Nintendo Announces Code Name: STEAM
Nintendo announced June 11, a new intellectual property called Code Name: STEAM ., which will be released for the 3DS in 2015 should be noted that the name had been registered recently. The title is a turn-based strategy game and its development is provided by Intelligent Systems. Also, the company said Hitoshi Yamagami, who was involved in creating games like Xenoblade Chronicles and series Pokémon and Fire Emblem , will produce.
The game’s creative director Paul Patrashcu, who has worked on titles like Wario Ware: Smooth Moves and art direction is the responsibility of Takako Sakai, known for the series Fire Emblem . One of the main problems that the development team was the desire to expand the audience of strategy games faced. His solution was to use different types of view: third and first person. The game draws many shooters resources to facilitate the approach of users unfamiliar with the strategy genre.
Moreover, his story will be about defending the Earth from extraterrestrial invaders. The story of the plot of the game has voice acting and employs vignettes. The art style is a mix of steampunk and American cartoons.
In addition, there are several characters, each with different skills and powers. To avoid abstractions, the visual language of title to identify their attacks by sight. Use a steampunk image allowed them to overcome various problems of game design.
Soon we will have more information about this title in our preview.