Saturday, September 24, 2011

WayForward's Austin Ivansmith is a pretty awesome guy

I hope he won't mind me calling him out like this, but I just have to extend a digital/virtual high-five to Austin Ivansmith, a director at WayForward Technologies.

A few days ago, I wandered onto deviantart.com in the hopes of finding a few pieces of gorgeous game-related art that could be discussed and/or drooled over here.

Before I had a chance to search for said images, though, I noticed that a heretofore-unread note was sitting in my deviantart mailbox. The note, of course, had been sent by Ivansmith and included a download code for WayForward's Mighty Flip Champs DX.



I'm guessing he saw the whiny post ("Why didn't somebody tell me Mighty Flip Champs received a PSP port?") I published about said PSP title a few weeks ago, but I can't say that with any certainty since the content of Ivansmith's rather succinct note was limited to the afore- mentioned download code and a cheery reminder to keep an eye out for the company's upcoming 3DS release, Mighty Switch Force (which he promised will "rock your socks off").

Since I've only played through the first few stages of Mighty Flip Champs DX thus far, I can't say much about it at the moment. I'll do my best to spend a bit more time with it this weekend, though, so I can share some impressions with all of you next week.

8 comments:

Motherplayer said...

Cool! And at the same time I can give my first impressions on Solatorobo as well next week

Bryan Ochalla said...

Oh, yes, I'd looooove to hear your impressions of Solatorobo, Motherplayer! It's a game I've had my eye on and may actually buy at some point...

Mister Raroo said...

Oh snap! I need to download that. I have a code, too. I want to see how it compares to the DSiWare version (which I bought back when it came out).

Bryan Ochalla said...

Yes, go and download it now, Mister Raroo, and then let me know how it compares to the original.

Based on my limited experience with the PSP version (thus far), I'll definitely pick up the DSi version after I get a DSi and/or 3DS -- mainly because I'd like to get a better look at the graphics. (Everything's a bit too small on the PSP's usually-large-enough screen, IMO.)

Viewtiful_Justin said...

How great!

Bryan Ochalla said...

You own the DS version, didn't you Justin? And you liked it well enough?

Have you played Mighty Milky Way? I'm pretty interested in that one, too. Of course, I'll have to get a DSi or 3DS first.

And of course Mighty Switch Force looks great, too :)

Viewtiful_Justin said...

I haven't, but it's on my wish list. Mighty Switch Force will probably be the next thing I download when it comes out!

Bryan Ochalla said...

Oh, that's great (that you want both Mighty Milky Way and Mighty Switch Force). I'm going to have a hard deciding which digital games to buy when I finally get my hands on a 3DS. Speaking of which: Nintendo, where's my pink 3DS?!?