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Space Station Tycoon has liftoff

By Emma Boyes, GameSpot UKPosted Mar 1, 2007 7:22 am PT

Namco Bandai Wii game will be docking in "summer" 2007.

There have been Zoo Tycoons, RollerCoaster Tycoons, Prison Tycoons, a Beer Tycoon, a Game Tycoon, and a Cruise Ship Tycoon, to name just a few. Now gamers can add Space Station Tycoon to the list, a title which has been developed by Namco.

Space Station Tycoon, for the Nintendo Wii, centres on a character called Shawn and his stressed-out monkey sidekick, Tam, along with 30 other kooky characters. It will feature a level-based system, where gamers have to complete a set of mission objectives--including "light puzzle solving"--to progress to the next stage and further expand their empire.

The game promises to let players use the motion sensing of the Wii Remote to create gravity points and interact with objects in the environment, undertaking tasks such as catching asteroids to stop them from smashing into the space station and lobbing cannonballs at space pirates.

There will also be a multiplayer mode and co-op play elements. The US release will be summer 2007, with no date yet announced for Europe or any word on the PlayStation Portable version.

48 Comments

  • jonnyjd

    Posted Mar 5, 2007 6:53 am PT

    Sounds okay.

  • SteveTwo

    Posted Mar 3, 2007 5:18 pm PT

    Sounds like a rip of Outpost Kaldori X for the 360 XBLA.

  • tge4

    Posted Mar 3, 2007 8:20 am PT

    It looks like a rip off. I already had a game like this when I was in grade 5. It was Moon Tycoon, which still wasn't very fun. I give this preview 2 copy- right suits... out of 5.

  • jester_gcr

    Posted Mar 2, 2007 9:10 pm PT

    I was hoping it would be for the pc. Zoomer30 , I still play PSS on my c64 emulator once and a while.

  • rokkuman09

    Posted Mar 2, 2007 2:16 pm PT

    Hopefully it will be good. But I have noticed their are a lot games with the word "tycoon" in their name, that aren't so great. Buy you never know till you play it.

  • Chief_Kuuni

    Posted Mar 2, 2007 2:00 pm PT

    awesome....

  • gmax Site moderator

    Posted Mar 2, 2007 9:57 am PT

    Heh... And 'coon fans rejoiced...

  • Darkiewonder

    Posted Mar 1, 2007 9:12 pm PT

    I want my chicken to be there! Give me my chicken!

  • Bpg3D

    Posted Mar 1, 2007 9:05 pm PT

    Monkey sidekick. :-/

  • japanesegoth

    Posted Mar 1, 2007 7:04 pm PT

    hmm...i enjoyed roller coaster tycoon..anyhoo..when i read the title of this article i was reminded of space station silicon valley...that was a fun game...also, nearly headless? how can you be nearly headless?

  • m_machine024

    Posted Mar 1, 2007 5:05 pm PT

    Not really interested....

  • Exxelerator

    Posted Mar 1, 2007 3:55 pm PT

    Sounds hot

  • mansmanman

    Posted Mar 1, 2007 3:14 pm PT

    now what else are they going to think of?

  • The_Dude1212

    Posted Mar 1, 2007 2:35 pm PT

    I thought they lost it and were going downhill when they brung out "Lemonade Stand Tycoon", but it's good to know that it still is going strong.

  • aoi23

    Posted Mar 1, 2007 1:21 pm PT

    Sounds interesting.

  • MegaManX9101

    Posted Mar 1, 2007 1:08 pm PT

    "lobbing cannonballs at space pirates."

    wtc...? who would have freaking cannons on a space station!? :/
    where are the mass drivers? where are the plasma and particle beams? wheres.... everything futuristic? XD

  • shockwave04

    Posted Mar 1, 2007 12:22 pm PT

    Soudns pretty cool

  • snoman99991

    Posted Mar 1, 2007 12:15 pm PT

    I really believe this has potential. Did anyone play Moon Tycoon? It wasn't all that bad, though it certainly wasn't perfect. And it looked nice too.

    Either way, it's something new, even if it's another tycoon. Who can complain about new ideas?

  • OfficialBed

    Posted Mar 1, 2007 11:29 am PT

    uh...lol....will be interesting for sure

  • Zoomer30

    Posted Mar 1, 2007 11:13 am PT

    GOD! On the bleeping wii. For the sec there I thought someone was ACTUALLY going to bring out a Space Station game for the PC. Last time I played a Space Station game on a computer was "Project: Space Station" on my good old Commodore 64 back in the late 80s.

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