Europeans, rejoice! Disaster: Day of Crsis release date CONFIRMED by NINTENDO

http://www.cubed3.com/news/10650 - That is all :)

"Nintendo Confirms Wii Disaster in Europe"... :| at the news title.

And we getz teh info:

Earthquake, tsunami, volcanic eruption, flood, hurricane... and the small matter of an ex-military terrorist group with their hands on some nuclear weapons - and all in just 24 hours?! Welcome to Disaster: Day of Crisis, the action adventure game on Wii from Nintendo and Monolith Soft., sweeping across Europe on 24th October 2008 guaranteed to bring out the survival skills in everyone.

Stepping into the shoes of Raymond Bryce, a traumatised but highly decorated retired US marine and former operative of the International Rescue Team, prepare for a day like no other. Called back into action to deal with the threat of SURGE, an ex-military terrorist unit led by former elite forces specialist Colonel Hayes, Ray must overcome personal tragedy and numerous devastating natural disasters to prevent the threat of nuclear warfare.

Wracked with guilt over the loss of his best friend in the line of duty, Ray finds out that SURGE has kidnapped a leading seismologist and his assistant to predict the arrival of an earthquake, which will act as a diversion for their plan to seize the nuclear weapons. However, upon finding out that the assistant is his lost friend's sister, Lisa, the mission turns personal and offers Ray the chance of redemption he's been craving for.

Disaster: Day of Crisis is a dedicated single-player all-out action adventure blending a variety of exciting gameplay activities around an intense and absorbing 23-stage storyline. In addition to vanquishing the SURGE threat, players must come face-to-face with a series of daunting natural disasters and take full advantage of Ray's survival expertise to rescue stranded civilians left helpless.

As the story unfolds, the player's skills are thoroughly tested as Ray finds himself in increasingly hazardous situations. Gameplay varies from exploring devastated city streets for survivors to thrilling shooting sequences, as well as driving, swimming and intense quick time events all intuitively controlled with the Wii Remote and Nunchuk. Players are awarded Survival Points and Battle Points which are vital for improving Ray's abilities and ensuring he has the skills needed to overcome the game's hard-as-nails bosses, survive the effects of each disaster and ultimately, rescue Lisa.

During the majority of stages, players will find themselves searching for civilians in need of rescuing, which will help improve Ray's skills. With each civilian saved, Survival Points are awarded that can then be freely distributed amongst five critical skills such as Strength for unarmed combat and lifting objects, Firearms for handling weapons and Mental for Ray's ability to concentrate his mind.

Along the way, Ray will face adversity from SURGE, at which points the game automatically switches into combat mode. Similar to an on-rails shooter, the action becomes fast and furious where players use the Wii Remote and Nunchuk to dispatch enemies with a variety of lethal weaponry including handguns, automatics and shotguns. Once every hostile is taken down Battle Points are yielded that can be used to purchase new weapons or tune current equipment to perfection.

Even after the main storyline is completed, there are numerous incentives for players to keep coming back for more. With additional modes such as a shooting range and a staminas campaign, and a wealth of hidden content covering unlockable weapons and costumes to the extra hard 'Real Disaster Mode' difficulty, Disaster: Day of Crisis will keep gamers entertained for many months to come.

So are you ready to step into the shoes of an action hero and emerge victorious after one hell of a day? If the answer is yes, then Disaster: Day of Crisis is crying out to be rescued from your nearest retailer across Europe on 24th October 2008.

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Dang, all sounds good, very MGS-ish like in its structure. I wished it had epic graphics to complement it.

"Ex-US-Marine Raymond Bryce will drive, swim, run and shoot through 23 sections, while they are being destroyed by volcanos, tsunamis, hurricanes, floods and earthquakes. Furthermore he'll have to fight a dubious terrorist organisation called SURGE.

Ray will have to find fresh air when his lungs are filled with smoke and he'll have to eat to regain his strength. The player will have to save citizens from various dangerous situations and even apply first-aid measures. He'll also have to defuse bombs and whatnot using the Wii-mote and nunchuck."

