Video Gaming News - July 2005
Redwood City, CA (July 20, 2005) - Konami today announced that it will
publish the official video game based on the upcoming movie, Wallace & Gromit:
The Curse of the Were-Rabbit.
From Konami:
With huge free-roaming gaming environments, inventive action, plentiful
gadgets, numerous mini games and humorous visuals that reproduce the distinctive
look of the film, the game perfectly captures the fun, zany and imaginative
world of Wallace and Gromit.
The cheese-loving Wallace (voiced by Peter Sallis) and his loyal dog, Gromit,
make their silver screen debut in “Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the
Were-Rabbit,” a tale of giant vegetables, terrifying lupine beasts, and
inventions gone awry. The film centers on the annual Giant Vegetable
Competition, which Wallace and Gromit have been protecting with their latest
‘Anti-Pesto’ company, which keeps rabbits away from the would-be winning
vegetable. However, a huge, veg-eating beast starts to terrorize the
neighborhood and is destroying the prize exhibits. Wallace and Gromit are hired
to save the day.
Konami’s Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit video game closely
follows the events of the Aardman and DreamWorks film, with players using
cooperative modes to guide any pairing of Wallace, Gromit or their rabbit
friend, Hutch, through four huge areas. Players are given free reign of the area
as they attempt to solve the problems of the Giant Vegetable Competition. Their
mission takes them from the seaside to suburbia as they venture out at night to
confront the beast responsible for the vegetable-based carnage.
“Wallace and Gromit is an international property that has the rare ability to
appeal to both children and adults, making it an excellent entertainment choice
for the entire family,” said Geoff Mulligan, Chief Operating Officer at Konami
Digital Entertainment - America. “Bringing Wallace and Gromit’s first motion
picture to life in an interactive world makes for an ideal video game experience
that will appeal not only to fans of the property but gamers of all ages and
abilities.”
"The game has given us the opportunity to create a more adventurous environment
for the characters,” commented Nick Park, Creator and Director of Wallace &
Gromit. “Deeper storylines, that couldn’t be accommodated in the film, have been
developed are there ready to be explored. The Were-Creatures, for example, was a
theme we would have loved to include in the film. I’m delighted to say that they
are here in the game”.
The game is developed in the UK by Frontier Development, the makers of previous
of Wallace & Gromit video games as well as the acclaimed Roller Coaster Tycoon
series.
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