Flappy Bird action comes to Wii U with Spikey Walls
You knew it was going to happen eventually but there’s a Flappy Bird clone on the way to the Wii U eShop.
Developer of Blok Drop U, RCMADIAX has announced that it is brining ‘Spikey Walls’ to the Wii U eShop later this year. The game will be available for a insanely cheap $0.99, which could be good for a laugh.
Sadly being $0.99 means we’re probably unlikely to ever see the game here in Australia, much like all the games from RCMADIAX. Which is a shame, our classification system sucks.
[quote]The new title is called SPIKEY WALLS, and many of you will recognize it as a popular spin-off of the famous “Flappy Bird” games that are dominating the mobile app stores these days. SPIKEY WALLS uses the state-of-the-art precision of the Wii U GamePad’s physical buttons versus the lag of a mobile devices touch screen. You will enjoy hours of fun trying to score the highest and brag on Miiverse when you’re finished each session. To make it easier to keep track of your highest attempt, RCMADIAX developed an in-house, state-of-the-art, “HIGHSCORE” tracker you can see right on the title screen. “WOW”![/quote]
I was surprised that Gunman Clive had made it here considering that it was only $2.50 (around $1.85 when it was discounted), but there was also the fact that the game was developed by a single person, so I’m sure that he was happy with whatever money that the game would have made.
I fail to see why games such as these should even be subjected to the same classification process (and fees!) as more sophisticated games. It’s ridiculous. =/
Do these kinds of games need to be classified though? I noticed Master Reboot was on PSN the other day, while it’s yet to appear on eshop. I checked the classification site but could not find it listed. So unless I overlooked it somewhere, it would seem classification isn’t an issue on PSN, so why eshop?
Nowadays, the Classification Board’s database isn’t quite what it used to be. A lot of classification decisions are missing, and they’re not updating their database every working day like they used to.
Did the PSN page include a classification though, because technically, any game that is available for purchase via a video game console must be classified (with a few exceptions, such as education/fitness software), which is unfair, as games for mobile devices are exempt for some reason, but unfortunately, this is the system that is in place.
The PSN page included a mocked up looking classification that couldnt be confused with an official colour coded one. It was a blue square, darker blue than the M classification, with the text “PG” in what appeared to be a different font and no rectangle around it.
I took another look at the PSN download only section and checked out a few different games. Those by major publishers and a few indies had official colour coded classification logos. But quite a few other indie releases had that blue square with either “ALL”, “PG” or “15+” in it. So I wonder if they’ve been classified, why wouldnt they have the correct logo like the other games, and if Master Reboot had been classified months ago for PSN, what would the hold up on eshop be?