Nintendo News | Aliens Descend Upon the DS

Shin'en will be most known amongst gamers for the Iridion duo of space shooters on GBA and Nanostray on DS, but the German team is back with Pet Alien for Nintendo's dual-screen portable. Published by The Game Factory, Pet Alien is currently lined up for a Q2 2007 release and looks very pleasing so far. The game falls under the 'puzzle' category with eighty levels spread over four worlds, with five boss encounters and five mini-games on top.

Here are the official details from the company's Press Release:

Gumpers the Alien wakes up. He's all alone. He's not at home anymore... he's in a gigantic spaceship! Where is Tommy, his human friend? Where are his alien friends?! What happened?

The whole gang's been captured by the Robitix, who've been hijacking creatures from all over the universe to build the biggest zoo in the galaxy. When they came to take specimens from the Earth, they knew that Tommy the Human would be an easy target. but what they didn't know was that the weirdest aliens around had made friends with him and were living in his home! Gumpers now has to find his Alien friends, rescue Tommy and get back to Earth.... All five eccentric and wacky Pet Aliens need to work together using their unique abilities to get Tommy home safely. Its time for some Pet Alien action!

Play and interact with Gumpers, Dinko, Swanky, Flip and Scruffy as you help them find their way around the giant spaceship on their rescue mission. Your main objective - to find the way through each level to the exit. That's not easy when each level is filled with puzzles, obstacles and clever enemies - in other words - teamwork is inalienable!

Experience cool action and clever puzzles whilst learning the universal values of friendship, fellowship, sharing, humour and fun! So jump on board and take a spaceship ride with the Pet Aliens - its OUT OF THIS WORLD!

Key Features:

Exciting adventure mixed with puzzles, fighting and action in full 3D graphics!

80 challenging levels with increasing levels of difficulty.

5 hilarious boss fights.

Unlock 5 challenging mini games. Each mini game saves 3 best scores, encouraging players to play again and again.

Collect stars to unlock the Gallery in the Bonus Section.

Top-down view helps you stays on top of the action. The Game has full 3D graphics.

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