Cubed3 writes: "NyxQuest: Kindred Spirits is indie developer Over The Top Games' debut title for WiiWare, or indeed any platform. Previously known as Icarian, it follows the story of Nyx - a winged female who descends from the heavens in search of her mortal companion Icarus. Greek mythology and platforming abound, but is it worth your time?
Comparisons to Frontier Games' Lost Winds are inevitable - both are independently developed platformers featuring 3D graphics on a 2D plane (though the style and tone of each are vastly different), and both use the Wii remote for a variety of interesting purposes. That's not to say that NyxQuest is derivative to a fault, though. It is, in fact, refreshingly innovative in the way it expounds on a few simple gameplay mechanics to create an endearing experience that never overstays its welcome..."
Spanish independent developer Over The Top has had to change the name of its WiiWare platformer, Icarian: Kindred Spirits, which was released in Europe last Friday, to NyxQuest: Kindred Spirits.
The four-strong developer has had to change its website, including domain and design, and reissue the self-published game, which we reviewed very favourably yesterday.
>Icarian: Kindred Spirits
>NyxQuest: Kindred Spirits
>a trademark claim by another videogame company.
Which videogame company would ask a little developer to change Icarian to NyxQuest? Does it have something to do with... Kid Icarus, maybe?
Well this is where the word is from http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...
There are also a number of different companies in various industries that use that name or similar. Originally being a religious word you usually can't trade mark that kind of stuff in any way in most countries. So I am wondering how they infringed on any body.
From Article:
"Icarian drifts onto WiiWare in a delicate flutter of sunlight and feathers, a gentle fable invoking a dustier age, riddled with broken temples and buried beneath layers of burning sand. Rarely has a game spent this kind of effort cultivating such a brittle air: characters are loose-limbed and finely made, the landscapes are elegantly shattered vistas of heroic Greece, and even the handful of cut-scenes are built out of pottery. But beneath the exquisitely fragile presentation lies a surprisingly robust platformer. Like LostWinds before it, Over the Top's debut is a simple pleasure – and, at around three hours' duration, a fairly brief one – but the pace is perfect, the presentation is a subtle delight, and the dozen or so levels wring every last drop of creativity from the barest of mechanics."
Nintendo Life writes: "Over the Top Games is yet another indie developer to keep a watchful eye on. They came out of nowhere with Icarian: Kindred Spirits and have managed to create a beautiful looking game which is also lots of fun to play. It's true that it is not a massive game, you should be able to beat it 100% in just 3 hours, but those 3 hours will be completely filled with pure platforming bliss. This is exactly the sort of thing we want to see more of on WiiWare and comes highly recommended to all".
