It's awesome news. I told the creator of the game two years ago that I thought it would be a perfect title for WiiWare.   
 
 
  

My Interview With Joakim Sandberg 

Q: Do you have any plans to submit Noitu Love 2 to Nintendo for approval onto Wii Ware?. I myself think that the Wii is perfect given the nature of the control scheme you have devised, in fact I would say it could possibly improve upon the existing method. Do you think the same also?

Q: What are your overall thoughts on the service Nintendo are now providing?. Have you managed to play any of these Wii Ware games yourself, like say Lost Winds etc, and what are your thoughts on them?.

Q: Is what Nintendo are offering with Wii Ware attractive to you as a indie developer?

Q: What have been your favourite Nintendo games over the years, and what gaming systems were you raised on and from what age?

Q: What are your thoughts on the direction Nintendo have taken with the Wii & DS?.

Q: Is there any possibility of a DS version?

Q: If so are you able to see ways now in which you could utilize the unique capabilties of the DS such as dual screens and microphone in a Noitu Love game?

Q: Considering the success of Gunstar Future Heroes and Astroboy on GBA, Noitu Love 2 which has many similarities also seems perfect for a handheld version. 

Q: Is there any possibility for a fully fledged Wii game with greater polish and strengths all round in future?.

Q :Are you currently seeking to tie up some investment into such a project or you open to the idea of working with another licensed Wii developer in order to make that happen?

Q: If not, are you a one man show and intend on staying that way?

What's next for Noitu Love?, and what's next for you?

Q: Do you have any projects you are working on that you can give me some sneaky info on in teaser form?

Linkyshinks: 

Joakim: 

Free PC Demo:  http://www.konjak.org/

    * Audiosurf
    * Crayon Physics Deluxe :::winner:::
    * Hammerfall
    * Noitu Love 2: Devolution
    * World of Goo

There are plenty of games, both for consoles and PC, that would benefit -- or at least not suffer -- from Wii controls. Noitu Love 2 is not one of them.

Eh, yes it is, it's mainly cursor controls which the Wii does great. I suppose if you wanna nitpick then it's less than ideal to use the nunchuck's analog stick to move instead of a d-pad (then again, using keys as on PC is less than ideal too, while it wouldn't translate well on a standard gamepad that lacks good cursor controls), but that's minor especially given this game's style. Anyway, since that trailer sucks here's some dude's playthrough of level 1.

" There are plenty of games, both for consoles and PC, that would benefit -- or at least not suffer -- from Wii controls. Noitu Love 2 is not one of them. "

" @Icemael said:

" There are plenty of games, both for consoles and PC, that would benefit -- or at least not suffer -- from Wii controls. Noitu Love 2 is not one of them. "

You think a game which uses a pointer prominently as this game does, wont be great on WiiWare, why exactly :? Have you played the game? If you have, I'm really puzzled how anyone could think that the Wii's controls wouldn't benefit this game - It could use the Nunchuck instead of a keyboard for control, and the Wii Remote's IR instead of mouse - on both cases better control for this game than the PC original. 
 
The game is perfect for WiiWare, I said that to the games creator in my interview above, and he replied by agreeing with me."

That sounds like user error, the pointer works perfectly well outside a tiny minority of games that haven't implemented it right (like Zelda's port, where it's quite laggy, but thankfully it doesn't require fast paced twitch shooting from the players). Holding the pointer @ particular points of the screen is not a problem either.

I can personally confirm that yo this game is fuckin sick.
All Konjak's games are great.
 
If you like this, try Legend of Princess.

" That sounds like user error, the pointer works perfectly well. Holding the pointer @ particular points of the screen is not a problem either. "

Great news.  I've wanted to play this but my PC at home is broken.  Now I have no excuse not to try it.

@Al3xand3r said:

That sounds like user error, the pointer works perfectly well. Holding the pointer @ particular points of the screen is not a problem either.

No, it doesn't.

We hate to say this about "pre-alpha" software, but we're feeling lag. An on-rails shooter we tried out, dubbed The Shoot, was discernibly inferior to shooting experiences we've had on the Wii, both in precision and refresh rate of the aiming cursor.

" @Al3xand3r said:

" That sounds like user error, the pointer works perfectly well. Holding the pointer @ particular points of the screen is not a problem either. "

No, it doesn't. More or less everyone that went to the Playstation Move press conference, including GiantBomb (sixth paragraph, " the Move felt like a natural and precise way to aim my weapon, without the swimminess or jitter that you sometimes get when using the Wii Remote as a pointing device"), mentioned that it's superior to the Wii in that regard. In more slow-paced games (Resident Evil 4), or games that don't require a great deal of precision (Metroid Prime 3) the jitter isn't a problem at all, which probably is why you haven't noticed it; in a game like Noitu Love 2, however, which is both (very) fast-paced and requires precision, it's going to get in the way. "

Interesting. I was just thinking about playing this game a few days ago since I'm going through and indie game phase. I'll probably get it on the PC but it's good to know it's on the Wii as well.

Get it wherever, it's fuckawesome. A bit short but highly replayable given its difficulty and high score based gameplay, as well as grand unlockables.

" @Icemael said:

@Al3xand3r said:

" That sounds like user error, the pointer works perfectly well. Holding the pointer @ particular points of the screen is not a problem either. "

No, it doesn't.

Yes it does, it works perfectly well. Also, the GB crew suck at playing on Wii so, again, user error."

"I suppose I should have known these posts you've been making were going to lead into Move hype/praise at the expense of Wii despite the completely different topic. Lol. And no, it's not more or less everyone that agrees, at least from actual trustworthy sources (which GB isn't about Wii related comments honestly)."

