Yesterday, during the latest Indie World presentation, WayForward revealed Yars Rising – a new Metroidvania based on the classic Atari franchise.
Veteran game designer James Montagna is leading this new project and clearly has a fresh take on game design after teaming up w ith Nintendo for last year’s Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp.
Here’s the mind-blowing experience that Nintendo’s game creators apparently had with it (via the game file):
“It’s like seeing a color that doesn’t exist. Like, there’s no name for that color. I couldn’t even imagine that before. But once it touches you and you see it, you just can’t see it any other way.”
Many developers have mentioned how they grew up as fans of Nintendo games and idolizing famous faces like Shigeru Miyamo to, so it’s always nice to hear stories like this. Back last year, Metroid Dread team MercurySteam described working with Nintendo as a “game changing experience”.
Yars is set to arrive later this year on the Switch eShop, and Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp is already available for purchase.
