XType Plus was a Wii U eShop game I reviewed a few times ago, where it was going to be released today, still a freezing bug due the online features of the game gave a big headache for European users, but also gave bad news for those aiming to buy it.
The game got delayed on North America, and unlisted in both North American and European eShop, as announced in phoboslab’s official Twitter account:
There seems to be a crashing bug with XType Plus on Wii U. I'm talking to Nintendo to get this resolved asap. Sorry everyone :/
— Dominic Szablewski (@phoboslab) July 31, 2014
The North American launch of XType Plus has been delayed. EU currently taken off sale. More info: http://t.co/wZJE8MBULo I'm really sorry 🙁
— Dominic Szablewski (@phoboslab) July 31, 2014
Still, there was a temporal fix for those players who already have the game downloaded:
The bug in XType Plus seems to be related to ranking. Explains why it didn't happen before and doesn't happen without net access either.
— Dominic Szablewski (@phoboslab) July 31, 2014
Online functionality in XType Plus has been disabled for now. Everyone who already bought it can at least play now. We're working on the fix
— Dominic Szablewski (@phoboslab) July 31, 2014
So, in short terms, the game won’t be released in the North America Wii U eShop today, and also the European release got removed from the eShop. As a temporal fix for the freezing bug, the online components of the game were disabled.
