people to understand the industry. Some of these folks might even be kids. I've worked in the industry a tiny bit, and I still don't get the international business stuff. I think sometimes we imagine that all publishing companies are huge and international, like Nintendo or Toyota.

well it all depends on the dev, some devs are big companies on Wiiware (like the guys who did Lostwinds, Gyrostarr, etc...)

while others are indies like us and World Of Goo and we fund the games out of our own personal pockets

Most people look at this and say, "Well that sucks, I guess I won't get it now." It's much more accessible as a downloadable service. It'd be different if Alten8 released the game on WiiWare, and released it retail. Then it'd be multiplatform.

As it stands now, WiiWare games get looked at every day by millions of people; How many people without a PC have heard of this game? Since EC is supposed to be a good price for consumers, it would have been instantly downloaded on a whim for some people. People would've said, "Oh wow, this game looks cool, and its a decent price, I guess I'll download it." That won't happen with the PC. As it stands now, people have to know about this game, and be willingly to go out of their way to purchase it, and thats too much work for many Americans. I also fall into the category of, this would've been an instant download, but now I'm not as sure. If this game were released on WiiWare, with millions upon millions of Americans owning Wii's, you'd be rolling in cash much more sooner than you think.

Is that a goal for you to eventually self publish them though? It sounds like some of your more unique game ideas would only be able to see the light of day intact that way. It is sad that creativity has to fight through corporate and mass appeal.
And are you able to take out loans for your projects or do you have to wait until you save up enough from another job or project?

If the game sells well in Europe, is a US WiiWare release possible?

I'm not bothered, I wasn't interested in this game anyway.

please come out here i don't care if they make it cost more here like they did with Toki Tori I'll still get it and I'm sure others will do the same whats a few extra dollars for a great game like this.

"slaps head"

lol EC will come to the USA eventually

yay!!!!!

As they say, when a door is closed, a window gets opened.

I wonder if this has to do with the weak dollar and strong euro again... people love to blame things on the weak dollar and strong euro. I say, "Bollocks!".

well the dollar is very weak indeed, but for example the Steam version will be 5 dollars worldwide (so cheaper for europeans)

but EC wiiware will be 500 points everywhere

Oh the irony... oh well, the way I see it, this is a good thing. If this comes out in Europe first, the reviews will come out and tell me if I have reason or not to be excited for this game. I've been waiting for a game to be excited for anyway. And from the way Bernard seems to be correcting us that EC will eventually be coming to America, I have no worries.

Much props, Luc.

I can't tell you how refreshing it is to hear of games with original concepts and art direction. Can't wait to play one of your games! Also, thanks for chatting!

If I pick it up I think I would get it on Steam, despite living in Europe. Steam is an amazing service, really.

eh, I wouldn't of bought it anyway.

Well I'll support your games however I can Luc. I definitely love the fresh ideas that you're bringing to the table.

Well wasnt getting this game anyway since there is still a bunch of games I want to get before I even think about getting this one. I have to say though this is pretty stupid since NA has such a large market (and a bunch of cheap scapes) that this game will sell tons here. Kind of like DYC (which is good)

St33v angry!
Now if only I could find something to smash.....

Blows, I was gonna buy if this was cheap.

I see if they plan to do that kind of release then when the time comes when i will own the rights to legend of dragoon the prequal , remake and sequal will only be release in america, canada and japan at the same time. europe will have wait longer for thier release. now its fair and about the whole legend of dragoon part is not a joke or a lie im serious about this.

haha. americans. o... wait.

I was hoping for an American release.

its going to come here sometimes how many game does europe and japan have that we dont its usually north america and japan but no europe release. and i think that its might not sell well here is wrong since its north america sure its not a huge press everywhere talking about it game but people will buy it because it looks good and its cheap what more could you ask for in a game besides gameplay but since the game isnt out yet we dont about it yet but im sure it has that to

@Luc: thanks for such a cool game! sry nintendo's so dumb... i'm really kind of done with them! but i'll want to play EC, soo.. lol

=O,
I was looking forward to this game =

WHAAAAAAAAAAT!!?? O.O
This must be some kind of joke right?

Hopefully Luc will come to his senses and release EC here after all. It's my most wanted Wiiware game.

Wait, so EC WILL see an eventual release here?

WHEEEEEEEEEEE!!!

Sorry Luc for being such a whiny bitch lol.

Sometimes it's very easy to tell who has read the comments and who hasn't. looks a couple messages up

Admittedly, I'm one of those that took this as "no US release ever, sucks to be you". But as has been said, just because a US release hasn't been announced doesn't mean it won't ever get here. Gotta at least wait for it to release in the homeland, first.

And seven languages, huh? Lessee... English, French, Spanish, Italian, German... What am I forgetting? Polish, maybe. Greek? Bet it's real fun, though, considering how different some of these languages are.

so this is confusing. the article is called " NO PLANS for a North American Release" and contains the quotes "Eternity’s Child is currently only coming out in Europe on WiiWare for the moment." but in the comments we're being told it WILL have a U.S. release???

I'm deaply confused. Eternitys Child was my most wanted game. And for some reason I can't bring myself to play PC games so Wiiware was kinda my only option. Although I'm pretty sure when the sales stack up in Europe, that (can't remembers it's name so I'll say A8) A8 will decide to bring the wiiware version to the states, or whatever company that does it.

^ so y r u confused

Us europeans will just have to make sure we actually buy this game when it comes out (on the day of release if possible; save those Wii points!). Then if it's a hit and there's demand for it, it's certain to be published in the states by someone. Heck, if it's a Geometry Wars sized hit then Nintendo may even publish it themselves.

Guess it pays to read those comments...

are we gonna get Eternity's Child or not??

YES EVENTUALLY

Looking forward to the release.

I'd get it for PC if my compy can keep up with the system requirements...it never seems to. That's why I'm really hoping for a WiiWare release. But hey...there's still a chance...so here's hoping!

I can't imagine this game NOT coming to US WiiWare. A platformer of this artistic beauty and classic platforming design is precisely what WW is all about.

meh... I would rather have world of goo

@ ZIMlord- Agreed. World of Goo looks really good, I'm not too worried about this game anymore. I'll give it a looksie after it's already out, whenever that may be.