Hey, maybe Nintendo actually meant it when they said 2009 would be the year for the core gamer? Well let's not count the chickens before they hatch now. Hudson Soft has announced that they will be bringing a new first-person shooter to the WiiWare service that will support an online co-op mode for up to 4 players. It's name? Onslaught. The plot is as follows.
"In the distant future, contact with a distant research colony is lost and your team is sent in to find out what happened. Upon arrival, you’re attacked by overwhelming numbers of mysterious creatures. It’s up to you and your squad to eliminate the threat and discover the truth that lies deep inside the colony. The enemies of Onslaught are no pushovers, which is why you may need to team up with a friend, or two, maybe even three! Get online and play in 4-person co-op to increase your chances of survival!"
Hudson obviously don't want to win any awards for originality, but the inclusion of 4-player online co-op in a Wii game is well overdue. The only other issue with this game is judging by the screenshots, it could demand quite a bit of storage space from your Wii console. Hopefully Nintendo announce a real storage solution by time this game comes out.
Onslaught is due out exclusively for WiiWare sometime this year.
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Looks like we may some kind of variety in some decent core shooter games this year
"In the distant future, contact with a distant research colony is lost and your team is sent in to find out what happened. Upon arrival, you’re attacked by overwhelming numbers of mysterious creatures. It’s up to you and your squad to eliminate the threat and discover the truth that lies deep inside the colony. The enemies of Onslaught are no pushovers, which is why you may need to team up with a friend, or two, maybe even three! Get online and play in 4-person co-op to increase your chances of survival!"
Hudson obviously don't want to win any awards for originality, but the inclusion of 4-player online co-op in a Wii game is well overdue. The only other issue with this game is judging by the screenshots, it could demand quite a bit of storage space from your Wii console. Hopefully Nintendo announce a real storage solution by time this game comes out.
Onslaught is due out exclusively for WiiWare sometime this year.
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Looks like we may some kind of variety in some decent core shooter games this year