Mister Slime oozing onto DS
By
Brendan Sinclair, Senior Editor
Southpeak Games offering stretch-happy hero to North American gamers starting next month.
The slime has a distinguished history of villainy in games. Frequently appearing as a low-level enemy in role-playing games, amorphous blobs are rarely given a chance to do something heroic. That might be changing, as evidenced by THQ's upcoming de Blob and today's announcement that Southpeak is creating a positive slime portrayal of its own, Mister Slime.
Mister Slime has players using the DS touch screen to guide the eponymous hero through an adventure to protect Slime Village from nefarious opponents known as Axons. Using the stylus, players stretch Mister Slime's arms to a variety of anchor points scattered about 2D side-scrolling levels in order to get from start to finish. The game will also incorporate a multiplayer mode and make use of the DS microphone, allowing players to blow on the mic to provide an in-game gust of wind or an extra breath in underwater levels.
Mister Slime is being developed by France-based Lexis Numérique and is scheduled to arrive at North American retailers next month.
By
Brendan Sinclair, Senior Editor
Brendan Sinclair has been a games journalist since 1999. His tastes are eclectic, though he has a definite affinity for games with arcade roots. He's Canadian, but has also been at home in Atlanta, Austin, Chicago, and San Francisco.
I wanted Dragon Quest!
I came into this topic expecting Rocket Slime 2.... As for this, I'm not too hopeful, though I did like the last Lexis Nemerique game I played. (Missing)
I'm always game for a quirky game mechanic
It seems like you are all writing this game off too soon. I think it looks like a fun and different platformer. Which I could definitely go for on my DS right about now.
It's talking about all these chances for slimes to do something heroic at the top.... Uhh, Rocket Slime? **** please.
looks fun, i was really hoping for a rocket slime sequal though...
theres flash games like this on tea games that are free ... what the replayability of this game honelysly .....
There is already a ghostbusters game in development
Dragon Quest Heroes was enough Slime for me. Please bring DQ9 NOW.
Not News - Thoght it was dragon quest as well
oh i thought they maent a dragon quest spinoff. f this=forget this this
Well there goes my thoughs on it being a Ghostbuster game.
whats with all the slimes recently XD
I feel a dragon quest lawsuit coming.
I thought it would be a new Dragon Quest game!
For a sec I thought it was gonna be a Ghostbusters game! Wow, never posted first before...
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- Publisher(s): SouthPeak Games
- Developer(s): Lexis Numerique
- Genre: Action
- Release: Jul 23, 2008 (US) »
- ESRB: E
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