Susan Arendt
Culture

<cite>Worms: A Space Oddity</cite> Headed to Wii

The good news is that Worms: A Space Oddity, complete with online muliplayer, is coming to the Wii, redesigning the game’s interface to take advantage of the Wii’s control possibilities. The bad news is that the controls aren’t the only things Team 17 is changing: Worms: A Space Oddity demonstrates significant visual, technical and design […]

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The good news is that Worms: A Space Oddity, complete with online muliplayer, is coming to the Wii, redesigning the game's interface to take advantage of the Wii's control possibilities. The bad news is that the controls aren't the only things Team 17 is changing:

Worms: A Space Oddity demonstrates significant visual, technical and design advancement over its predecessors with a new visual style that abandons the traditional drawn approach and replaces it with a distinctive style inspired by classic Sci-Fi looks. The Worms battles take place across six planets, each with its own, unique environments and global events.

I don't know what that means, exactly, but it's enough to hike my eyebrows up a notch. The new look may ultimately be a good thing--Worms 3D was certainly well-received--but I'm going to be cautiously skeptical until I see more.