Disney Interactive Studios has announced Spectrobes: Origins for the Nintendo Wii console. The next adventure in the high-selling action adventure franchise will be available in autumn 2009.
“Spectrobes: Origins takes players to an incredible distant universe for an engaging storyline and innovative gameplay that will entertain them for hours” remarked Kentaro Hisai, producer, Disney Interactive Studios Japan. “We’re expanding the legacy for high quality entertainment that we built with the first two Spectrobes games.”
“The popularity and creativity of the Wii platform make it the perfect stage for this exciting evolution of the Spectrobes franchise,” commented Craig Relyea, senior vice president of global marketing, Disney Interactive Studios. “Spectrobes: Origins delivers the immersive storytelling, dynamic action and memorable characters that audiences have come to expect of Disney entertainment.”
Spectrobes: Origins tells a new story revealing details from the past by way of flashbacks. Players must use the unique Wii controls to investigate the surroundings and unearth fossils, all this while trying to stop a galactic threat. There are monumental battles waiting to be fought in real time.
Previous games, Spectrobes and Spectrobes: Beyond the Portals, were quite successful for the Nintendo DS. These games are said to have shipped over 1.6 million units around the world.
Spectrobes: Origins is a game developed by Genki and published by Disney Interactive Studios. The game will be released as a Wii exclusive. Disney has previously released games such as Bolt as well as racing games in the form of Pure.