Space Invaders Get Even

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title=Space Invaders Get Even


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developer = Taito Corporation
publisher = Taito Corporation
Square Enix (Europe)
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released = vgrelease|JP=August 26, 2008|NA=TBA vgy|2008|EU=October vgy|2008
genre = Real time strategy
Shoot 'em up
modes = Single-player
ratings = vgratings|CERO=A|ESRB= E 10+|OFLCA=G
platforms = Wii (WiiWare)
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input = Wii Remote and Nunchuk

nihongo|"Space Invaders Get Even"|スペースインベーダーゲットイーヴン ～逆襲のスペースインベーダー～|Supēsu Inbēdā Getto Īvun ~Gyakushū no Supēsu Inbēdā|Space Invaders Get Even: The Counterattacking Space Invaders is a video game by Taito for the Wii. Originally intended as a retail release, the game was released as a downloadable WiiWare game instead. [ [http://www.wiiware-world.com/news/2008/06/get_even_with_space_invaders_on_wiiware Get Even With Space Invaders On WiiWare] ] It was released in Japan on August 26, 2008, and will be released in Europe in October 2008, where it will be published by Square Enix.

The game costs 500 Wii Points. The basic game, dubbed the "Starter Pack", will come with one stage (consisting of two levels and a boss battle), with six additional stages to be available across three downloadable content packs, also priced at 500 Points each. [ [http://gonintendo.com/?p=51565 Space Invaders Get Even - even more details] ]

Gameplay

The origins of the game lie with the original classic arcade game "Space Invaders". However, "Space Invaders Get Even" puts a twist on the formula by letting the player control the space invaders themselves. [ [http://www.siliconera.com/2008/03/10/role-reversal-taito-lets-you-players-control-space-invaders/ Role reversal! Taito lets you players control Space Invaders] ]

Breaking away from the gameplay of the original game and its spin-offs, "Space Invaders Get Even" sees players piloting the invader's UFO across a landscape rendered in 3D graphics, which encompasses areas such as cities, deserts, forests, oceans and military bases. By downloading extra stages, players will also be given the option to swap out the UFO in the game with ships from the "Darius" and "RayForce" series of Taito shoot 'em ups, as well as a polygonal version of the "classic" UFO from "Space Invaders". [http://www.wiiware-world.com/news/2008/07/space_invaders_get_even_to_come_with_bargain_price_tag Space Invaders Get Even To Come With Bargain Price Tag] ] [ [http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/game/docs/20080811/sige.htm watch.impress.co.jp] ]

Players move the UFO with the analog stick of the Nunchuk, and then use the pointer function of the Wii Remote to direct a swarm of up to 100 invaders in blowing up buildings and destroying the defending forces of Earth, with continuing destruction increasing the time available to the player. The invaders, which are rendered as flat, glowing two dimensional sprites which resemble the invaders in the original game, can utilize a number of attack formations to dispatch enemies, including forming a drill-like formation to bore into them or crushing them by bouncing on top of them from above. [http://www.wiiware-world.com/news/2008/08/square_enix_gets_invaded Square-Enix Gets Invaded!] ] Upon eliminating all opposition in the stage, which includes fighter jets, helicopter gunships and gunboats, the player must then take on a large boss, which include a giant tank, mecha and a huge battleship. [ [http://news.dengeki.com/elem/000/000/086/86493/index.html Dengeki Online] ]

The game will also feature online leaderboards. [ [http://www.wiiware-world.com/news/2008/08/space_invaders_get_even_stage_pack_details Space Invaders Get Even - Stage Pack Details] ]

Reception

Wired's Chris Kohler found the gameplay in the Starter Pack to be "addictive and well-balanced", yet lamented that the rest of the levels, available as paid downloadable content, was like "the modern-day equivalent of "Insert Coin To Continue". [http://blog.wired.com/games/2008/08/impressions-spa.html Impressions: Space Invaders Get Even, the Secretly Episodic Game] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.taito.co.jp/csm/title/2008/si_geteven/ Taito "Space Invaders Get Even" Japanese site]
* [http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/wiiware/wivj/index.html "Space Invaders Get Even" WiiWare site]