There's still no word on a release date, though this sudden burst of media fills us with bright-eyed hope, being the naïve, optimistic fools that we are.
Update: NeoGAFfers spotted an update at Nintendo's German site that let slip a few precious details on Disaster (and, yet again, mentions a Q4 2008 release date). Apparently, we'll be playing as former US marine Raymond Bryce as he drives, swims, runs, and shoots his way through 23 "different parts" (a machine translation, which we assume means "23 stages"), faces volcanoes, earthquakes, flooding, tornados, and tsunamis, and fights it out against a terrorist organization known as "SURGE." Ray's health bar needs to be constantly watched, as he will require both food and fresh air if he's to rescue citizens. And that's your lot for now!
[Via press release]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
9-01-2008 @ 3:04PM
aneurysmi said...
hmm intreeging
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9-01-2008 @ 3:20PM
Josh said...
Surprise.
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9-01-2008 @ 3:25PM
Synthex said...
Oh, noooo, not a light gun shooter again !
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9-01-2008 @ 3:31PM
ChromeAlchemist said...
wtf are u smoking? wt would be the point of the natural disasters and life saving segments if it was a light gun shooter?
i think it is genius, how they basically eliminated hype from this game and just developed it in the shadows, kinda how i hope nibris is doing with sadness..... >_
9-01-2008 @ 3:27PM
ramuji said...
Clever Shot!
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9-01-2008 @ 3:33PM
Ethan said...
So glad this is being made.
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9-01-2008 @ 4:27PM
Synthex said...
But it has Lightgun-Shooting elements, undeniebly... which I personally don't like.
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9-01-2008 @ 4:37PM
KaBob799 said...
So you dont like any game that uses the wiimote for shooting?
9-01-2008 @ 5:44PM
CJLopez said...
Still, is not a onrail shooter, more like a RE4 game with natural disaster. Still i'm pretty pumped up for this game
9-01-2008 @ 4:31PM
fco. said...
hmm... it looks a bit like one of those games which, trying to add realism to the gamplay, end up over complicating it. I'll even dare to bet that's the reason why the development has taken so long. To me, Nintendo is guarantee of tight and easy to use gameplay and controls, and they wont risk publishing an ambitious game that'll end up like Alone In The Dark did.
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9-01-2008 @ 4:53PM
Mr Khan said...
Awh, sweet.
Retail release for the latter end of the year. And it looks dynamic, and they polished it up good graphically. And its a mature new Nintendo IP
Huh, fulfills quite a bit of wishes. The only problem is if they can find the right balance between making a game with many diverse situations and making something akin to a minigame compilation
I have faith, though.
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9-01-2008 @ 4:54PM
Anonymousaurus said...
Rejoice!
the shooting's like time crisis but your movement around the world is still free for the most part.
and no matter how outdone quick action scenes are nowadays, i think this game is actually doing it very appropriately
i am sold.
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9-01-2008 @ 5:29PM
ponceturtle said...
Eh actually i was looking forward for this game along with project hammer. I'm glad is still in development but the graphic need some really upgrades and please this better not be another rail shooter like house of the dead or umbrella chronicles and also they should try not to make this another abortion game like alone in the dark please.
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9-01-2008 @ 5:50PM
CJLopez said...
Its not a onrail shoter, its more of a over the shoulder third person adventura/shooter game
Hadn't you seen the gameplay footages shown in the past
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRVsGBZ-uZQ
9-01-2008 @ 6:27PM
mazza_man said...
Well this is a pleasant suprise! I just hope it does make the Q4 2008 release date!
But why on Earth Nintendo did you not just show this at e3? Were you afraid that after all the excitement of AC that the hardcore wouldn't be able to take another game?
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9-01-2008 @ 11:40PM
dagguis said...
I think I remember that Miyamoto said that they were not showing more of their new cool stuff on e3, I remember he said that they will only show casual games and later they will show "the other stuff"
9-01-2008 @ 7:08PM
Mr Khan said...
Also: I hope this means Nintendo wants to actually promote this game, in lieu of that old theory we were kicking around that they might just "send it out to die"
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9-01-2008 @ 8:38PM
leonus11 said...
soooo let me get this straight. you guys cry and cry for a hardcore game or two, see screen shots for Disaster: Day of Crisis that looks to be like a light gun game and cry dome more because its a light gun game? what my father taught really is true. some people just don't show ANY apperciation for ANYTHING you do for them. you give them a few buck and they stab you in the back (by the way thts an example). unbeilieveable. to those of you complainng about it being a light gun game, go f*** off if you don't like it! sheesh cry more then my 1yr old baby sister!
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9-01-2008 @ 9:05PM
SoshiKitai said...
Look at all those 0's before the 83 for the ammo...
How can he carry all that ammo in his pocket? O_O
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9-01-2008 @ 9:41PM
CJLopez said...
Yeah, and how can link carry all that stuff and still fight as swift as he does????
It just another mistery on videogame that wil prevail solutionless
9-01-2008 @ 9:42PM
nig said...
yo das no ammo. das points, or something to do with BP. blood pressure? err...
but ammo's in top right. where current mag is 0 and in his pockets are... infinite.
yarp O_O
what a weird weird little game
9-01-2008 @ 10:52PM
SoshiKitai said...
@CJ: Well that's understandable... he has magic pockets and bags... yep, magic.
@nig: Oh... now that's even more astounding.
9-02-2008 @ 6:00AM
Synthex said...
Becaaaaaauseee Light Gun Shooters are lame
:-P. ;-)
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9-02-2008 @ 9:03AM
Niclas said...
I just find out that the realese in Eu is 24 october haha NICE liv in sweden by the way
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