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Ubisoft bringing 3D top-down shooter Protothea to WiiWare
Nick Chester05.06.2008 17:24 (122 day(s) ago) 10 comments

With the official launch of WiiWare right around the corner, more and more publishers are coming out of the woodwork to announce software for the platform. The latest is Ubisoft, who have revealed that they will be bringing Protöthea, a 3D top-down vertical scrolling shooter, to the service sometime during its "launch window."

The Protöthea story involves some overly-complicated tale of an asteroid called "Magno 01" and a political faction called "The Core." But it's a freakin' top down shooter, so no one really cares, do they? But if that's what it takes to explain having to shoot down enemy ships with eight air-to-air weapons and two air-bombs, so be it. Your ship also has a special power that will actually slow down time, an ability which I'm sure can only be explained by the politically charged narrative.

Protöthea first began life as a PC game, and as GoNintendo so helpfully has pointed out, a demo can be found here. WiiWare launches in North America next week, May 12; in the meantime, check out this fact sheet and screens of Protöthea in resolutions that I'm not even sure the Wii is capable of displaying images in.

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The-Excel's Avatar
The-Excel at 05/06/2008 17:28

So the player is able to face any direction while moving?
njsykora's Avatar
njsykora at 05/06/2008 17:52

Does 'DO WANT!' even come close to describing how much I want WiiWare?
king3vbo's Avatar
king3vbo at 05/06/2008 17:59

Oooh DO WANT
pedrovay2003's Avatar
pedrovay2003 at 05/06/2008 18:43

WiiWare seems to be getting better and better with every announcement. With that combined with the Virtual Console, the Wii's downloadable services may be better than the other two consoles'. And that's saying a lot, considering I used the words "Wii" and "downloadable" in the same sentence there.

This sounds like an awesome addition to the lineup, too. Not too much longer to wait, folks.
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Psychedelic Sex Machine at 05/06/2008 19:50

Looks alright, but of the three launch shmups (Gyrostarr, Star Soldier R, Protothea) I'm thinking Gyrostarr will be the one for me next week.

Still, you can't really argue with more variety.
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skullivan at 05/06/2008 20:19

This got rated by the ESRB about a month ago. I looked it up at the time and was quite confused why a PC game from 3 or 4 years ago was coming to Wii.

It all makes sense now.
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necrozen at 05/06/2008 22:21

this looks great, i cant wait

im so glad they're getting wiiware right
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mistic at 05/07/2008 00:25

great I love topdown shooters :-)
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Cowboy TTop at 05/07/2008 00:45

Looks good, Wii Ware is shaping up nicely.
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Holyetheline at 05/07/2008 09:31

NEED WII HARD DRIVE

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