Japanese publisher Taito is going all out for the Space Invaders thirtieth anniversary. In addition to the rock solid Space Invaders Extreme for Nintendo DS and PSP (which I quite liked) and a suit of new Invader-branded products, Taito has announced it's dragging out the property for another go on the Wii. In Space Invaders Get Even, you're in control of up to 300 of the pixelated aliens, raining death and destruction upon the humans. Take that humans!
It's sounding like a fun Space Invader-y mash up of Pikmin and Rampage, something we could definitely get behind. No word yet on whether Space Invaders Get Even is a full-fledged disc release or a WiiWare title, but we hope they clear it up soon.
Taito Announces Space Invaders Get Even [Game Watch]











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That could be loads of fun!
This might be the reason I buy a wii.
coming soon:
PONG where you can be the ball
PACMAN where you can be the ghosts; multiplayer of awesome
@greygecko:
I thought they already made that second idea and called it "Pacman VS"
I can't believe nobody ever thought of this yet! What a cool idea...maybe it'll provide some backstory for the aliens.
30 years too late.
thats really cool. i had a lot of fun with space invaders on the psp so i'll keep my eye one this one
Reminds me of this: [kotaku.com]
But 300? How many are UFOs?
That picture makes me realize just how much I despise that little... jacket... thing. The Wiimote cover, or whatever. It's hideous.
@Lijik:
well then i will play as the little dot and his shiny big brother
if the word 'human' merely defines what kind of organism we are, then it's really more like humans vs humans... or aliens versus aliens.
@greygecko: Pac-Man Vs.! Please come to WiiWare!
[en.wikipedia.org]
It's about time we get a chance to bring down Squiggly Lines of Death.
DROP DOWN!
INCREASE SPEED!
REVERSE DIRECTION!
@Michael McWhertor: i wanna play that now D=
@AdmiralRupert: I'm glad I wasn't the only one thinking that. :]
@Michael McWhertor: I had a girlfriend who really didn't like videogames much. No hatred or anything, but she hated watching them, and had no interest in playing them. Except Pac-Man I jumped at the opportunity to play Pac-Man Vs. with her, and it paid off. She loved it and we used to play it all the time. If we were still dating, we'd probably still be playing it. Sadly, she usually whooped my ass, regardless of whether I was the Pac or a ghost. She was inhumanly good at Pac-Man games.
Best game since Destroy All Humans!
@AdmiralRupert: Instead of firing at where we were, you should have fired at where we were going to be!
But we humans always end in the end!
see... now thats the kind of stuff im talking aboutt with the wii... its perfect for this system.
@Michael McWhertor: Pacman VS was the highlight of every gaming night at my university
@Zho: Praying for DS/Wii connectivity for Pac-Man Vs. 2!!!
Pacman VS with DS/Wii connectivity was would be awesome, make it for Wii Ware or as a 20 dollar stand alone and I'm sold. Space Invaders Get Even sounds awesome, the first really good use of the SI lisence that I've ever seen.
This looks awesome! :D
Sounds like sex to me.
Love the water. Make it 60FPS and w/o a 60$ price, and I might buy it.
Who in the blue hell would care about the framerate of a Space Invaders sequel?
@Moonshadow101: The Wii condemn is oh so sexy!
@kidnicky: More like they care about the framerate of an RTS where you control hundreds of tiny units.
Wow. This could actually be pretty bad ass.
Torgen-
Ok,who would care about the framerate of an RTS where you control hundreds of 8-bit blocky sprites?
And for those thinking I'm bashing the game,I'm not. It'll probably be a first day buy. Hell,I preordered Furu Furu Park!
Holy crap! I'm totally sold on this idea.
I love that the invaders are still pixel-y while everything else is polygonal.
In games its always good to be BAD.
@BassForever:
There is actually a port of Pac-Man Vs to the DS in Namco Museum DS. I *think* it might even have multi-boot support.
Do the Invaders get to waggle?
Walkthrough v0.1
Level 1:
LEFT LEFT LEFT LEFT LEFT LEFT LEFT LEFT LEFT LEFT LEFT DOWN RIGHT RIGHT RIGHT RIGHT RIGHT RIGHT RIGHT RIGHT RIGHT RIGHT RIGHT DOWN LEFT LEFT LEFT LEFT LEFT LEFT LEFT LEFT LEFT LEFT LEFT DOWN....
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