The Wonderful 101: Remastered Smashes Through Kickstarter Goal Within Hours Of Launch
Back in 2013, PlatinumGames released The Wonderful 101, an action-adventure game that follows the exploits of the Wonderful Ones as they work to save the planet from the invading aliens of the Geathjerk Federation. It was generally well-received by the gaming community, with critics and players giving it mostly-favorable reviews, including a Metacritic score of 78/100. Saleswise, it managed to hold its own as well, not quite setting any records but certainly selling decently enough.
Now, PlatinumGames is back with plans to remaster the title, as well as adding a bit of content. PlatinumGames released the title for the Wii U and worked with Nintendo to do so, but are flying mostly solo this time around with a bit of help from Nighthawk Interactive. Instead of getting support from Nintendo as their publisher, they’ve turned to Kickstarter for a crowdfunding effort.
Within only a few hours of launching the Kickstarter, the fans absolutely annihilated the goal. Asking for just shy of USD $50,000, they’ve currently funded USD $926,892 as of writing this – a number that is still rising so fast that we’ve had to update that number four times as we write this. Currently, there are a little under 13,884 backers.
