<s>
Cube	B-Application
Life	I-Application
:	I-Application
Island	I-Application
Survival	I-Application
is	O
an	O
indie	O
open	O
world	O
sandbox	O
survival	B-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Cypronia	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
Wii	B-Device
U	I-Device
in	O
June	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
HD	O
remake	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
Steam	B-Application
in	O
April	O
2018	O
,	O
for	O
Android	B-Application
and	O
iOS	B-Application
in	O
August	O
2018	O
,	O
and	O
for	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
in	O
December	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
sandbox	O
video	O
games	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Wii	B-Device
U	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
has	O
been	O
seen	O
as	O
a	O
niche	O
in	O
the	O
market	O
and	O
is	O
sometimes	O
regarded	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
main	O
reasons	O
for	O
its	O
relatively	O
large	O
success	O
for	O
an	O
indie	O
Minecraft	B-Application
clone	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cube	B-Application
Life	I-Application
:	I-Application
Island	I-Application
Survival	I-Application
features	O
three	O
game	O
modes	O
:	O
Survival	B-Application
Mode	O
,	O
Creative	O
Mode	O
,	O
and	O
Multiplayer	O
Mode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Survival	B-Application
Mode	O
,	O
you	O
play	O
a	O
male	O
person	O
named	O
Barry	O
who	O
is	O
stranded	O
on	O
a	O
desert	O
island	O
after	O
a	O
shipwreck	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
contrast	O
to	O
Minecraft	B-Application
,	O
the	O
game	O
world	O
is	O
not	O
generated	O
randomly	O
,	O
but	O
rather	O
given	O
by	O
the	O
developers	O
;	O
each	O
player	O
starts	O
on	O
the	O
same	O
island	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
world	O
is	O
more	O
than	O
four	O
times	O
the	O
size	O
of	O
Minecraft	B-Application
:	O
Wii	B-Device
U	I-Device
Edition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
local	O
multiplayer	O
mode	O
,	O
two	O
players	O
can	O
compete	O
against	O
each	O
other	O
in	O
different	O
modes	O
such	O
as	O
Deathmatch	O
,	O
Tower	B-Application
Defense	I-Application
and	O
Co-op	O
and	O
create	O
maps	O
together	O
in	O
creative	O
mode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mojang	O
's	O
popular	O
sandbox	O
title	O
Minecraft	B-Application
,	O
which	O
saw	O
its	O
first	O
console	O
outing	O
on	O
the	B-Operating_System
Xbox	I-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
in	O
2012	O
,	O
was	O
not	O
officially	O
announced	O
for	O
the	O
Wii	B-Device
U	I-Device
until	O
December	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Prior	O
to	O
this	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
wholly	O
acquired	O
Mojang	O
in	O
September	O
2014	O
,	O
and	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
Minecraft	B-Application
was	O
already	O
either	O
available	O
or	O
announced	O
for	O
most	O
major	O
platforms	O
except	O
Nintendo	O
's	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
the	O
acquisition	O
,	O
many	O
gaming	O
news	O
outlets	O
expressed	O
skepticism	O
that	O
Minecraft	B-Application
would	O
arrive	O
on	O
any	O
Nintendo	O
platform	O
,	O
let	O
alone	O
Wii	B-Device
U	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
later	O
that	O
same	O
month	O
,	O
startup	O
developer	O
Nexis	O
Games	O
announced	O
their	O
own	O
sandbox	O
title	O
UCraft	O
for	O
the	O
Wii	B-Device
U	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Nintendo	O
Life	O
,	O
UCraft	O
is	O
regarded	O
as	O
very	O
similar	O
in	O
both	O
graphical	O
aesthetic	O
and	O
gameplay	O
to	O
Minecraft	B-Application
,	O
and	O
likely	O
"	O
could	O
fulfil	O
a	O
key	O
gap	O
in	O
the	O
market	O
on	O
the	O
Wii	O
U.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
Nexis	O
Games	O
 '	O
poor	O
track	O
record	O
,	O
and	O
following	O
the	O
sketchy	O
development	O
of	O
UCraft	O
,	O
other	O
indie	O
developers	O
decided	O
to	O
follow	O
suit	O
and	O
release	O
their	O
own	O
iterations	O
of	O
Minecraft-inspired	O
titles	O
for	O
Nintendo	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cypronia	O
announced	O
Cube	B-Application
Life	I-Application
:	I-Application
Island	I-Application
Survival	I-Application
in	O
January	O
2015	O
with	O
a	O
release	O
date	O
later	O
that	O
