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Gaming, In My Opinion Wednesday 13th June, 2007, 11:34 GMT  Koch Media recently announced they had acquired the exclusive production rights to port last year's PC adventure game, Secret Files Tunguska, to both Wii and Nintendo DS.
The DS version will be developed by 10TACLE STUDIOS MOBILE, and the screenshots accompanying the official release are astounding. Having already seen the hidden power of DS in Square Enix's Final Fantasy III, Nintendo's fans are no doubt going to be pleased to see that the original PC visuals have been ported along with the game's content. Secret Files Tunguska is based on the true events of June 30, 1908, when an impossible explosion rocked the Tunguska region in central Siberia, burning more than 6000 square metres of pine forest. Witnesses reportedly saw an oblong object fall from the sky at the time of the explosion, and 20km high pillar of light was followed by a mushroom-shaped black cloud. Theories behind this phenomenon range from asteroids and coments (despite the absence of a crater) to a volcanic eruption, from a small black hole to the crash of a UFO. Secret Files puts players in the shoes of Nina, searching for clues behind her father's whereabouts and a possible connection between that night in 1908. Alexandra Gerb, managing director of 10TACLE STUDIOS MOBILE, said: "Secret Files Tunguska is one of the most successful adventures of recent years. We are happy that we can bring this gaming adventure to a new platform by developing a Nintendo DS version and that we can also enhance it in a useful way with our innovative touch screen control." The Wii version will be developed by Keen Games. The company's development director, Pete Walentin said: ""It is a real pleasure to implement one of the best adventures of recent years for Wii in cooperation with Koch Media. We will optimise the controls for Wii Remote and Nunchuk in order to turn a game that is very good already into a 'perfect-match' for Wii." The Nintendo DS version will hit shops during Q4 2007, with the Wii version following in Winter 2008.     |