Hex Heroes Kickstarter (Wii U)

[Metal Ghost]

Hex Heroes for the Wii U: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/prismaticgames/hex-heroes?ref=live

 

"Party game meets RTS for all ages on Wii U eShop. 4 players on the TV team up with 1 on the gamepad to build, fight, strategize & win!"

 

It looks to be the same team behind the recent game "The Bridge". I've also heard that there is a connection to 'The Wreekater', though I'm not sure about that. Looks to be some cool character cameos as well in the game if the Kickstarter is successful (including Juan from Guacamelee!).

 

I've backed this project....it really seems like the type of game that understands how to take advantage of the Wii U gamepad in a new and fun way. Marry that to a genre that I especially like, and an approach that will allow me to play that type of game with my kids?!?! Yea, I'm in.

 

Just wanted to make others aware as well! I posted this into the general 'Modern Gaming' forum, but really wanted to call attention to it here in the Wii section as well.

[Amstari]

Thanks for letting us know about this Kickstarter.

 

This looks like a lot of fun! I will definitely be backing this one.

[Amstari]

Just bumping this because I really want it to reach the goal.

 

It is up to $33,800 on $80,000 with 10 days to go.

[Metal Ghost]

I'm keeping my fingers crossed. They have a lot of cool cameos already slated to make an appearance. They're currently trying to get Steve from Minecraft in. If Notch mentions that via Tweet or something, that alone may get word of mouth up enough to push this over the edge!

 

They've had, in my opinion, quite a lot of good publicity in on this project in places like Joystiq, Polygon, etc. If I go on the assumption that this is a great idea (which it is!), then the fact that they're not further along in donations I have to assume is an indication of the state of RTS's, or more likely the Wii U and that Wii U owners aren't big into backing projects in a Kickstarter like environment. Either way,