Curse those Lizardmen!  With their scales, and the slime, and their...green-ness.  In Hudson's upcoming WiiWare title, Shootanto: Evolutionary Mayhem you'll be able to put a stop to their lizardly tactics once and for all!

Hudson claims the game has a "unique" take on Evolution, as players work their way through numerous levels in light gun shooter fashion.  You'll actually start the game as a monkey, and slowly evolve into a super soldier - which sounds perfectly normal to me.  With two player local co-op support this looks to be a nice kid friendly diversion from some of the other more adult shooters on the Wii.  

Did I just say adult shooters on the Wii?  Weird....

Hudson has announced a remake of the classic Turbo Graphix 16 game Bonk, and they've added a twist, co-op!  The game is title Bonk: Brink of Extinction and it's a downloadable game for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and the Wii; though the WiiWare version of the game will be slightly different from the others.

New features include the ability to transform into into eight different forms, brand new 3d graphics, and drop-in/drop-out cooperative play.  The game is set to hit all platforms in the Spring of 2010.  This game might add new meaning to a co-op headbutt!  Be sure to check out the all new screenshots and teaser trailer.

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If you happened to catch our first interview with the good folks from Telltale Games, you'll likely remember that we had the opportunity to do two separate interviews with two different groups of folks from the development company that's leading the revitalization of adventure gaming.  In our second interview, we sat down with Mark Darin, Designer/Programmer at Telltale Games and the director for Tales of Monkey Island Episode 2: The Siege of Spinner Cay, to talk about what influenced the making of the Tales of Monkey Island series, as well as how you can find co-op in the least likely of places.

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Konami has announced that Contra Rebirth is now available on Nintendo's WiiWare service for 1000 Waggle Points.  The game features brand new graphics and art as well as two player local co-op play that made Contra so popular.   Once again you'll be tasked with saving planet Earth and blowing up everything you see on the screen.  

Sounds simple.  Then the bullets start flying.  I wonder if you can Waggle Up-Up, Down-Down, Left-Right, Left-Right, B, A, Select, Start.

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Dave Grossman, Dominic Armato, and Chris Schmidt

While at PAX, we had a chance to sit down not once, but TWICE with a few folks from Telltale Games to talk about their recent episodic release, Tales of Monkey Island, the lessons they've learned from previous releases, and what are some of their favorite co-op titles.  In the first interview we were joined by Dave Grossman, Design Director for Telltale; Dominic Armato, voice of "Guybrush Threepwood"; and Chris Schmidt, PR Manager.  All of them love playing and talking about games so much, we didn't want to leave anything out.  So we've included the complete audio from the interview, as well as pictures taken by Rob "mightbe" Schuster during the interview, after the break.

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This week saw a new co-op release to Nintendo's WiiWare platform.  The game is called BitBoy and is from small developer BPlus.  

The game puts players in control Kubi as he travels through the different eras of gaming from the dawn of 4-bits all the way up to 128-bits.  Along the way you'll be rescuing your friends trapped in each respective zone.  BitBoy supports a 2 player local co-op mode throughout the game.  It'll set you back 600 WiiPoints.

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With a name like Eduardo the Samurai Toaster, there's not much Semnat Studios needs to do to sell me on the game.  But then they just go off and release a kick ass trailer showing off the game's four player drop-in and drop-out local co-op mode with plenty of toast tossing action.  

The game will feature thirteen unique levels, each with their own hand drawn style and you'll be arming Eduardo and friends with five different pastry style ammunitions.  And if that doesn't get you to want to play this WiiWare title, perhaps the ability to ride scooters equipped with laser-blasters might tickle your toast?  Plus we have toasters with rocket packs.  Rocket Packs!

Eduardo the Samurai Toaster launches next Monday, June 15th on Nintendo's WiiWare service for 800 Points.  Until then enjoy the trailer!

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It's a good week to be a fan of old school co-op!  One of the most beloved franchises in co-op history is headed to the Wii.  The appropriately titled Contra Rebirth will be released on Japan's WiiWare service next week.  As you can tell from the screenshots above, Contra Rebirth is quite retro, looking like it popped up out of a Super Nintendo cartidge.

As a classic game fan, I love to see new entries in old school series released on download services.  Mega Man 9 seems to have gone over well, and I am sure Contra Rebirth will too.  No word yet on when, or if, Rebirth will hit other regions, but we sure hope it's soon.  In the meantime, check out the first gameplay footage.

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WiiWare fans can get their hands on Hudson's Onslaught this week.  The downloadable game features 4 player co-op play ONLINE.  That's right folks, through the magic of the internet you too can play with friends over the intertubes.  

The game pits humans against insectoid aliens, and the cooperative mode looks a bit like a surival mode.  Think...Starship Troopers meets waggle wand.  

Onslaught costs 1000 Wii Points ($10) and is available now.

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Everyone appreciates the value of a good, reliable breakfast appliance.  And of course, samurai are totally awesome, too; just go watch this sometime if you don't believe me.  Putting Samurai and toasters together seeems brilliant, and when you add in the cool art style and, most importantly, co-op, you get a package that is hard to resist.

Ars Technica recently sat down with the developers of that odd mashup, Eduardo the Samurai Toaster, recently released on Nintendo's WiiWare service.  It's an interesting read, for sure, and they even have a bit to say about the co-op.

By having Eduardo on the Wii, Semnat was also able to emphasize one of the more important aspects of the game: the co-op. "Having a multiplayer mode where fooling around and allowing people to have as much fun in the levels and with each other seems like a good idea for the console," he said. "We always wanted to do co-op but were never able to until we started work on the Wii game."

I agree with these guys!  Co-op is a great way to get the more casual folks involved in more traditional games.  Hey, don't we have a column dedicated to that?

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