Gaming Spyborgs

[CockroachMan]

New Wii exclusive game by CAPCOM and Bionic Games (new company with people who worked previously on Ratchet and Clank, WOW, Call of Dutty, The Sims and others)

It's an action/adventure game with a cartoon look.. the jokes on the trailer kinda remind me of Earthworm Jim.

from IGN:

The Spyborgs are a team of super heroes, each with their own unique abilities. The game is designed for local co-op play, so two heroes will be engaged in action at all times. Each scenario requires the specific talents of two 'borgs, so over the course of the game we'll get to play the whole team. If you don't have any friends, the AI will handle your team mate for you and you can switch between the two at will. The game is controlled with the Remote and Nunchuk.

We saw some typical examples of co-op gameplay: Kinetic would teleport across a gap and step on a switch, lowering a bridge that allowed Bouncer to cross. Gameplay also consists of a lot of running around, beating up enemies and objects a la Ratchet and Clank (members of the Bionic team worked on Ratchet and Clank). But since this is all presented like a TV show, the action is frequently interrupted by commercial breaks. These are humorous little vignettes parodying toy commercials or plumbing services. But since this is a game, the commercials are playable. A spot for Nuke 'Em Now Robots turned into a rock 'em sock 'em mini-game that played much like Wii Sports Boxing.

There are also rail shooter sections where players aim with the Remote to blast enemies. The level we were shown culminated in a boss fight against an airship, played as a rail shooter. Our heroes were in a mine cart circling the ship, blasting away at its defenses.

trailer: http://wii.ign.com/dor/objects/14251204/bi...ler_060208.html

 

[TrolleyDave]

In case anyone's interested here's a link to some footage I found through another forum.

http://superiorversion.com/?p=202

 

[Edgedancer]

Did anyone hear that the development got canned and they are re-doing major sections of the game? I wonder how far they got before that happened and how it will affect the release.

 

[dinofan01]

Wow, major bump Trolley. But I do recall seeing that video a while ago. Still not to excited with the concept of the game.