Atari has announced it will publish N+, a souped up version of the popular Flash game N, on the DS and PSP this November. For those that have never played N, it is described as "a psychotic mix of Pac-Man and platform jumping acrobatics." With ninjas.
Similar in idea, graphical style and playability to Line Rider, the latest ubercool web game to get the nod for DS and PSP conversion is N (The Way of the Ninja), or as this version will officially be known, N+.
The first downloadble content pack for N+ is available right now from the Xbox Live Marketplace. This is the first of three DLC releases for possibly the most challenging Xbox Live Arcade game released to date.
DarkZero: According to the developers site the DLC will offer 150 "easier" Singleplayer levels and 50 "regular difficulty" Co-op Multiplayer levels when it get's released "very very soon - by the end of July!"
Joystiq writes: "A little ninja scampered across our screen to bring news that Metanet, developer of N+, has three level packs for the Xbox Live Arcade version of the game ready and waiting. According to a post on Metanet's blog, the downloadable content has already been submitted to Microsoft for certification, although it has yet to receive a release date.
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N+ creators Raigan Burns and Mare Sheppard in their response blog titled "In Defense of the Apparant Shitstorm" write:
Since the February release of N+ on Xbox Live Arcade, the developers at Metanet have apparently locked themselves away in a secret underground Toronto location, cranking out new levels like true design ninja.
At the 2008 Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, Mare Sheppard (Metanet Software Inc.) and Nick Waanders (Slick Entertainment Inc.) gave a presentation about the development of N+ for Xbox LIVE Arcade. These are the slides used for the presentation.