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Worms deploy on A Space Oddity

By Tom Magrino, GameSpotPosted Aug 30, 2007 11:57 am PT

Team 17's annelids with attitude take their turn-based strategy warfare intergalactic next spring on the Wii.

Since debuting in 1994, Team 17's homicidal annelidan warriors have made a mess of this planet, decimating one another's invertebrate bodies with over-the-top weapons and their spirits with high-pitched, nonsensical taunts. Most recently, Team 17 catapulted its homicidal dirt diggers onto the next generation of consoles with Worms for the Xbox 360. For its follow-up console performance, Team 17 will be taking the Worms series in a new direction with Nintendo's "new-gen" technology.

THQ announced today that Worms: A Space Oddity will arrive for the Nintendo Wii in spring 2008. Apparently hitching a ride on the rockets they're so keen on launching, the worms will wage their feud on an intergalactic scale across six distinct planets, each of which offers different environments and situations.

Further diverging from past installments, Worms: A Space Oddity will eschew its traditional art style for a sci-fi-inspired look. The game will also incorporate the Wii's motion-based controls into the traditional turn-based strategy gameplay, and feature online multiplayer for up to four players.

Worms: A Space Oddity has not yet been priced or rated.

64 Comments

  • papapavvv

    Posted Dec 7, 2007 6:44 am PT

    http://tv.jubii.fr/video/iLyROoaftnwA.html
    check this footage

  • stevo-millz

    Posted Oct 3, 2007 12:22 pm PT

    Hmmm, worms,wii,sounds good. but i wanna c some screens first.

  • dev_ron

    Posted Sep 3, 2007 8:26 am PT

    well, just lets see

  • Xbox_Gamer_117

    Posted Sep 2, 2007 10:55 am PT

    2D Worms>3D Worms

  • Sacred-Snow

    Posted Sep 2, 2007 7:40 am PT

    the controls are going to be faulty i can just tell.

  • everccr

    Posted Sep 2, 2007 12:54 am PT

    Ground control o major tom: New worms

  • DiscGuru101

    Posted Sep 1, 2007 5:29 pm PT

    The 2D 360 worms is the best Worms released since Worms: Armageddon. -I hope this one is 2D also.

  • lamprey263

    Posted Sep 1, 2007 3:02 pm PT

    I'd like to see Worms move away from the turn-based approach and go for something more like Conkers.

  • martin95

    Posted Sep 1, 2007 2:20 pm PT

    l guess that 3d worms games WERE NOT AT ALL FUN! but this one shows some light and it just might be funlike the 2d ones.

  • sonynhater

    Posted Sep 1, 2007 1:34 pm PT

    the holy hand grenade better come back. thats one of the things i remeber when i first played this game as a kid

  • wenbin09

    Posted Aug 31, 2007 6:33 pm PT

    great news!

  • raahsnavj

    Posted Aug 31, 2007 4:37 pm PT

    I agree the 2D worms made for a much better style of gameplay. Worms 3D was nothing more than a who can shoot who off the island the quickest. Sure 2D worms has plenty of that, but at least a good player could hide if they wanted.

  • Joe_Combat

    Posted Aug 31, 2007 4:21 pm PT

    i have worms and i love it!

  • eredgar

    Posted Aug 31, 2007 1:41 pm PT

    release date says 2007 2Q, should be 2008 no?

  • Gigatron

    Posted Aug 31, 2007 11:10 am PT

    I thought the 3D ones were funnier and still carried the deceptively complex mechanics, but the 2D ones are faster and more accessible. But regardless, I'll be satisfied... because aiming and punching with the wiimote will be SWEET either way.

  • ROTO_DQ

    Posted Aug 31, 2007 9:20 am PT

    we need a 2d worms

  • AuthenticM

    Posted Aug 31, 2007 7:59 am PT

    If I rebember correctly, Team17 said they had no intentions of doing another 3D Worms. I hope they were honest, as I want this one to be in 2D.

  • Phazevariance

    Posted Aug 31, 2007 6:28 am PT

    Worms 3d was ok, but something was just ... not right about it that really made it feel very different than normal worms games... so i don't mind if it's 3d, just as long as they spruce it up a lot more, and keep it interesting.

  • teh_leeto

    Posted Aug 31, 2007 5:32 am PT

    Please, please be a 2D worms game...

  • Bozanimal

    Posted Aug 31, 2007 5:29 am PT

    My purchase will hinge on whether the Holy Hand Grenade makes a reappearance or not.

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