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February 11th, 2009, 09:25 GMT · By

Rogue Trooper: Quartz Zone Massacre Assaults the Nintendo Wii

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It appears that even if Nintendo seems uninterested in getting any in house developed shooters on the Nintendo Wii gaming consoles, there are developers interested in drawing fans of the genre from the Xbox 360, the PlayStation 3 and the PC.

Reef Entertainment, which is also responsible for launching Free Running, says that it is getting ready to launch a game called Rogue Trooper: Quartz Zone Massacre on the Wii. The official release date is February 27 and the game is set to arrive all over Europe with distribution duties being handled by Ubisoft, Digital Brothers and Atari.

The main character of the game is the Rogue Trooper mentioned in the title, who is a super soldier created via gene manipulation. The character has appeared in the United Kingdom-published comic book 2000 AD and now he is coming to videogames for a lesson in how third person shooters should be handled on the Nintendo Wii.

Peter Rezon, who is the managing director of Reef, stated that “The tactical use of stealth as well as the all-out action fit perfectly with the Nintendo Wii interface, providing exciting and immersive gameplay. Rogue has a cult following from when he first appeared in 2000 AD and we have returned to the original storyline for the Wii version of the game to remind people how Rogue came about, but it is the strong characters and storyline which will have great appeal for gamers of all types.”

It seems that the Nintendo Wii is becoming more appealing for those playing shooters. The Conduit, another shooter for the same platform, played from a first person perspective, is also set to arrive on the Nintendo console in a short while with some of the best graphics ever seen on it. It remains to be seen whether those who are playing Wii Fit and Mario Kart Wii can also enjoy a Wii shooter.

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