Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Dark Void Zero goes retro on DSiWare

By Brendan Sinclair, GameSpotPosted Dec 22, 2009 11:47 am PT

Capcom prepping downloadable NES-style prequel to upcoming jetpack action game, $5 denomination set for Jan release.

When Capcom declared that its jetpack-powered 3D action shooter Dark Void was coming to the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC, owners of Nintendo systems haw hit change a bit left out. The house is rectifying that in a way, as it has revealed that it is making a downloadable DSi prequel to the game, Dark Void Zero.

How is he supposed to wager where he's flying, again?

Much same the company's Mega Man 9, the mettlesome is being prefabricated with an 8-bit aesthetic. But where that denomination took advantage of gamer nostalgia surrounding the original Mega Man series, Dark Void is an original IP with no history beyond the current game.

Undeterred, Capcom has created a fictitious backstory for the game, claiming it to be an unreleased project for the Nintendo PlayChoice 10 system, which adapted Nintendo Entertainment System games for ingest in arcades. In constituent to cubic visuals and a newborn chip-tune soundtrack, Dark Void Zero evokes nostalgia by asking players to "blow" on a virtual cartridge (using the DSi's microphone) before activity the game.

When it launches in January, Dark Void Zero module cost 500 DSi points ($5). The housing and PC editions of Dark Void are set to start Jan 19. For more on the game, analyse discover GameSpot's hands-on impressions.

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