Video Gaming News - June 2005
Redmond, WA (June 27, 2005) - Nintendo today announced that Meteos is
now available in stores.
From Nintendo:
Nintendo's new video game, Meteos, won't hurt your brain with its dramatic
storyline. It has no characters with complex personalities or conflicted
motivations. And it resolves without teaching any Important Lessons. In short,
it's the video game equivalent of a perfect summer novel or blockbuster movie.
Just like any good captivating page-turner, Meteos, a puzzle game that launches
today exclusively for Nintendo DS(TM), provides hours of nonstop, visceral
action and can't-put-it-down entertainment. And as with any good
Earth-destroying, fireball-filled summer movie, it features a hard-core baddie
as its main character. Meteo is an evil planet who looks like an evil eye and
likes to hurl planet-pulverizing meteors across the galaxy -- and it's your job
to stop them.
Players use the stylus on the touch screen of Nintendo DS to move multicolored
meteor blocks up and down the columns. When three blocks of the same color line
up, they launch into the air with dramatic sound effects to help clear the
board. Players will defend more than 30 different planets. Each one has its own
aliens, theme music, meteor style and gravitational laws that affect game play.
"Meteos is great to play whether you're heading to the beach for the day, or you
have only a few minutes to spare," said George Harrison, Nintendo of America's
senior vice president of marketing and corporate communications. "If you're
hanging out with friends, its wireless functions let friends link together and
play, even if only one of them has a Meteos game card."
And just as people like to pass a good paperback around to their friends, Meteos
makes use of the wireless capabilities of Nintendo DS to let players share the
game with others. With DS Download Play, only one player needs a game card to
transmit the game to up to three other DS users within the 100-foot wireless
range of the DS. It's like watching a hit DVD at a friend's house: He has the
gear, yet everyone is entertained. But if each player has a game card, up to
four players can link together wirelessly using DS Local Area Network to play an
expanded multiplayer version of the game. It's like seeing the big blockbuster
in the theater: Everyone in the group has to buy a ticket, but it's a great
shared experience.
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