If you don't know, Lexicon Entertainment announced today that they reached an agreement with the Chinese firm TF-H which will allow Lexicon to make new games for the Wii and DS for the next two years and Matchman is the first game. The graphics of Matchman have no color, it's all black and white and they also resemble comic book-style drawings. I'm curious to see how the black and white graphics hold up to gamers. I said that Matchman has various features: One of them is Commuter Mode, which allows you to to play with only one hand, really handy for traveling or if you're drinking something. The release date of Matchman is somewhere around the first and third quarter of 2009 for both the Wii and DS.
Lexicon Entertainment has today announced an agreement with Chinese firm TF-H to bring a number of new, original titles to the Nintendo Wii and Nintendo DS over the next two years, beginning with Matchman.
Matchman is described as a side-scrolling shooter with “extraordinary graphics, manipulation and creative features.” Its storyline is said to take inspiration from classic fairytale scripts, from Grimm, Anderson and the like.
It’s Matchman’s graphical style that is more striking than the above, however, in that it is completely in black and white comic book-like drawings. Lexicon also describes the interesting Commuter mode, which allows players on public transport or in the office to operate the game with one hand, while enjoying a nice, hot cuppa with the other.
Steven Shao of TF-H Co Ltd quoted “We are extremely excited about this partnership with Lexicon Entertainment and the development of ‘Matchman’ on cross platforms. ‘Matchman’ has been carefully chosen to suit the correct audience and working with Lexicon Entertainment will enable users around the world to enjoy it as much as we do!”
Looks pretty cool to us, especially the inventive use of matchsticks to create bow and arrows, nunchucks, and a rocket-boosting flying ability.
Matchman is currently scheduled for release in the first and third quarter of 2009 for the Nintendo DS and Nintendo Wii respectively.
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