dale_coop | 171 Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 (edited) When he was creating his previous small game for the NESmaker Byte-Off 2019 competition, my son had lots of ideas that he would have liked to incorporate into his entry game. However, due to lack of time, he wrote everything down and told me that it would be for the next game... that how was created KUBO 3. The game takes up the adventures of the cowboy turtle where the previous episode ended. The Evil Mole kidnapped the villagers... and Kubo will have to find 4 sacred objects in order to free them. It took my son Seiji almost a year to make this game. As usual, we mostly worked on it for a few days during school holidays or on rainy weekends. He wanted to finish it before our February vacations because he wanted to hand it to Joe Granato, the creator of NESmaker (on a short trip to Florida for a few days). (Joe Granato & Seiji - Feb 15th 2020) We hope you will enjoy this little game as we had fun making it. Tools used: NESmaker, Paint.NET, Notepad++, famitracker Soundtrack: Raftronaut Updates: 2020-07-01 minor cosmetic adjustments (bushes, cemetery level) for the cart version to come 2020-04-24 fixed the death issues (in the under water level) and small modifications to balance the game 2020-04-12 small modification (the graphics on the Castle door tile was not the correct ones) 2020-03-27 added english/french languages support, fixed a few issues to make the game more coherent/balanced 2020-03-04 fixed/moved some tiles in the overworld that could get the player stuck in solid tiles when entering some screens Downloads:https://dale-coop.itch.io/kubo-3-nes-game-by-sj-games Gameplay video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmvFVepsiaw Physical NES cartridge complete in box: sold out Cart only version is also still available: And now on FAMICOM !!! Will be available Spring 2021 (limited print 100 copies shipping worldwide) (for pre-orders, contact me on PM or emails, Twitter, FB,...) Edited April 2, 2021 by dale_coop 13 Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/2793-kubo-3-nes/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH | 5,428 Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 Congrats to your son on finishing his third game! 1 Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/2793-kubo-3-nes/#findComment-55139 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raftronaut | 100 Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 Hey Congrats Dale and SJ games! Here is a link to the OST if anyone is interested. Seiji wrote the main melody for the title music which I transcribed from a phone recording Dale sent me. I arranged it for the game from there. It was a fun project and I am glad I could contribute to your family project 1 Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/2793-kubo-3-nes/#findComment-55633 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMR | 551 Posted February 28, 2020 Share Posted February 28, 2020 I bet Joe and company love seeing stuff like this. Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/2793-kubo-3-nes/#findComment-55755 Share on other sites More sharing options...
erockbrox | 33 Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 (edited) I gave the game a shot and collected two pieces. I'm an english speaker, but know enough spanish to somewhat understand the text in the game. All was good, but I traveled from one screen going down south and then appeared on this screen and got stuck on the rock. It's a soft lock. If you do an official release on Kickstarter or something then you probably want to fix this. But overall pretty decent. Music is pretty fun to listen to also. And the cut scene at the start was really impressive. Edited March 2, 2020 by erockbrox Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/2793-kubo-3-nes/#findComment-56581 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dale_coop | 171 Posted March 2, 2020 Author Share Posted March 2, 2020 Thank you, erockbrox, for having played and for your precious feedbacks. my son designed most of the screens, and I tested and tried to fix all those screen to screen collision issues I could find. I guess, I missed some of them PS: We will not make KS... the game might stay on a very limited run, for friends / family and people who really want one physical copy. Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/2793-kubo-3-nes/#findComment-56624 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dale_coop | 171 Posted March 4, 2020 Author Share Posted March 4, 2020 updated (fixed the issues, found by erockbrox) 1 Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/2793-kubo-3-nes/#findComment-57393 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dale_coop | 171 Posted March 27, 2020 Author Share Posted March 27, 2020 Updated, added English/French language support (and fixes a few small issues) Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/2793-kubo-3-nes/#findComment-63649 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dale_coop | 171 Posted April 24, 2020 Author Share Posted April 24, 2020 Updated, fixed some death issues 1 Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/2793-kubo-3-nes/#findComment-71163 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dale_coop | 171 Posted May 25, 2020 Author Share Posted May 25, 2020 This weekend, we finished the new label and the box (for the physical release planned for... soon) Now, working on the manual... 