PixelJunk Monsters Joins The Nintendo Wii U In North America

Jenni Lada

Published: May 19, 2016 09:00 am

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A former PlayStation exclusive has come to a Nintendo platform. People in North America who visit the Nintendo Wii U eShop today will find PixelJunk Monsters among the other newly released titles. For $9.99, you can go through it again or with a friend.

PixelJunk Monsters is a tower defense game where players control Tikiman and help him protect his three island homes from monsters trying to destroy it and eat members of his family. You place various towers to protect the babies, either alone or with a friend offering assistance. The Nintendo Wii U version of the game has three islands with 47 environments, as well as the randomly generated Tum-Tum island levels.

Originally, PixelJunk Monsters appeared on the PlayStation 3 in 2007 in Japan and 2008 worldwide, with an Encore edition with additional content shortly after in 2008. PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Vita, and PC ports followed/

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Jenni Lada

Jenni is Editor-in-Chief at Siliconera and has been playing games since getting access to her parents' Intellivision as a toddler. She continues to play on every possible platform and loves all of the systems she owns. (These include a PS4, Switch, Xbox One, WonderSwan Color and even a Vectrex!) You may have also seen her work at GamerTell, Cheat Code Central, Michibiku and PlayStation LifeStyle.