In order to stir an even stronger pot of hype stew, a new Nintendo Direct video and Wonderful 101 trailer have been launched on August 9th. The trailer (above) is a whopping seven minutes long (dubbed the "Director's Edition"), and the Nintendo Direct is a broadcast exclusively detailing The Wonderful 101.
The trailer from the game's developer, Platinum Games (Bayonetta, MadWorld), includes some more plot and gameplay details that weren't previously covered. The primary antagonist of the hero group is an alien race invading the planet. While it is not clear in trailer what their motives are, they seem to have a long history with the group known as the Wonderful 100.
The group itself includes 100 defenders (the 101st being the player), led by the primary protagonist, Wonder Red. The group also consists of other team leaders, each with their own set of unique abilities. For instance, Wonder Blue has the ability to create a large sword that can slice through almost anything. Wonder Pink can materialize a whip, which can not only be used for attacking, but can also be used to swing from certain objects. The trailer proves that the developers crammed in as much variety as possible.
The antagonist alien force, the Geathjerk, and their leader, are both revealed in more detail in the trailer. It also reveals a little bit more plot with certain characters, such as Luka, who's parents were killed by the Geathjerk. Various other support characters were revealed, such as the CENTINELS leader, Laurence Nelson.
Other than that, only fragments of the plot and gameplay were revealed. However, it did reveal more interesting ways to use vehicles and abilities to complete a variety of the game's challenges. The trailer did a good job of whetting the viewer's appetite.
In the Wonderful 101 Direct, the broadcast is hosted by the game's director, Hideki Kamiya (formerly of Clover Studio and director of Viewtiful Joe and Okami). Kamiya showed game footage complete with a commentary on the gameplay and plot details. Expanding on the plot, the Wonderful 100 is a group of superheroes organized by an international security group known as the CENTINELS. Although, there are 100 members, the player does not start out with all 100. Part of the objective of the game, other than fighting the antagonist, is to find all of the members of the Wonderful 100. Another task is to protect and rescue citizens throughout the game, which can also become temporary heroes after they are rescued.
Gameplay details included additional information on the attack modes, including Team Attack, which is a unified strike by all members of the team. Kamiya also discussed, in detail, the Unite Morph attack mode. With Unite Morph, heroes can bond together using energy to create massive weapons. The Wii U gamepad can be used to switch between the weapons by drawing their designs on the touch screen. Each weapon has their own strengths and weaknesses, meaning that player must use to right tool for the job. The larger your team of heroes, the larger (and more powerful) your weapons can be. Unite Morph can also be used to solve different puzzles throughout the game. For example, the player can draw commands to create access points such as ladders and bridges.
At certain points in the game, the player can access the Wonderful Mart, where they can purchase abilities and power-ups using the in-game currency known as O-Parts. The abilities include defensive and evasive maneuvers for the team.
Kamiya wrapped his presentation by covering the replay-ability factor of the game. Kamiya emphasized how the player can replay missions to achieve high scores by stringing together combos using Unite Morph and the team attacks. The team can actually create more than one Unite Morph at a time (up to five), unleashing a variety of simultaneous attacks onto the enemy. The player also has the ability to chain together multiple Unite Morphs and create devastating and over-the-top combos.
The Direct broadcast ended with the premiere of the Director's Edition trailer, which is embedded above. On top of that, a new demo has also been released on Nintendo's Wii U eShop. Check out the eShop in order to download and try out the demo of this action-packed title. I will have full coverage of the demo coming in the future. (||) \('-'\) 1UP
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