Zentendo love a game demo where the developers can be heard saying things like, "We work on the projection that 20% of DS owners lose their styluses. You'll find lots of 'em lying around." Don't worry, they aren't talking about your long lost pointing pal. They're talking about a key item pick-up in Mushroom Men for Wii & DS. The brilliant minds at Red Fly Studios exhibited the new title at Gamecock Media's EIEIO event in Austin, TX last week.
It's a fungal adventure of tiny-sized proportions, and it looks fantastic. Just looking at the amazing concept artwork sucks you into the miniature universe created within the game. While a good bit of the storyline details are yet to be unearthed, Zentendo do know that it all starts when an alien meteorite strikes our planet, creating an incredible microcosm of life right under the noses of the oblivious humans in the existing populace.
BeefJack writes: "Mushroom Men: The Spore Wars is a miniature 3D action/adventure platformer. I say miniature as it is played out from a 3-inch high perspective with some really original characters and themes that make for good eye candy throughout the game. The whole world is intriguing as you set out on your adventure playing through gardens, grass, logs, trees and pipes, and over tabletops, sinks, toilets and other household objects. When playing you really do get the feeling you have been shrunk and sucked into the world from a Mushrooms perspective."
Resolution writes: "I don't get on with mushrooms. Never have. While I find their flavour unpleasant and their texture revolting, it's the fact that eating them involves putting a fungus in my mouth that really puts me off.
Regardless of this, I tried to approach Red Fly Studio's side-scrolling platformer with an open mind, determined not to let the fungal nature of the game's subject matter affect my overall judgement. I didn't need to worry however, as mycophobia is nothing compared to my hatred of seriously flawed game design."
GamersInfo writes: "Who would win in a fight to the death: a bunny rabbit or a mushroom? What if the mushroom wielded a weapon comprised of a matchstick, gum, a shard of glass, and had telekinetic powers due to some stuff called "spore". Also, the bunny's been infected by that same "spore" stuff. "
