"The Capcom fiasco -- if you want to call it that -- lit a fire under our butts to give [iOS development] a try and see if we can make something there," Twisted Pixel CEO Mike Wilford has told Touch Arcade. Of course, the "fiasco" he's referring to was Capcom's appropriation of Splosion Man's core gameplay mechanic for its MaXplosion, similarities that Wilford himself told Joystiq were "nauseating" back in January.
But forget about all of that: Twisted Pixel is working on an iOS game! "We're working on something. Nothing to announce yet. Hopefully, relatively soon we'll having something to share with you guys," Wilford said. While he played coy on what this new project is, Wilford did say that the staple of "character-driven IPs" created at Twisted Pixel provide potential for "a lot of fun stuff."
Baby Splosion Man? The Fingerstringer? The Maw(ing at your iOS screen)? What do you guys think Twisted Pixel is up to?
Reader Comments (16)
Posted: Jun 27th 2011 9:40PM Schlecht said
I'd be all over Splosion Man on my iTouch.
Posted: Jun 27th 2011 9:44PM copa said
Holy crap, it's been six months since Capcom claimed that after they got busted on Maxplosion, "we are saddened by this situation and hope to rebuild the trust of our fans and friends in the gaming community."
I have an idea for rebuilding our trust, Capcom. How about if you stop charging for that cheap ripoff and take it down from the App Store?
I have an idea for rebuilding our trust, Capcom. How about if you stop charging for that cheap ripoff and take it down from the App Store?
Posted: Jun 27th 2011 9:46PM darkinchworm said
Somewhat related: This seems like a petty gripe, but of anyone here who has played Ms. Splosion Man at all - beta or otherwise - did anyone else find the titular character extremely annoying?
Posted: Jun 27th 2011 9:48PM daraikenu said
I'm hoping Splosion Man Jr., where our hero can use loaded diapers as bombs.
Posted: Jun 27th 2011 10:00PM BLipp18 said
when they gonna give PSN some love? :(
Posted: Jun 27th 2011 11:01PM NaeemTHM said
@BLipp18
Speaking of which, does Twisted Pixel have some kind of exclusive deal with Microsoft? All their games so far have been XBLA exclusive (save for Maw) so I'm surprised to see them develop a mobile game for anything but WP7. As an iOS user I'm delighted however.
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Speaking of which, does Twisted Pixel have some kind of exclusive deal with Microsoft? All their games so far have been XBLA exclusive (save for Maw) so I'm surprised to see them develop a mobile game for anything but WP7. As an iOS user I'm delighted however.
Posted: Jun 28th 2011 12:35AM Uberdave said
They should make a game called Microman about a boy who gets turned into a cyborg to fight 7 evil cyborgs and steal their weapons for his own use.
He will be known as alernative smooth jazzman in japan.
He will be known as alernative smooth jazzman in japan.
Posted: Jun 28th 2011 3:48AM Cube said
As long as it gets ported to Android.
Posted: Jun 28th 2011 4:52AM Dehnus said
And then MS bags it as an exclusive to Windows Phone 7 and they all LULZ! (Really hope it doesn't get to that, but I wouldn't be surprised ).
Posted: Jun 28th 2011 10:30AM Fire Walk With Me said
Is iOS development really news? Just crank it out in a month and release it.
Posted: Jun 28th 2011 3:46PM yomachaser said
@Fire Walk With Me Herp Derp. I dont respect the platform so it's games must be 5 minute to compile shovelware.
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Posted: Jun 28th 2011 11:36AM Xoonaka said
This is kind of funny. They got burned by a copy cat product... so now they're going into a market place FULL of copy cat developers and products.
So... I guess the lesson they learned was "Hey, it's not so bad"
So... I guess the lesson they learned was "Hey, it's not so bad"






