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Animales de la Muerte coming to WiiWare, stealing my heart photo

I'm not sure how High Voltage was able to read my mind, but Animales de la Muerte ("Animals of the Dead") is exactly the kind of game I've been waiting for. Picture the scene: animals in a Mexican zoo begin to mysteriously die off, and then begin to rise from the dead as flesh-eating zombies. As Marco and Maria Mendoz, you'll use weapons like a chainsaw, rocket launcher, and cattle prod to keep the undead in check. Sounds ridiculous, eh? But with High Voltage name-checking films such as Evil Dead II and Dead Alive, you get a better idea of where they're headed. And where they're headed is Totally Awesometown, of course.

Being designed exclusively for WiiWare, the game will plays a bit like Geometry Wars Galaxies -- you'll use the nunchuck to move your character, and you'll aim with the Wii remote. By flicking the nunchuck, you'll be able to toss grenades. The game supports four players, will be extremely bloody, and features undead animals. Did I mention that last part yet?

No release date or price has been announced for Animales de la Muerte, but I'd like to suggest "as soon as possible" and "whatever it takes for this game to be released as soon as possible." 

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guermogamer's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/24/2008 19:33
guermogamer
African Zombie Rat FTW!
MrSadistic's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/24/2008 19:33
MrSadistic
wtf this is awesome!
topgeargorilla's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/24/2008 19:36
topgeargorilla
high Voltage is really Nintendo crazy. Cool, I guess. Seems like most of their new stuff is pretty solid.
Dexter345's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/24/2008 19:37
Dexter345
The third picture of the walrus reminds me of a watermelon.
iamcuriouslyyellow's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/24/2008 19:46
iamcuriouslyyellow
Guess it's finally time to breakdown and get a Wii.
ZombiePlatypus's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/24/2008 19:47
ZombiePlatypus
Oooh, I wonder if there'll be an undead platypus in there...
dontstaylong's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/24/2008 19:50
dontstaylong
ohhh man. this looks amazing. i especially love the spanish angle.

the video of the elephant getting chainsawed is fantastic.
bleep's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/24/2008 19:56
bleep
Totally Awesometown is exactly where I want to be right now
topgeargorilla's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/24/2008 20:01
topgeargorilla
Oh! who remembers the zombie animals in Resident Evil Online?

Zombelephants! Zombunkeys! Oh my!
The-Excel's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/24/2008 20:03
The-Excel
And they say Wii is a kiddy console, etc.
---AMARU---'s Avatar - Comment posted on 04/24/2008 20:06
---AMARU---
Man this looks good but I want the Conduit
Velt's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/24/2008 20:12
Velt
sounds cool, now lets get a wii.
pendelton21's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/24/2008 20:17
pendelton21
Man, I bet the petting zoo in that game is gonna be fucking crazy...
Johnny Blaze's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/24/2008 20:26
Johnny Blaze
I swear to gawd I will start punching people in the DONG and DONGINAS if they do not buy at least one High voltage Wii Ware title..

That is all


AWESOMETOWN this is....
limaceous's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/24/2008 20:36
limaceous
As a person who makes undead animals for a living, I pretty much just shit jizz.
Cheeburga's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/24/2008 20:37
Cheeburga
Holy penis that's awesome!
nintendoll's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/24/2008 20:52
nintendoll
I want to kill the Chupacabra. Is that in there?
welkstar's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/24/2008 20:58
welkstar
Wha...?

Hell yes!
mistic's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/24/2008 21:02
mistic
zombie animals? sound like a great idea for a game!
niacin's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/24/2008 21:20
niacin
it's in a zoo so we could be getting pritty much anything. oh no zombie snapping turtles.

BADInc's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/24/2008 21:20
BADInc
i dont even know what this is about yet but it already sounds awesome
Mxyzptlk's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/24/2008 21:21
Mxyzptlk
I like to think that the initial concept for this game came out of a desire to piss the hell out of PETA.
AKK's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/24/2008 21:23
AKK
Not only does it look fucking FUN, it also looks better not only than most Wii titles, but most PS2 titles, and even some 360 titles.

Simply because it's got a sheer lack of aliasing, and an art style that really seems to take good advantage of what the Wii can do.

