Just about two weeks ago, Coffee with Games broke the news that Metroid Prime: Trilogy Collector's Edition, Mario Strikers Charged, Battalion Wars 2, WarioWare: Smooth Moves, and Wario Land: Shake It! are no longer being published/shipped by Nintendo in North America. All the games mentioned above are games by Nintendo. Coffee with Games received confirmation of two 3rd Party Wii games currently not being published or shipped in North America. One of the games canceled wasn't surprising, but the second game was very surprising, because it was released less than a year ago.
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G4TV: We don't have a good post-mortem on [Deadly Creatures], he said, but one of the key things that we can build on there is we have great -- that was [developed by] one our internal studios, Rainbow Studios -- and we have great Wii technology there now and so we're developing other games -- stay tuned for the announcements -- but we intend to leverage that great technology on the Wii in the future.
IncGamers' Chris Schilling looks at the world of spiders and scorpions. A tarantula and a scorpion take turns scuttling through the game's environments, though the game's Deadly Creaturesstory isn't really about them – it's the tale of two treasure hunters (voiced unenthusiastically by Dennis Hopper and Billy Bob Thornton) attempting to dig up some loot in the desert.
Digital Trends reports: Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 gamers are always going on about how the Nintendo WIi doesn't offer high-quality third party games-particularly action and combat titles. Game publisher THQ is looking to change that with Deadly Creatures, a new immersive third-person combat game in which player control either a scorpion or tarantula as they fight for survival amongst gila monsters, lizards, snakes, black widows, and even humans in an immersive desert and man-made environment. And, Deadly Creatures is exclusive to the Nintendo Wii.
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Though the idea for Deadly Creatures was inspired by a dream that lead designer Jordan Itkowitz once had, the actual character design came from real-life influences in the deserts of Phoenix, Arizona. Developed by Phoenix-based, THQ-owned developer Rainbow Studios, the T-rated Wii game features a tarantula and a scorpion as its protagonists as well as a plethora of other insects local to the area.
Spong writes: Famous Hollywood actors are cool and hip - even old ones. Whether they are wise and trustworthy as game reviewers is a different proposition though. This is why we're a little dubious about the words put into former Mr Angelina Jolie beau, Billy Bob Thornton, regarding Nintendo's Deadly Creatures.
Retailers such as Best Buy and Amazon began to modify the release date of Deadly Creatures a couple of days ago, which hinted that the game would be delayed. Deadly Creatures was scheduled to ship in December this year, but this is officially no longer the case...
THQ has today unveiled the key titles that will form the publisher's fiscal 2009 video game line-up. Scheduled for release in the 12-month period ending March 31, 2009 are a range of new editions to existing franchises, new original games and social and party titles. Gamers can look forward to new editions of multi-million unit franchises, including Saints Row 2, Red Faction: Geurrilla and WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009. All new video game titles on the way include Darksiders: Wrath of War, Deadly Creatures and de Blob. Additionally THQ plans to release new social and party games for the Wii, including Battle of the Bands and Big Beach Sports.
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