This game may have eluded your eyes easily. It's a new Nintendo DS game called Fractured Soul and it's kind of a unique take on platform shooters. It's not unlike Megaman in basic gameplay, but it throws all platforming conventions out the window and tries something fresh with the DS' two screens. Have a look at the trailer, it's simpler to watch than explain-
Fractured Soul uses conventional platforming similar to Megaman, but the innovation here comes with the two screens and how you use them. Your character appears on both screens, but you only control one of them at once. The other screen shows a silhouette of the character which is kind of a "ghost image" of yourself. It will follow your movements exactly as seen on the bottom screen, but the actual platforms, enemies, and areas are totally different. The ghost image will not get hurt, and will not be affected by platforms. The trick though is to switch between the two screens (on the assumption that there's a button you press to switch) and solve platforming puzzles this way. When you do so, you become the character on the opposite screen, and the one you were just playing as becomes the ghost image. Using this setup, it brings an entirely new type of gameplay to the mix. And you'll need to switch between screens a lot to solve platforming parts and avoid obstacles and enemies.
There are also some shoot em up stages with a spaceship. Similar technique is used for these stages, except there's no platforming. Fractured Soul isn't the most impressive game visually, but so far the gameplay looks solid and extremely challenging. There's no set release date for the game at this time though. It is being developed by a rather unknown company called Endgame Studios. [/p]
I'm kind of interested in this game, looks retro and hard, but also innovative. I'll be keeping an eye on this, hopefully we'll get a release date sometime soon! Their twitter also mentions interest in working on a 3DS version as well, citing that it would be interesting. We'll see what happens.
Endgame Studios
Twitter- Endgame Studios
Fractured Soul uses conventional platforming similar to Megaman, but the innovation here comes with the two screens and how you use them. Your character appears on both screens, but you only control one of them at once. The other screen shows a silhouette of the character which is kind of a "ghost image" of yourself. It will follow your movements exactly as seen on the bottom screen, but the actual platforms, enemies, and areas are totally different. The ghost image will not get hurt, and will not be affected by platforms. The trick though is to switch between the two screens (on the assumption that there's a button you press to switch) and solve platforming puzzles this way. When you do so, you become the character on the opposite screen, and the one you were just playing as becomes the ghost image. Using this setup, it brings an entirely new type of gameplay to the mix. And you'll need to switch between screens a lot to solve platforming parts and avoid obstacles and enemies.
There are also some shoot em up stages with a spaceship. Similar technique is used for these stages, except there's no platforming. Fractured Soul isn't the most impressive game visually, but so far the gameplay looks solid and extremely challenging. There's no set release date for the game at this time though. It is being developed by a rather unknown company called Endgame Studios. [/p]
I'm kind of interested in this game, looks retro and hard, but also innovative. I'll be keeping an eye on this, hopefully we'll get a release date sometime soon! Their twitter also mentions interest in working on a 3DS version as well, citing that it would be interesting. We'll see what happens.
Endgame Studios
Twitter- Endgame Studios
