Unique and Freaky: Deadly Creatures for the Wii

Deadly Creatures for the Nintendo Wii (see GAMESPOT Review or IGN Review or the Offical Deadly Creatures website) is a bit creepy, but if you like the getting creeped out by weird and strange creatures, this game might just be the ticket for you. In the game, you take the form of either a tarantula or a scorpion, two creatures you usually don’t get to play in a videogame.

The only two humans in the game are voiced by Billy Bob Thornton and Dennis Hopper. (Heh. That should be enough to buy the game by itself, eh?) They’re more of background noise, though, for the different places deep in a mine where you’ll do battle with “deadly creatures” as a deadly creature.

Unlike a lot of other Wii games, Deadly Creatures is not a port from another system. It was built with the Nintendo Wii in mind. What makes it so special, though, is that it takes a new approach instead of being just another fighting game or just another shooting game. On the other hand, it’s not too far out there of an idea – playing a spider or scorpion that is.

Not all the game is spent fighting, though. There are also a lot of opportunities to show off your skills at getting around as a spider or scorpion – might be a little trickier than you think at first. Overall, it’s the individuality and uniqueness of this game that’s gonna make it a hit. Every once in a while, a videogame comes along that breaks all the rules and goes off in some new direction. This is one of those games. Hopefully there aren’t a lot of copycat games thrown out, but other game designers could learn something from the concept of this game.

If you’ve played Deadly Creatures for the Nintendo Wii, leave a comment below!