MORE HERE!!! link
kansasdude2009

[QUOTE="kansasdude2009"]

"Ex-US-Marine Raymond Bryce will drive, swim, run and shoot through 23 sections, while they are being destroyed by volcanos, tsunamis, hurricanes, floods and earthquakes. Furthermore he'll have to fight a dubious terrorist organisation called SURGE.

Ray will have to find fresh air when his lungs are filled with smoke and he'll have to eat to regain his strength. The player will have to save citizens from various dangerous situations and even apply first-aid measures. He'll also have to defuse bombs and whatnot using the Wii-mote and nunchuck."

MORE HERE!!! link
Nintendo_Ownes7

Kudos for choosing the screens that make the game look absolutely amazing. Man, I can't wait till October :D

Kudos for choosing the screens that make the game look absolutely amazing. Man, I can't wait till October :D

manicfoot

Cut scenes, unfortunately.

I don't mind the graphics, though, it's just that this game sounds as if it deserved super visuals. But I'm sure the game often had to be redesigned and all and there's no time graphics polishing.

cutscenes remind me of MGSbusak

The whole game reminds me of MGS.

So much for Nintendo saying, "The entire first-party 2008 slate has been announced".

Oh well, I'm a European so am happy to hear the news.

It's not first-party, but I'm still not sold on this game. It'll suck having to wait if it's good.JonasJuice

It is, Nintendo bought Monolith.

[QUOTE="JonasJuice"]It's not first-party, but I'm still not sold on this game. It'll suck having to wait if it's good.Wintry_Flutist

It is, Nintendo bought Monolith.

I don't see why people are always trying to catch me out. I know what I'm talking about.

[QUOTE="JonasJuice"]It's not first-party, but I'm still not sold on this game. It'll suck having to wait if it's good.Wintry_Flutist

It is, Nintendo bought Monolith.

The official term is second-party.

[QUOTE="Wintry_Flutist"]

[QUOTE="JonasJuice"]It's not first-party, but I'm still not sold on this game. It'll suck having to wait if it's good.JonasJuice

It is, Nintendo bought Monolith.

The official term is second-party.

No, a second-party developer would be a company partly-owned or in a contract with Nintendo, like HAL Labs. Monolith soft is completely owned by Nintendo making it a first-party developer.

[QUOTE="Wintry_Flutist"]

[QUOTE="JonasJuice"]It's not first-party, but I'm still not sold on this game. It'll suck having to wait if it's good.JonasJuice

It is, Nintendo bought Monolith.

The official term is second-party.

No, Monolith is a Nintendo studio now. It ain't an independent one making a game for Wii only.

EDIT: I stand corrected, Monolith may be second party... But what the heck wouldn't make it a Nintendo studio?

Those cut scenes look like they're rendered in real time and the second one down looks like its actual gameplay. I'm betting/hoping there's a reason why the game looks kinda sub-par graphically. I read ages ago that they wanted the game to have really good, realistic physics. Maybe they had to compromise graphics for physics or something like that. Still, it doesn't look bad by any means and I'm buying this no matter what :P

[QUOTE="JonasJuice"][QUOTE="Wintry_Flutist"]

[QUOTE="JonasJuice"]It's not first-party, but I'm still not sold on this game. It'll suck having to wait if it's good.19061980

It is, Nintendo bought Monolith.

The official term is second-party.

No, a second-party developer would be a company partly-owned or in a contract with Nintendo, like HAL Labs. Monolith soft is completely owned by Nintendo making it a first-party developer.

No it isn't. Nintendo owns an 80% stake in it. That's not complete, if I remember my fractions from math class correctly.

EDIT: I stand corrected, Monolith may be second party... But what the heck wouldn't make it a Nintendo studio?

Wintry_Flutist

The other 20%.

The other 20%.

clicketyclick

What a dumb term second party is, then, technically the result are the same. :|

Well .......... wikipedia said it was first party.....