3 Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/2793-kubo-3-nes/#findComment-80380 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrobins | 1,881 Moderator · Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 My latest episode of A Homebrew Draws Near features KUBO 3, take a look! 2 1 Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/2793-kubo-3-nes/#findComment-100122 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dale_coop | 171 Posted July 14, 2020 Author Share Posted July 14, 2020 Thank you, scrobins, it was an awesome moment. Seiji was so happy and excited to reply your questions 1 Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/2793-kubo-3-nes/#findComment-100239 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dale_coop | 171 Posted August 12, 2020 Author Share Posted August 12, 2020 Just wanted to share some photos of the current state (thank you Broke Studio): 4 Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/2793-kubo-3-nes/#findComment-110418 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dale_coop | 171 Posted September 2, 2020 Author Share Posted September 2, 2020 Almost all the copies have found a new home... packages are shipping this week (some already sent last week) and a few next week. Thank for all the people who supports Seiji's project (and thank you, Broke Studio, for all you are doing <3) 1 Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/2793-kubo-3-nes/#findComment-116252 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dale_coop | 171 Posted January 4, 2021 Author Share Posted January 4, 2021 (edited) New year... new plans. KUBO 3 might be released on Famicom... we are working on that. It will be CIB, English/Japanese language (and the addition of a hard difficulty mode, for fun). And an exclusive NES cartridge for KUBO 1&2 will come later this year (CIB, limited copies because not sure a lot of people might be interested). Pre orders will start soon for the FAMICOM and the KUBO 1&2 editions. As usual, if someone is interested to pre-order his copy or knows someone who would be interested, contact me and share around you. Edited January 4, 2021 by dale_coop 1 Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/2793-kubo-3-nes/#findComment-152756 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorEncore | 3,693 Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 Just saw this on Twitter! Congrats to you and your son! I'll definitely be picking it up. 1 Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/2793-kubo-3-nes/#findComment-158082 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RpgCollector | 936 Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 How did I miss this thread. Very nice. I am in for the Kubo 1&2 CIB. Just bought Kubo 3 from you on Twitter. Awsome stuff! Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/2793-kubo-3-nes/#findComment-159192 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dale_coop | 171 Posted January 22, 2021 Author Share Posted January 22, 2021 Thank you @DoctorEncore Noted @RpgCollector We are currently busy with the Famicom version of KUBO 3. After that, we’ll make the small KUBO 1&2 edition. Then, we can focus again on the main project of 2021... KUBO 4 1 Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/2793-kubo-3-nes/#findComment-159213 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dale_coop | 171 Posted March 15, 2021 Author Share Posted March 15, 2021 FAMICOM KUBO3 Boxes and manuals are ready! 1 Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/2793-kubo-3-nes/#findComment-174323 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fcgamer | 5,136 Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 @dale_coop I messaged you on email about , but please keep me down for one famicom copy of the game. Thanks! Dave 1 Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/2793-kubo-3-nes/#findComment-174361 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dale_coop | 171 Posted March 16, 2021 Author Share Posted March 16, 2021 (edited) @fcgamerTo be sure I don't forgot you in a few days when I will deal with all the emailing... can you secure your copy, filling that quick form PRE-ORDERS: https://t.co/tjsADRkAzb?amp=1 Thank you Edited March 16, 2021 by dale_coop Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/2793-kubo-3-nes/#findComment-174500 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fcgamer | 5,136 Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 32 minutes ago, dale_coop said: @fcgamerTo be sure I don't forgot you in a few days when I will deal with all the emailing... can you secure your copy, filling that quick form PRE-ORDERS: https://t.co/tjsADRkAzb?amp=1 Thank you Done! Thanks so much. I received the nes version a few weeks ago. I haven't had time to play it yet, but it looks great. 1 Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/2793-kubo-3-nes/#findComment-174506 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dale_coop | 171 Posted March 16, 2021 Author Share Posted March 16, 2021 Thank you @fcgamer The Famicom edition has a new HARD mode (boss more agressive and limited number of lives & health). Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/2793-kubo-3-nes/#findComment-174510 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dale_coop | 171 Posted September 20, 2023 Author Share Posted September 20, 2023 We’ve just received our KUBO 3 (NES) Limited Run Games edition this week, and they are gorgeous! Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/2793-kubo-3-nes/#findComment-374183 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dale_coop | 171 Posted May 17, 2024 Author Share Posted May 17, 2024 1 Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/2793-kubo-3-nes/#findComment-405976 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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