XType Plus temporarily removed from the Wii U eShop
One of the highlights of today’s downloads was XType Plus, a Nintendo Web Framework shooter selling for a budget price. Unfortunately it seems a sizable leaderboard bug has resulted in the game being removed from the eShop for the time being, though those that have already downloaded it can still play it minus the disabled online features.
Dominic Szablewski of PhobosLab reveled the news earlier today on Twitter, and expounded on details to Nintendo Life …
“Shortly after the EU launch we had people reporting hard lockups of the console every time they tried to access online functionality. We haven’t seen these issues before, because it likely only happens with a few hundred entries in the highscore tables.”
Dominic’s gone on to tell Pure Nintendo that it was a mutual decision between Nintendo and PhobosLab to “pull the game until the issues fixed.” No word on when that might be at present, but we’ll be sure to update accordingly.
A couple members of the Pure Nintendo team had received early press codes, and were enjoying comparing scores with other members of the media. I suspect that once this bug is ironed out many will enjoy the game, especially at its budget $2.99 price.
Did you download XType + before it was pulled? Did you experience any bugs? Were you enjoying the game? Please share a comment with us if you like.
July 31, 2014
was just about to purchase then the buy button was greyed out :(
July 31, 2014
Hopefully it’ll be sorted out soon. It’s a fun little game, if you’re into the bullet hell, boss battle type shooters. The leaderboards really give it legs!
July 31, 2014
yeah but unfortunately the leaderboard’s what broke it… i think it’s less to do with the dev and more to do with nintendo’s web framework. my wii has only crashed a few times since launch day, all of the crashes have been when returning to home menu from eShop/miiverse/ib…it needs tobe fixed
August 1, 2014
Don’t get me wrong, I’m grateful for all of the advances in technology and horsepower over the last thirty years, but I often find myself longing for the days when consoles didn’t “crash”. Computers crash, and originally that was one of the key advantages of console gaming. Sure you’d occasionally turn blue and pass out from blowing in cartridges, but that just enhanced the experience!!
August 1, 2014
I hear you. Still, I cut an indie dev some slack. It’s a framework game selling for just $2.99. The bug is annoying, but I’ve seen worse from big budget studios and supposed AAA games!
I’m grateful it was yanked quickly! This way not too many will have a chance to get frustrated. Will be fun when fixed.
I miss blowing on cartridges, ha ha! Good memories. :)