EDIT: "It is now a subsidiary of Nintendo, making it a first-party developer" - Those are thier exact words.

[QUOTE="clicketyclick"]

The other 20%.

Wintry_Flutist

What a dumb term second party is, then, technically the result are the same. :|

Not financially or creatively. One's a subsidiary, in-house developer (first party), the other is a privately owned company, just like any other which allows you to buy shares in it.

Well .......... wikipedia said it was first party.....19061980

Not anymore. ;)

Aren't they rushing it a little? Why dont we have more gameplay footage?PhazonBlazer

Rushing? It was announced back at E3 06. Nintendo will probably present Disaster at their fall conference, I hope they hold one.

be happy people...dtno132

I hope they take their time, so many people were complaining about them forgetting about the core and all.
Theres no reason to rush it really, the people are just being stupid. I rather have a good game than an early game.KungfuKitten

Agree...

I have a feeling Nintendo rushed teh game out to please "teh hardcore"helium_flash

Why would they do it?

lost interest when it said "similar to an on rails shooter"... yeah great you've just ruined the whole game theremonty_4256

The whole game is made with quick specific actions. Why would they include shooting deeper than the rest of the gameplay when it isn't a shooter?

[QUOTE="helium_flash"]I have a feeling Nintendo rushed teh game out to please "teh hardcore"Wintry_Flutist

Why would they do it?

[QUOTE="monty_4256"]lost interest when it said "similar to an on rails shooter"... yeah great you've just ruined the whole game thereWintry_Flutist

The whole game is made with quick specific actions. Why would they include shooting deeper than the rest of the gameplay when it isn't a shooter?

the rest of the game is made up of being able to move your character

[QUOTE="Wintry_Flutist"]

[QUOTE="monty_4256"]lost interest when it said "similar to an on rails shooter"... yeah great you've just ruined the whole game theremonty_4256

The whole game is made with quick specific actions. Why would they include shooting deeper than the rest of the gameplay when it isn't a shooter?

the rest of the game is made up of being able to move your character

Yup, but when it comes to action (first aid, reflexes and such), it's all quick time. Anyway, looks like shooting is deeper than on rails:

You read my comment in the other thread, there are plenty of things that could explain the "on rails" shooting, specially when it isn't on rails. Sounds like Nintendo chose a bad word to describe shooting. Considering all I've seen and read, I expect shooting to be as unique and plenty of quick time tweaks as the rest of the actions Ray can perform.

My best guess is that there are pre set places where you can cover and such from where you can shoot. And I repeat, it's the kind of game full of gameplay variety but very linear, and I don't see why among platforming, shooting, rescuing and other features, there's one that should be deeper than the rest. They're all hyper linear and quick time'd, shooting isn't suffering compared to other features.

Just confirming things...

http://www.nintendo.co.uk/NOE/en_GB/news/2008/disaster_strikes_on_wii_9459.html

What about america :(

if its coming to EU its coming to America and we usually get things first, even if we get it second thats fine but when!

Then I'll assume that America will be getting it before the end of the year, hopefully.

For some reason I love the graphics, main character looks awesome.

Maybe they are using Europe as a test market, see if it is going to actually sell any copies, then release it in more important territories.

I mean, they did seem unsure about it all through development.

[QUOTE="JonasJuice"]It's not first-party, but I'm still not sold on this game. It'll suck having to wait if it's good.Wintry_Flutist

It is, Nintendo bought Monolith.

Maybe they are using Europe as a test market, see if it is going to actually sell any copies, then release it in more important territories.

I mean, they did seem unsure about it all through development.

19061980

So we poor Europeans are not an important market? Despite the fact recent news proved we recently surpassed America in terms of sales? I found your comment jut a little bit insulting, but I'm sure you meant no harm, so no big deal.

This is like the first time ever a Nintendo title comes out here first, remember we had to wait 4 months more than you for Brawl, I guess Nintendo wants to make up for that.

