Classic control scheme for High Voltage's other game
by Chris Greenhough 
{ Jul 21st 2008 at 9:00PM }
The Conduit, The Conduit, The Conduit -- that's all we media types bang on about when it comes to High Voltage. But the Illinois-based studio also has a WiiWare game in the pipeline: the scarcely covered Animales de la Muerte, a bloodthirsty shooter set in a Mexican zoo that has been overrun by zombie animals. Let's say that again, shall we: a Mexican zoo that has been overrun by zombie animals. It looks a bit like Samba de Amigo crossed with the gore of MadWorld, and if that's not potential GOTY material, we have no idea what is.
And it gets better. High Voltage's Micah Skaritka just confirmed to WiiWare World that Animales would feature Classic Controller support, allowing players to move with the left analog stick and fire with the right, a configuration that Skaritka compares to Smash TV (but which also reminded us of Geometry Wars or Robotron: 2084). Meanwhile, actions that would usually require a shake of the Wiimote (Whip, Throw, Rescue, and Activate) have been mapped to buttons. A welcome addition!
Gallery: Animales de la Muerte
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Andy @ Jul 21st 2008 9:32PM
Does that mean a GameCube controller would work as well, or only a Classic Controller? It seems reasonable to me that a GameCube controller would work (since the two have a nearly identical button layout), but I'm not sure how easy/hard it is to add support for the various controller types to a Wii game.
Sisyphus @ Jul 21st 2008 9:25PM
I've been psyched about this game since I first heard about it. It could be great.
8-bit.artist @ Jul 21st 2008 10:07PM
day 1 purchase, just like the conduit