This Nintendo Indie Showcase debut had platformer fans calling it a Pizza Tower clone, but they're both inspired by the same 2001 GBA classic
Apr. 18, 2024Wario Land’s influence still lives decades later
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Pizza Tower fans have been waiting for the well-loved PC indie platformer to make the jump to consoles, but this week’s Nintendo Indie Showcase once again failed to deliver that announcement. Instead, we saw a very similar-looking game called Antonblast - and while some elements of the fandom were quick to call it a “Pizza Tower clone,” both games owe their inspiration to a much older Nintendo classic.
Thankfully, those voices were quickly drowned out by people setting the record straight. Both games can trace their origins to Wario Land, they’ve both been in development for a long time, and Antonblast seems poised to be just as cool as Pizza Tower. We’d have to shut down Steam if multiple retro-inspired indie platformers couldn’t exist at once, you know?
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