This game looks like a blast, and the fact that it's that good visually just makes it even better.
Eschatos's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/24/2008 21:33
Eschatos
A cattle prod would be useless against zombies. The electricity would have to be strong enough to fry them, which isn't possible with a prod. Also it'd make a pretty shitty bludgeon. If you're using a melee weapon you'll want something that can take out the brains in one good hit. For that you'd need something sharp, like a chainsaw, or something heavy and blunt, like a sledgehammer. Cattle prod is worthless.
RevivedDemon's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/24/2008 21:37
RevivedDemon
oh. my. god. I think I just came.
Def JM's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/24/2008 21:40
Def JM
Wow, that was one of the coolest things I've seen.
TrailerParkJesus's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/24/2008 21:40
TrailerParkJesus
holy fuck
IceMax's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/24/2008 22:03
IceMax
WHAT. a Must buy if i ever saw one
Topher Cantler's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/24/2008 22:28
Topher Cantler
GAME OF THE YEAR.
covah's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/24/2008 22:36
covah
alright, this is one WiiWare title I NEED to buy.
slider's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/24/2008 22:43
slider
Zombie Animals Ate My Neighbors?
teach4food's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/24/2008 23:10
teach4food
So cute, so bloody, so wicked awesome!
perri's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/25/2008 00:01
perri
Why does WiiWare rock so hard? This can't come soon enough. I may buy all of High Voltage's stuff...Pretty impressed for some team I'd never heard of before- kind of putting the industry to shame right now....
AngelsDontBurn's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/25/2008 00:32
AngelsDontBurn
Amazing.
Milkman519's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/25/2008 01:34
Milkman519
Coolest WiiWare I've seen, that's for sure.
kevinski's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/25/2008 02:00
kevinski
Hahahaha...oh my God...the guy taking the chainsaw to the elephant's head in the video was unexpected. PETA's gonna have a field day with this.
catsithx's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/25/2008 03:39
catsithx
Good times good times let the killing beging and the parents groups start screaming
razerangel's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/25/2008 05:39
razerangel
This concept is almost as awesome as Operation Darkness so therefore can't fail!
Highlar's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/25/2008 07:52
Highlar
Actually, the play style of this reminds me of something else rather than Geometry Wars Galaxies, and that would be: SMASH TV. And as I was a HUGE fan of dumping quarters into that baby in the arcades the only thing I can say about this game is HELL YA!!! :-)
Char Aznable's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/25/2008 07:53
Char Aznable
More games should include chainsaws adorned with hearts slicing into zombie elephants. It seems like a recipe for success to me.

Cowboy TTop's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/25/2008 08:10
Cowboy TTop
Looks cool. I hope it turns out well.

Wow, these concepts are really brightening up Wii. I like it the more I hear.
Holyetheline's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/25/2008 08:36
Holyetheline
Wow it's kind of creepy... which is fine for dead animals I suppose...
kadosho's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/25/2008 08:46
kadosho
This game looks insanely entertaining, kinda has that nostalgic touch. But at the same time, its cute, in a twizted sort of way. *i added a z on purpose

We may have a next-gen legend on our hands soon. =D
brad drac's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/25/2008 09:15
brad drac
Y'know, the only thing that could make this concept better would be a cameo from manny calaveras. Fucking win.
daCuk's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/25/2008 10:14
daCuk
Cartoon Network meets Resident Evil.
I hope this game will be downloadable by Latin American Wiis, asi los latinos podremos jugarlo sin problemas (please include Spanish subtitles, at least, High Voltage!)
PaperBowser0's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/25/2008 10:43
PaperBowser0
Oh, who's the cute little dead freaky ass looking walrus thing? You are....you are!
Knives's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/25/2008 10:53
Knives
Let me guess the price
10 PESO 1 DOLLAR :P.


Wiiware is getting more and more interesting.
king3vbo's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/25/2008 10:55
king3vbo
HOLY SHIT THIS IS AWESOME
mix's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/25/2008 10:56
mix
This sounds amazing!
The Bozz's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/25/2008 11:51
The Bozz
[picky]Actually, the name means something moar liek "Animals of Death".[/picky] Aaah, who the hell cares, it sounds awesome!
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