NERF 2: N-Strike Elite announced
Electronic Arts is working NERF 2: N-Strike Elite for the Wii - to be published under the EA Play casual games label sometime this fall. NERF 2: N-Strike Elite will deploy this fall, bundled with a newly designed blue NERF SWITCH SHOT EX-3 blaster and attachable decoder lens that will add a covert operation elements into shooting missions.
NERF 2: N-Strike Elite is a rail shooter style of gameplay that uses the Wii-remote snapped into the NERF SWITCH SHOT EX-3 blaster and the red reveal lens. Using the lens players will be able to detect enemy weak spots, solve puzzles and decode secret messages in between blasting enemies. They’ll do all this as one of four playable characters, each with their own unique customizable blasters and abilities. For those players who find themselves in a melee that requires back-up, NERF 2: N-Strike Elite will include two-player co-op, as well as an army of robots including B.O.B., the same recruiting robot from the first NERF N-Strike game.
The NERF 2: N-Strike Elite 3-in-1 video game and SWITCH SHOT EX-3 with scope toy bundle is being developed by EA Salt Lake and will launch this fall. For more information, visit nerf.ea.com.
Hasbro has more than a dozen of its popular toy and game properties coming to various video game platforms in the second half of this year. The company’s popular board games and toys will be become video games through licensing alliances with Electronic Arts, Activision, and Glu Mobile. The new wave of video games builds on the momentum achieved by EA in the past 18 months with its release of nearly 40 Hasbro-inspired titles across 16 brands and 13 platforms, several of which have held top sales rankings by platform. Additionally, through an extended licensing agreement with Performance Design Products (PDP), a new line of Hasbro-branded video game accessories will land at retail in 2009.
In a recent interview, Electronic Arts CEO John Riccitiello vowed that his company would not make anymore crappy licensed games. For my part, I vow not to be snarky anymore. Speaking to MTV, Riccitiello said that his company is not in the business of creating crappy games to exploit licenses. Yes, all those Harry Potter games EA has created were totally awesome.