This article was originally written for TheNintendoVillage.com, a website I founded and ran from 2018 to 2021.

Good Feel recently released their first self-published title in Monkey Barrels, after spending years working on Nintendo I such as Yoshi’s Crafted World and Wario Land: Shake It! As it turns out, they’ve got another original game in the pipeline too.

Speaking to Nintendo Life, Good-Feel President Etsunobu Ebisu revealed that the company had wanted to release their own game after marking ten years in existence. But, Monkey Barrels was actually the second game they started to work on, with another 2D shooter still being polished up.

“Actually, Monkey Barrels was planned to be our second self-publishing title. The former one is a pure 2D-shooter, which is developed by a director who is fully committed to the genre. The development started earlier than the Monkey Barrels, but we are still working on it to polish it up. I think we can announce it in the near future.
We decided the genre first, and then started development for these two titles, but next one we will put a priority on “how-you-play” more than what genre it is.”

Sounds intriguing! Monkey Barrels was a great maiden outing for the studio’s self-published games. We described it as “a great dual-stick shooter that does enough new and interesting things to make it stand out in the genre” in our review.

After that solid opening gambit, we’re looking forward to seeing more of this other mystery project. By the sound of things, we won’t have too long to wait!

Source: Nintendo Life