"The idea, we actually kind of spawned this together with Paradox. They were into this whole idea of a Super Smash Bros.-style game, and this is more of our take on it -- and it's refreshing, really. We've been working on Magicka for so long, the whole co-op thing. That doesn't mean we're fed up with co-op thing, we just want to try something different." - Emil Englund, Design Director at Arrowhead Game Studios

The Showdown Effect isn't coming to Nintendo platforms, but it's cool to see how the Big N's work continues to inspire other developers.