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'Shouldn't be long' until WiiWare Toribash is finished
The WiiWare version of Hampa's freaky, turn-based fighter Toribash is nearing completion, according to Gerald Tock of developer Nabi Studios. Tock told Eurogamer that it "shouldn't be long now" before the stark combat game reaches the end of development.A new trailer, available after the break, demonstrates a new, non-cel-shaded look for the game, as well as an amount of blood surprising for such inorganic-looking combatants. It even appears to be color-coded so players know just whose blood is strewn where. In this clip, you can also experience the minimalist sound design, composed entirely of weird mechanical sound effects, which just helps to make the game look more alien and creepy.
Toribash taking a turn on WiiWare
The World of Goo Gold Rush (Goold Rush?) has enticed another indie game developer to adapt its work to WiiWare. Swedish developer Hampa has revealed an upcoming WiiWare release of his fighter Toribash, one of Wired's "Best Indie Games of 2007". Toribash is an exceptionally bizarre game: a turn-based fighting game controlled by positioning a fighter's limbs into an attack move and then unfreezing time. The resulting melee is stilted, awkward -- and unexpectedly, graphically violent. The version shown here and in the video after the break isn't the final Wii release, but it is a promising work in progress. Oh, and we feel obligated to state this explicitly, because it's often important to a lot of Wii fans: hey, check it out, it's a violent game on Wii.
