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Odama

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Forget logic, just enjoy the strategic and arcadey fun, as pinball meets strategy.

Available on: GameCube
Genre: Strategy
Release date: Apr 10, 2006
Published by: Nintendo
Developed by: Vivarium

Designer: Yoot Saito
Features: Voice recognition via controller-mounted microphone
Multiplayer Modes:

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1 player SOLO

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Latest Screenshots

Screenshots updated Feb 21, 2006

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Latest Stories

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Features

Nintendo's most-failingest peripherals

Each and every one will (not) change the way we play games

Jul 8, 2009

10 Steps to a Rhythm Heaven

Toe tapping your way from arrow stomping to drum solos

Jul 25, 2007

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News

More off-the-wall software en route

The creator of the Dreamcast's opinionated fishman does DS

Mar 22, 2006

From DC to DS

The man behind Dreamcast's Seaman gets with Nintendo's portable

Mar 22, 2006

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Review

The ancient Japanese art of battle pinball. Wait, what?

Apr 11, 2006

Ikaruga. Know what it means? We'll give you a moment. If you're still stumped, then you probably don't care about Odama. The very definition of a niche title, Ikaruga is a game that few non-hardcore gamers know about, a top-down, GameCube shooter that's as challenging as it is beautiful - and it's very beautiful. The point is, if you didn't track down Ikaruga and then spend hours mastering each and every level of that punishing but polished game, then you probably aren't going to want to spend ...

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Previews

Yoot Saito's Odama

The release date rolls ever closer, but Nintendo's pinball warlord still sounds like an April fool

Mar 22, 2006

Katamari's out, Colossus tops the charts, Phoenix Wright is around the corner and Chibi Robo is on its way in May. Publishers' willingness to put esoteric Japanese games on European shelves seems to be at an all-time high, but you still have to wonder if this voice-activated hybrid of feudal military strategy and pinball would be getting a global release, let alone a near-simultaneous one, if GameCube's schedule wasn't quite so desolately empty. Its creator Yoot Saito (also father of the ... » Read Full Odama preview

Odama

Pinball on the battlefield? Forget logic as strategy gets strange

Mar 9, 2006

We love pinball. We love strategic battles. Nintendo is betting that when Odama combines the two, we'll love the new concoction as well. The game has been lurking in the file marked 'coming soon' for a while now, gradually gaining new features and visual polish. But the core gameplay, in which players use a giant metal ball to knock down enemies, looks so weird and addictive that the wait should be worth it. There is a story behind the strange proceedings; something about feudal intrigue. ... » Read Full Odama preview

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