A few details about Aliens: Colonial Marines on the Wii U

Aliens: Colonial Marines was one of the first games announced for the Wii U and Kotaku has shared a few details.

The entire game will be playable via controller’s touchscreen. So, if someone is watching the television, it doesn’t really matter. You’ll be able to continue slaughtering aliens. But, if you have access to the television there’s a bunch of other cool things you can do.

If you’re familiar with the Alien movies, you’ll be familiar with the motion tracker that allows the soldiers to detect enemies and allies. Your Wii U controller can become one of those. You can physically move the controller and your enemies and allies will pop up on the touchscreen as little blips based on the direction of the controller.

For example, if there’s an alien to your right, the motion tracker will only detect them if you point the controller to your right, which I think sounds pretty awesome, as long as it doesn’t break up the gameplay too much.

There’s also a fully interactive map you’ll be able to use and a mini-game that allows you to “hack” doors to open them via the touchscreen.

I didn’t think much of Aliens: Colonial Marines when I saw the game was announced for the Wii U, but these are some creative ideas that could actually be very neat.

Source: Wii U Blog by David Turnbull

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