"SouthPeak Interactive Corporation has today announced that a duo of mighty mushroom games are coming to Wii and NintendoDS this March. Mushroom Men: The Spore Wars on Wii and Rise of the Fungi on NintendoDS, offer gamers a unique Platform adventure, from the perspective of a tiny hero with a big mission."

Red Fly Studio aren't taking the release of their Wii/DS title lightly, promoting the game with pre-order goodies, a Jam Cruise featuring support from Primus' Les Claypool (which you can win tickets for onboard), and the Space Squid writing contest. Details below.

Also, those interested can check out the team's dev diary here.

Red Fly Studios, the same bunch working on the Ghostbusters video game, are set to release another title this October. Called Mushroom Men, it clearly isn't your ordinary game, but that looks to be for the better.

The DS version is subtitled Rise of the Fungi (RotF), while the Wii edition is subtitled Spore Wars (SW). Both tell separate stories in the culture of the Mushroom Men. RotF takes the player along the early history of the Men, when they're just learning to walk, communicate, int...