During GDC 2012, Two Tribes revealed that their plans to release Toki Tori 2 on to Nintendo’s new console will be met, whether it will be a launch title or not is still up in the air.

Toki Tori was orignally released on the Game Boy Color back in 2001, since then it was re-made to great success on WiiWare as a launch title, as well as iOS and PC. Two Tribes have been hard at work on the sequel to the puzzle platformer and they showed great enthusiasm a few weeks back to get it on to the Wii U. It seems their wish is Nintendo’s command.

During their talk about Toki Tori 2 at GDC last week, Collin van Ginkel, the Creative Director and Co-Founder of Two Tribes, said that “it will be on Wii U. Definitely. Yes.”

Then he changed face and worried that he wasn’t allowed to reveal that yet, what with all the secrecy Nintendo are practising with the Wii U. However, Martijn Reuvers, the Managing Director for Two Tribes assured Ginkel that is was find and added “we’re pretty sure that it’s going to happen really quickly after launch. Maybe at launch but we don’t know, depends on Nintendo plans.”

This indicates that the Wii U may be a viable place for indie developers to released their games on as a downloadable title, hopefully without the limitations that the current WiiWare has – though potentially controversial titles such as The Binding of Isaac quite obviously won’t have a place there. Two Tribes have already spoken of how they might use the Wii U’s hardware to provide a slightly different experience of Toki Tori 2 on other platforms:

“What could be very interesting, and what’s been requested countless times from the fans, is if we could incorporate a level editor utilizing the Wii U controller. This could mean that the game runs on the TV while you make adjustments to the level on the touchscreen in real time. We think that would work really well!”

More information on Toki Tori 2 can be found on the developer’s official website.

Thanks Nintendo World Report!

Huge news this morning for fans of Toki Tori by independent game studio Two Tribes as they’ve officially announced that Toki Tori 2 is in development. The game was originally released on the Game Boy Color by Two Tribes and published by Capcom. Since then though, Two Tribes has been recreating the title for various platforms under its own name with no publisher, something we can certainly respect around here.

Toki Tori 2 will see Two Tribes’ poultry mascot character return in a completely new adventure, developed from the ground up for today’s players and technology. The initial release will be through Steam for PC and Mac in the spring of 2012. Continuing the tradition of Two Tribes to support multiple platforms, subsequent releases on downloadable stores from Apple, Nintendo and more are planned.

The other big part of this news is that Two Tribes is actively seeking fans to help with the development. The game is still very conceptual at the moment and was made purpsefull so at this point in the announcement.

‘We’re starting with a super-early version of Toki Tori 2, which is basically interactive concept art, running on Steam for people to try out’, said Collin van Ginkel, creative director at Two Tribes, “we’re very excited to be able to involve the Two Tribes community in such a direct way!”

Starting today, fans can sign up for free for the Steam development version of Toki Tori 2 to help with the development. Only 200 copies will be released initially though so if you’re interested you might want to jump on this one quickly!

Write to tokitori2@twotribes.com to get involved!

No solid release date or pricing has been announced, but the game is expected sometime in Spring of 2012.

[Two Tribes]

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