The Wonderful 101 Gets Another Shot a Life

Developed by PlatinumGames and released late in 2013 for the Wii U as a second party title, The Wonderful 101 bombed at retail. Despite this, the game did manage to find fans and was one of the few titles on the Wii U that did not receive an enhanced port. Until now. Founded by Kickstarter, The Wonderful 101 Remastered will be heading to the Switch, PS4 and PC (sorry, XBO owners) getting a much needed shot at life.

The Wonderful 101 Remastered heading to platforms other than the Switch might come as a surprise. After all, it was thought that Nintendo owned the IP. Details aren't all divulged, but Nintendo was cool with W101R going to other platforms, which is awesome because more people will get to play the game.

W101 was one of the first Wii U games I picked up. With it not selling well, I was able to pick it up for $30 at Target. I didn't play a great deal of it, probably only a few hours and I recall struggling to execute some maneuvers but I enjoyed the little time I played of W101. Other games took priority over it, but W101 was a game I'd hope would make it to the Switch. Now I've got my wish and then some. The game received overwhelming support on Kickstarter, quickly racking up enough cash for PS4 and PC versions. With 30 more days to go as of this writing, we could get that remixed soundtrack ($1.75 million for it) in no time. Even as I was writing this post, I've watched that number climb more than once.

I want to play W101R and finish the game. I really like the art style of the game and those domino masks all the characters wear really do make the costume. Can we get a W101 art book? I would love to see all the rough draft, sketches and final designs that went into creating everything about this game.

Not only am I going to buy W101R, I plan to buy several copies. I'm getting some for my nieces, nephew and my co-workers. With the Kickstarter for this game being such a runaway success, I'd hate to seethe game not sell 2 million copies or more. I think that the reason W101R's Kickstarter took off the way it is due to the original game having fans and PlatinumGames is known for putting out very high quality titles. Astral Chain says "Sup?"