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Majesco showed off several DS games at this year's E3, and they were all radically different. They showed off everything from a new Nancy Drew mystery, to a game that felt like Trauma Center (but with animals) and even a couple of action titles.
The Nancy Drew game is called Nancy Drew and the Deadly Secret of Olde World Park where you control the teenage sleuth in an all new adventure. This game isn't related to the new movie or any of the adventures put out by Her Interactive, but it seems to do a pretty good job of laying out a solid mystery adventure game.
Zoo Hospital is, like I said above, like Trauma Center, but instead of healing humans, you are helping out animals in your zoo. You will have to do everything from examine elephants, to mend broken bones in chimps. In the demo I played, I had to shave a section of a chimp's arm, apply some antiseptic and make careful incisions. During my operation, the chimp got agitated and I had to back off and give it a good petting in order to help lower its heart rate.
Operation: Vietnam is a top-down shooter where you and your squad are stranded behind enemy lines in Vietnam. During your daring adventure, you will not only try to survive, but also free captives. You command your squad with the touch screen as well as access maps and inventory. There are 20 different missions where you will have to use each squad member's specialized abilities to their fullest.
Their last DS title was The Wild West and takes a different look at that historic part of American history. In this world, there are no humans, just various animals like lizard bandits and you, a wolf gunslinger. You will do everything from street fight to stagecoach chases, explore gold mines and travel on the railroads. The game features eight levels that are a mix between 2D top-down shooters and 3D environments.
The Wild West and Nancy Drew come out this September while Operation: Vietnam hits the streets in August and Zoo Hospital is scheduled for release in October. |