year	O
,	O
promising	O
that	O
the	O
"	O
goal	O
is	O
 [ to ] 	O
create	O
the	O
best	O
block	O
building	O
open-world	O
sandbox	O
game	O
for	O
Nintendo	O
platforms.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Cypronia	O
emphasized	O
they	O
would	O
continue	O
to	O
update	O
the	O
game	O
throughout	O
2015	O
and	O
beyond	O
,	O
improving	O
the	O
game	O
based	O
on	O
consumer	O
feedback	O
via	O
Miiverse	O
,	O
Facebook	B-Application
,	O
Twitter	B-Application
and	O
various	O
online	O
community	O
forums	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
on	O
their	O
official	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cypronia	O
was	O
keen	O
on	O
distancing	O
Cube	B-Application
Life	I-Application
:	I-Application
Island	I-Application
Survival	I-Application
from	O
being	O
defined	O
as	O
a	O
Minecraft	B-Application
clone	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cypronia	O
CEO	O
Stefan	O
Pavelka	O
was	O
confident	O
that	O
their	O
title	O
has	O
a	O
lot	O
to	O
offer	O
,	O
claiming	O
,	O
"	O
If	O
we	O
compare	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
competitors	O
,	O
other	O
Wii	B-Device
U	I-Device
games	O
of	O
that	O
genre	O
,	O
we	O
will	O
offer	O
much	O
more	O
fun	O
and	O
greater	O
value	O
,	O
either	O
by	O
means	O
of	O
lower	O
price	O
or	O
by	O
providing	O
more	O
content	O
and	O
features.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
1.2	O
made	O
it	O
possible	O
to	O
share	O
maps	O
from	O
Creative	O
Mode	O
with	O
other	O
players	O
and	O
also	O
added	O
new	O
areas	O
,	O
animals	O
,	O
pets	O
,	O
defeatable	O
game	O
antagonists	O
and	O
a	O
smarter	O
AI	B-Application
for	O
the	O
cannibals	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
Cube	B-Application
Life	I-Application
:	I-Application
Island	I-Application
Survival	I-Application
becoming	O
very	O
popular	O
on	O
the	O
Wii	B-Device
U	I-Device
,	O
Cypronia	O
announced	O
Cube	B-Application
Life	I-Application
:	I-Application
Island	I-Application
Survival	I-Application
HD	O
,	O
which	O
they	O
described	O
as	O
a	O
special	O
edition	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
did	O
run	O
in	O
full	O
1080p	O
HD	O
,	O
the	O
remaster	O
would	O
be	O
in	O
4K	O
(	O
except	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
version	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
April	O
20	O
,	O
2018	O
at	O
17:57:05	O
UTC	O
,	O
Cube	B-Application
Life	I-Application
:	I-Application
Island	I-Application
Survival	I-Application
HD	O
made	O
its	O
way	O
into	O
the	O
Steam	B-Application
store	I-Application
under	O
the	O
same	O
name	O
as	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
August	O
8	O
,	O
2018	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
also	O
released	O
on	O
Android	B-Application
and	O
iOS	B-Application
for	O
their	O
primary	O
app	B-Application
stores	I-Application
Google	B-Application
Play	I-Application
and	O
Apple	B-Application
App	I-Application
Store	I-Application
as	O
a	O
free-to-play	O
title	O
with	O
in-app	O
purchases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
scheduled	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
for	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
,	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
and	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
in	O
November	O
2019	O
,	O
although	O
it	O
was	O
not	O
released	O
then	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
December	O
26	O
,	O
2020	O
on	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
via	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
eShop	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Versions	O
for	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
and	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
have	O
not	O
been	O
released	O
yet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
the	O
nature	O
of	O
its	O
block-building	O
,	O
open	O
world	O
gameplay	O
,	O
and	O
its	O
graphic	O
style	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
noted	O
for	O
being	O
a	O
clone	O
of	O
the	O
2011	O
game	O
Minecraft	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
briefly	O
reached	O
number	O
1	O
in	O
the	O
European	O
charts	O
,	O
number	O
2	O
in	O
the	O
US	O
charts	O
and	O
number	O
3	O
in	O
the	O
Japan	O
charts	O
on	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
eShop	I-Application
.	O
</s>