" @Al3xand3r said:

" @Icemael said:

@Al3xand3r said:

" That sounds like user error, the pointer works perfectly well. Holding the pointer @ particular points of the screen is not a problem either. "

No, it doesn't.

Yes it does, it works perfectly well. Also, the GB crew suck at playing on Wii so, again, user error."

Try holding something in the air completely still. Impossible, isn't it? Yeah. And the Wiimote's IR reflects that by jittering. So unless you're some kind of robot, you either haven't actually used the Wiimote's IR, or you're lying. Hell, even in the video you provided, the cursor jitters constantly; not by much, of course, but in a game like Noitu Love 2, it's going to noticeable and, when it gets in the way -- which it will -- frustrating.

" @Al3xand3r said:

" @Icemael said:

@Al3xand3r said:

" That sounds like user error, the pointer works perfectly well. Holding the pointer @ particular points of the screen is not a problem either. "

No, it doesn't.

Yes it does, it works perfectly well. Also, the GB crew suck at playing on Wii so, again, user error."

Try holding something in the air completely still. Impossible, isn't it? Yeah. And the Wiimote's IR reflects that by jittering. So unless you're some kind of robot, you either haven't actually used the Wiimote's IR, or you're lying. Hell, even in the video you provided, the cursor jitters constantly; not by much, of course, but in a game like Noitu Love 2, it's going to noticeable and, when it gets in the way -- which it will -- frustrating.

" @Icemael said:

"Try holding something in the air completely still. Impossible, isn't it? Yeah. And the Wiimote's IR reflects that by jittering. So unless you're some kind of robot, you either haven't actually used the Wiimote's IR, or you're lying. Hell, even in the video you provided, the cursor jitters constantly; not by much, of course, but in a game like Noitu Love 2, it's going to noticeable and, when it gets in the way -- which it will -- frustrating.

I do not hold it in the air but pose my wrist on my lap, that is how I managed to finish Trauma Center. Give it a go and you'll see that there will be no jitter and that you'll be able to hold the cursor perfectly still. "

" @Icemael said:

"Try holding something in the air completely still. Impossible, isn't it? Yeah. And the Wiimote's IR reflects that by jittering. So unless you're some kind of robot, you either haven't actually used the Wiimote's IR, or you're lying. Hell, even in the video you provided, the cursor jitters constantly; not by much, of course, but in a game like Noitu Love 2, it's going to noticeable and, when it gets in the way -- which it will -- frustrating.

It sounds like you're lying and/or playing wrong. Outside lightgun games, you don't hold it in the air (unless you want to, but then why complain), in which case there's still no "jitter", there's your own movement reflected. Plenty Wii games however have cursor smoothing (Metroid Prime 3, Red Steel 2 for example) that ignores tiny movements like that, however, but there's a fine balance as it's going against precision. "

Your "above response" is still blatantly false. Resting the remote in your lap or against your body doesn't make you unable to instantly, perfectly, steadily aim anywhere on the screen using slight wrist movements. You don't nail it down. Plus, all my previous responses which still very much apply against everything you've claimed here. It's honestly quite baffling how some people (see you, the GB crew, and the like) are so clueless and/or so unable to play such simple Wii games perfectly well. There are plenty games where you need to aim accurately and fast, as in the video I've posted here twice, and plenty more, like all the SEGA lightgun shooters, and it's perfectly, easily (with some practice, as in any challenging game of course) doable outside a tiny minority of games that haven't implemented it right. In any case, you seem set on your ways so I'll agree to disagree. Fine, you get jitter, I don't, you can't do this or that, I can. By you I mean the likes of you as in the previous parenthesis and by me I mean pretty much everybody else. End of the story as far as I'm concerned, you can keep trying to convince people who don't know/do better. In other news, NOITU LOVE 2 ROCKS, GET IT ON PC OR WII PEOPLE, IT'S SO TOTALLY WORTH IT.

"(if your arm actually jitters as opposed to being very slightly unsteady, you should get it checked)."

"Does your wrist jitter?"

@Al3xand3r

"Calling out the Wii for such "jitter" is like saying arcade lightgun games are flawed because they don't help keep you steady and you have to actually aim. There's no jitter, there's perfectly accurate pointer control, that if you jitter, will obviously also jitter. Saying "it" jitters implies it does it on its own without input. It doesn't jitter."

@Al3xand3r

" Your "above response" is still blatantly false. Resting the remote in your lap or against your body doesn't make you unable to instantly, perfectly, steadily aim anywhere on the screen using slight wrist movements."

@Al3xand3r

"You don't nail it down. It's honestly quite baffling how some people (see you, the GB crew, and the like) are so clueless and/or unable to play such simple Wii games perfectly well. There are plenty games where you need to aim accurately and fast, as in the video I've posted here twice, and plenty more, like all the lightgun shooters, and it's perfectly, easily (with some practice, as in any challenging game) doable. "

GETTING BACK TO DISCUSSION ABOUT THE ACTUAL GAME (Alexander/Icemael, you've hijacked the thread. Take Wii accuracy elsewhere) I've never played it, but it seems like a natural fit after Cave Story made the leap. Wishlist add!
 
Oh, and it came out on my birthday in its original release! Kickass!

Well i suppose that the conclusion of this all is that i am a robot ^^
 
I have no problem whatsoever with fast paced Wii IR games. Trauma Center is just as hectic if not more then this game. Anyway i suppose that the special moves might be triggered by motion controls in this case and that the cursor will be used less then in the PC version/

Trying to get a follow up interview ;p

Ask him if he's a robot like me and Rallier. Maybe this whole thing is a world domination scheme. Xoda can't save you!