2D Platformer Eternity's Child Jumps from Live Arcade to Wii, Grabs Retail Publishing Deal

Last year, UK-based Frenchman Luc Bernard revealed Eternity's Child, an old-school whimsical platformer in full 2D, featuring fantasy environments and an angelic protagonist who had lost his wings. The game was planned for release through Xbox Live Arcade. Now, however, a new interview on French gaming site Art du Jeu reveals that, due to Live Arcade's space restrictions making the game's high volume of high-res 2D art unfeasible, the game has moved to a retail Wii release through UK publisher Alten8.

[Trick Nolte]

Use some Old School 2D with some visual flair. These screens are pretty nice and the Art style is cool and way different.

[ChickeyCantor]

these games are welcome!!!
2d is still great and nothing wrong with some artistic backgrounds =D

[DrPirate]

I have to agree, 2D is still great.

[cooke15]

Looks awsome! so this and that vanillaware game are coming to Wii.. Sweet :)

[heavyarms]

since its was coming to xbox arcade will it cost 5 bucks?

[BIadestarX]

I don't think so.. Expect it to cost like a retail wii game.

[cooke15]

it wouldnt of been 5 dollars on xbl. Also they would have been limited now they has 4.7gbs to work with to make it a bigger game, instead of 150mb's. It could be a budget price of 19.99. Mercury Revolution is going to retail for that price and it has pretty good reviews.. 8.5 at GS

[Dudeson42]

I can't wait!!! =)

[CNIVEK]

1.) The Wii CAN'T DO "hi-res"...only 480p.

2.) PLENTY of games have released to XBLA with awesome graphics, as well as lots of gameplay....at the ORIGINAL 50MB limit.

You only need to play RoboBlitz, to realize such a statement is BS. Full 3-D, hi-res textures from UE3, Havoc 2 physics, and awesome gameplay...and only 46MB. Compression is the key, but many devs are too lazy, or lack the skills to pull it off.

This was strictly about $$, and they're jumping on the Wii bandwagon. As an XBLA title, they're limited to people who have broadband, and a $5-$10 pricepoint. As a retail Wii title, they can market it to a much broader audience, and also up the pricepoint to the $30-$50 range. Smart business decision...but a bullsh1t answer to cover up the REAL reason for the move.

[ChickeyCantor]

define: hi-rez? are they talking pixels by pixels? or quality of the images?

And in 480P you could still manage pretty images, so the top images are plausible.

but glad to hear you are a dev i guess( yes that was sarcasm )

[Trick Nolte]

I also think that it could have fit on XBL but if I made something that looked like that I wouldnt want it to amongst XBL content anyways. IMO the game looks to good to be among mini arcade games and rehashes. I miss quality 2D Side Scrollers and to have a fresh new IP on the horizon is a breath of fresh air.

Who wouldnt want to have their game pressed up and published opposed to being to being tossed into a pile of mediocre dlc? Who wouldnt have their game sale for 5 bucks vs 50?

At the end of the day though as you said- "Its a smart business decision".

This looks to be something more worthy of a 5-10 dollar game. I myself would gladly drop $54.11 for a quality Old School 2D side scroller such as this one. I hope this game does well and hope it will inspire and show people like Capcom that we still love and are willing to buy 2D games.