Simple Wii: THE Surprisingly neat-looking shooter

Posted Nov 1st 2007 12:00PM by JC Fletcher
Filed under: Imports, Screens

D3 Publisher released some screenshots of the next two entries in their Simple Wii series, Simple Wii Vol.3 THE Party Casino and Vol. 4 THE Shooting Action. Both games use the same set of Mii-like characters, which we think are adorable. We're particularly interested in THE Shooting Action, because it appears to be a competitive shooter!

Using four different kinds of weapons, up to four players can shoot at each other in spaceships. Given the appearance of targeting reticles on the screen, we're guessing that aiming is done with the Wiimote pointer. And ... it's online. Suddenly, we're very interested in this game. If it's the same kind of space dueling found in Star Control, but with four players and online play? We'd gladly pay a budget price for that.

Tags: d3, shmup, shooter, simple, the-shooting-action

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

11-01-2007 @ 12:28PM

troy said...

You're just making me wish we got the simple series! This would be good on WiiWare don't ya think?

11-01-2007 @ 12:51PM

MC Hampster said...

STAR CONTROL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Favorite game of all time (well, Star Control II)

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