[QUOTE="19061980"]

Maybe they are using Europe as a test market, see if it is going to actually sell any copies, then release it in more important territories.

I mean, they did seem unsure about it all through development.

Axass

So we poor Europeans are not an important market? Despite the fact recent news proved we recently surpassed America in terms of sales? I found your comment jut a little bit insulting, but I'm sure you meant no harm, so no big deal.

This is like the first time ever a Nintendo title comes out here first, remember we had to wait 4 months more than you for Brawl, I guess Nintendo wants to make up for that.

Did I forget to mention I'm British? Sorry. And I didn't say we were unimportant, just less important. We may be higher in sales but I'm sure Nintendo still find America to be more important than we are.

[QUOTE="Wintry_Flutist"]

[QUOTE="JonasJuice"]It's not first-party, but I'm still not sold on this game. It'll suck having to wait if it's good.fiercedeity901

It is, Nintendo bought Monolith.

No. It's Monolith Soft. They made Xenosaga, this game and Baiten Kaitos. Monolith Soft employes many former SquareSoft employees. There's a rumour that Monolith is making a RPG for Wii.

Monolith is considered to be a 1st party studio. At 80%, it's not a second party. Rare was a second party to NIntendo when Nintendo had 49% of Rare. Namco has the remaining shares. Namco has to ask to NIntendo for a game from them. If Namco plans to do a Xenosaga internally, they'll probably sell the remaining shares. Xenosaga is a Namco franchise not a Monolith's.

[QUOTE="19061980"]

Maybe they are using Europe as a test market, see if it is going to actually sell any copies, then release it in more important territories.

I mean, they did seem unsure about it all through development.

Axass

So we poor Europeans are not an important market? Despite the fact recent news proved we recently surpassed America in terms of sales? I found your comment jut a little bit insulting, but I'm sure you meant no harm, so no big deal.

This is like the first time ever a Nintendo title comes out here first, remember we had to wait 4 months more than you for Brawl, I guess Nintendo wants to make up for that.

You had Mario Kart Wii before us in North America.

[QUOTE="19061980"]

Maybe they are using Europe as a test market, see if it is going to actually sell any copies, then release it in more important territories.

I mean, they did seem unsure about it all through development.

Axass

So we poor Europeans are not an important market? Despite the fact recent news proved we recently surpassed America in terms of sales? I found your comment jut a little bit insulting, but I'm sure you meant no harm, so no big deal.

This is like the first time ever a Nintendo title comes out here first, remember we had to wait 4 months more than you for Brawl, I guess Nintendo wants to make up for that.

[QUOTE="fiercedeity901"][QUOTE="Wintry_Flutist"]

[QUOTE="JonasJuice"]It's not first-party, but I'm still not sold on this game. It'll suck having to wait if it's good.chris3116

It is, Nintendo bought Monolith.

No. It's Monolith Soft. They made Xenosaga, this game and Baiten Kaitos. Monolith Soft employes many former SquareSoft employees. There's a rumour that Monolith is making a RPG for Wii.

Monolith is considered to be a 1st party studio. At 80%, it's not a second party. Rare was a second party to NIntendo when Nintendo had 49% of Rare. Namco has the remaining shares. Namco has to ask to NIntendo for a game from them. If Namco plans to do a Xenosaga internally, they'll probably sell the remaining shares. Xenosaga is a Namco franchise not a Monolith's.

So much for Nintendo saying, "The entire first-party 2008 slate has been announced".

Oh well, I'm a European so am happy to hear the news.

19061980

They may have meant that for us here in the US and/or Japan, it would suck if we didnt get this game this year. However at least we can find out how it turned out without buying it ourselves.

Sweet....it's coming Xmas time for the US. Bet money (even though I did read it and posted it yesterday)

I wonder how this game will look in motion. I still think it looks under the bar, but it will most likely be decent in motion.

Plus, my fellow poster mentioned the physics are supposed to be "spectacular". Lol...we'll have to see about that