The release of Geometry Wars Galaxies, the massively expanded Wii and DS sequel to the shooter which originated on Xbox, has been delayed into next year.
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"Of course, the Geometry Wars name - and indeed its gameplay - will be instantly recognisable to anyone who also has an Xbox 360. The game was originally released on Xbox Live Arcade in 2005 and quickly became the gun-toting poster child of Microsoft's downloadable game service, thanks to its simple-but-solid gameplay and the appeal of getting your high score on the global leaderboard. So, if you've played it on 360 you may think you've seen all Geometry Wars has to offer - but you'd be wrong. After shooting our way through the Wii and DS versions we're delighted to report it's more intense, challenging and destructive that even the most hardened Geo Wars nut could have asked for."
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"Geometry Wars Evolved has garnered 200,000 trial downloads since the system's launch, and 45,000 paid downloads of the full product." That is the most relevant part of this article, states the number of copies sold of Geometry Wars at the time the article was written.
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* Revamped control scheme provides surprisingly solid accuracy * Gameplay is still intense and engaging * Galaxy mode is deep and addictive * Visuals are sharp and colorful * Multiplayer is good fun. # No online multiplayer options # No GameCube controller support
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--The Galaxy is full of solar systems. The solar systems have lots of planets within them, and each one of those is a battlefield. You've got to do battle with each planet's inhabitants... all in a Geometry Wars style, of course. Each of these worlds, full of angry circles, squares, and diamonds, will culminate in a boss battle of sorts -- just not in the sense of 'here's a big thing and it's really difficult to kill.'" -- Geometry Wars: Galaxies will come with Retro Evolved packed right in. --"If you want to compare Galaxies versus Retro Evolved, then the best way to do so is to say that RE would be a single lone planet somewhere in one of our solar systems."--
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With cooperative and competitive multiplayer options, a drone that helps you on your campaign, an upgrade system to build-up your abilities, and loads more playfields to kill time in. ...
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Rumours of the existence of Geometry Wars: Galaxies for the Wii and DS--as reported by GameSpot earlier this week--were not greatly exaggerated. The simple, addictive shoot-'em-up game will indeed be coming later this year to the Nintendo platforms, developed by UK-based Kuju Entertainment's Surrey studio and Bizarre Creations.
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"Co-op is one of the new Geometry Wars Galaxies features that freshens a franchise ...The Wii version is 60 times bigger than the Evolved title you know from XBLA. Set up as a galaxy of planets, you zoom in and out Mass Effect style. Each planet has a different grid shape on the potential for background physics that pull you like current."
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An official Geometry Wars Galaxies blog that has the first entry containing an interview with Roger Carpenter, Senior Producer at Sierra about the game.
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A preview of the features in Geometry Wars: Galaxies. The Wii version will have multiple control schemes, such as being able to use the dual-analog scheme by way of the classic controller. There are new playing fields (such as "Orbiter, a hexagonal playfield that features at its centre a large gravity well, around which the player ship and all enemies must orbit."). The game will include new enemies (such as " the mutator, a mass of angry lines that runs away from you and mutates enemies into biohazard symbols that move fast towards your ship"). The game will also feature an online leaderboard for both the Wii and DS version of the game. The preview also talks about the drone the player gets. Overall a good preview that gives an overview of what is now know about the game.
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