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IGN Preview of Tron: Evolution - Battle Grids
While Propaganda Games cranks down on the HD versions of Tron Evolution, Disney has put developer N-Space in charge of building a Wii experience that's unique to that platform. PS3 and 360 gamers will get a full-blown single player adventure, but Wii players are going to hit the energy grid in a huge series of multiplayer competition.
We got a quick look at the game at the Electronic Entertainment Expo where the early version let us play around with the updated Light Cycles arena battle, but at Disney's Tron Evolution multiplayer event in San Francisco earlier this week, the company brought along a more updated build of the Wii game so we could play a few of the other challenges this version offers.
According to Disney, the Wii version of Tron will have some sort of single player progression and storyline, but at the event we were jumping into the challenges from the multiplayer menu.
Most of the games will be played via the single solitary Wii remote without the nunchuk. For the Light Cycles, for example, you'll tilt the controller to steer with analog precision, but also be able to pull off hard 90 degree turns by tapping the D-pad left or right, as well as pull off a jump by flicking up on the controller.
But the Tanks, a staple of the Tron universe, are controlled with the nunchuk pairing: guide them around in a top-down perspective with the analog stick, and aim and fire your cannon by pointing the Wii remote at the arena and pulling the trigger.
Other games include a Twisted Metal-like vehicular combat mode that put players in a Light Four Wheeler -- it seemed a little out of place for the Tron Universe, but I do seem to remember one of these things peeling out in the Tron Legacy teaser trailer, so I suppose it's very much canon to the franchise.
There was also an arena battle that put players, without their vehicles, on an ever evolving arena grid. Players had to navigate this field by climbing and jumping, all the while attacking the opponents either with up-close melee punches or long distance disk throws.
The Wii game adopts a much more character design that seems to remove a little bit of that edginess of the upcoming film and HD video games. These characters looked like they were ripped out of something like a Hot Wheels CG cartoon -- maybe Disney's looking at expanding this universe into a kid-friendly cartoon or something. Movie first, of course.
Watch for a release of Tron Evolution Battle Grids this holiday.
©2010-10-08, IGN Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved
We got a quick look at the game at the Electronic Entertainment Expo where the early version let us play around with the updated Light Cycles arena battle, but at Disney's Tron Evolution multiplayer event in San Francisco earlier this week, the company brought along a more updated build of the Wii game so we could play a few of the other challenges this version offers.
According to Disney, the Wii version of Tron will have some sort of single player progression and storyline, but at the event we were jumping into the challenges from the multiplayer menu.
Most of the games will be played via the single solitary Wii remote without the nunchuk. For the Light Cycles, for example, you'll tilt the controller to steer with analog precision, but also be able to pull off hard 90 degree turns by tapping the D-pad left or right, as well as pull off a jump by flicking up on the controller.
But the Tanks, a staple of the Tron universe, are controlled with the nunchuk pairing: guide them around in a top-down perspective with the analog stick, and aim and fire your cannon by pointing the Wii remote at the arena and pulling the trigger.
Other games include a Twisted Metal-like vehicular combat mode that put players in a Light Four Wheeler -- it seemed a little out of place for the Tron Universe, but I do seem to remember one of these things peeling out in the Tron Legacy teaser trailer, so I suppose it's very much canon to the franchise.
There was also an arena battle that put players, without their vehicles, on an ever evolving arena grid. Players had to navigate this field by climbing and jumping, all the while attacking the opponents either with up-close melee punches or long distance disk throws.
The Wii game adopts a much more character design that seems to remove a little bit of that edginess of the upcoming film and HD video games. These characters looked like they were ripped out of something like a Hot Wheels CG cartoon -- maybe Disney's looking at expanding this universe into a kid-friendly cartoon or something. Movie first, of course.
Watch for a release of Tron Evolution Battle Grids this holiday.
©2010-10-08, IGN Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved