Animales de la Muerte set for WiiWare

by Candace Savino { Apr 25th 2008 at 7:00PM }

It generally doesn't take much more than a "zombie" descriptor to pique our interest in a game, but High Voltage Software (the folks behind The Conduit) went even further than that for Animales de la Muerte. Not only are they making a WiiWare game about the undead, which they aim to release in September, but even better (or at least, different) -- it's about zombie animals in a Mexican zoo.

High Voltage summed up the premise of this cartoonishly zany game more cleverly than we could by saying, "Now, wandering freely through the zoo, the rotting beasts are no longer content with eating visitor scraps they get tossed into their cages -- instead they prefer to eat the whole visitor."

Not only do you have to kill the zombified animals, but you also have to save the poor creatures that have not yet succumbed to the outbreak. Funnily enough, the undead animals drop pesos when you kill them, which can be used to upgrade your weapons. As for the controls, the game is essentially a point-and-shoot action title, putting the Wiimote to good use. There's also a co-op mode where you can play with up to four people, if you're not shut-ins like us.

We posted some goodies after the break, including a hilarious trailer, so make sure to take a look.

[Thanks, Duscrom!]

Tags: action, adventure, animals, animals-de-la-muerte, animals-of-the-dead, high-voltage-software, humor, zombies

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Jay @ Apr 25th 2008 7:13PM

"zombie animals in a Mexican zoo"

DO WANT

CJLopez @ Apr 25th 2008 8:31PM

Featuring "Pancho Loco" y "Pepe Maniático"

Might as well get it, once I'm able to retrieve my Wii's master key

Mr.ESC @ Apr 25th 2008 8:33PM

Smash Tv con zombies de animales supuestamente en Mexico.
Un dia de estos voy a visitar ese pais,se ve interesante además que no he tomado vacasiones en un rato.Es dificl encontrar buenos precios aqui en México.

CJLopez @ Apr 26th 2008 5:31PM

Mucha razón tendrás, jajajajaja, aqui los precios son algo altos, sobre todo por el norte, lo que es Sonora, Chihuahua y Nuevo León. Si te vas pal sur, naaaa, ahi todo esta más barato.

student @ Apr 25th 2008 9:17PM

not gonna lie, this game looks like a must buy. It's the first wiware title to truly win me over

Blue_Falcon @ Apr 25th 2008 9:28PM

I do hope High Voltage does continue to keep making products for the Wii.

Between this, Gyrostarr (their WiiWare launch game) and The Conduit, they're at least attempting to market towards the normal gamer. I just really hope these games are as fun as they look.

Ethan @ Apr 25th 2008 10:08PM

It turns out you can use a monkey sound effect too much.

Justin @ Apr 27th 2008 8:30PM

HAHAHAHA

JRVillalobos @ May 1st 2008 2:53AM

You never have too much monkey sound effect...

DBuck_Eye @ Apr 25th 2008 10:17PM

I have been looking for a game that played like Alien Syndrome that wasn't...you know...Alien Syndrome. Plus, it's downloadable! I won't have to get off my lazy *** to buy it! Sweet. Go HVS!

hvnlysoldr @ Apr 25th 2008 11:22PM

"I'd buy that for a dollar!"

Polecat @ Apr 26th 2008 12:29AM

Must get. Looks like a new imagining of Zombies Ate My Neighbors, or Zombies! for those friends of mine from across the pond.

Charles @ Apr 26th 2008 3:06AM

Looks like must buy! If the price is anywhere between 500-100 I'm buying this as brainlessly as possible, if it's 1500 or something, then I'll think about it because it truly looks awesome. High Voltage really needs to prove to devs out there that is an audience for M-rated games out there on the Wii. We, or at least I, love you High Voltage, and even if the conduit doesn't get such great reviews, I'm gonna buy simply t prove that trying hard pays off!

MC=Mii @ Apr 26th 2008 5:00AM

Save the animals...by killing them! ;)

Unbreakable_idea @ Apr 26th 2008 11:24AM

Pure dope. The first Wiiware game to to really peak my interest. I'll be owning it.

Kogen @ Apr 26th 2008 1:02PM

I will just wait until someone makes another Zombies Ate my Neighbours. That is the ultimate zombie game.

Also this looks like one of those horrid "new" XBLA games made by inexperienced developers.

CJLopez @ Apr 26th 2008 5:37PM

At least they are developing for the Wii, and not the 360.

You said it, they are inexperienced developers, so inexperienced, they developed a engine that put the Wii to its limits and they are testing its capabilities with this little games. They are doing test, so in the future, they come out with something even more powerfull