Price key to DS success - InLight

By Robert Purchese Published 13 November, 2007

Fun too, says Teen Zombies dev.

Developer InLight Entertainment reckons being a fun and affordable platform is key to the DS' success.

It was speaking exclusively to Eurogamer about its upcoming quirky game Teenage Zombies: Invasion of the Alien Brain Thingys! for DS, and praised Nintendo for its clever strategy.

"The DS captures the market we're targeting with this game - the ever expanding casual gamers sector. Nintendo has been very smart with making a fun system that is affordable so everyone can enjoy games like ours without breaking the bank," Darren McGrath and Mike Lowry from InLight told Eurogamer.

"Games like Elite Beat Agents, Feel the Magic, and Zelda: Phantom Hourglass have really made use of the touch-screen in unique and interesting ways that you wouldn't be able to accomplish on any other platform."

Teenage Zombies is a puzzle-focused platform game interspersed with quirky mini-games and a comic-book presentation - you flip the DS on its side like a book to watch cutscenes.

You also play as a trio of zombies rather than humans - only the undead can withstand the mind controlling abilities of the Alien Brain Thingys, you see. Effectively you are humankind's last hope.

It is light-hearted and interesting, something that sounds like it could be a lot of fun.

Look out for our full interview with InLight creative big cheese Darren McGrath and designer Mike Lowry soon.

Until then, pop into our Teenage Zombies gamepage for a look at how it is shaping up.

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About Robert Purchese

Bertie is Eurogamer's Senior Staff Writer. When he's not hunting down news stories he's often found playing with his kids or gabbling about fantasy games and strange online worlds. @Clert on Twitter.

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Comments (5) Latest comment 5 years ago

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  • AcidSnake #1 5 years ago

    But will they leave earth for no raisin?

  • Killerbee #2 5 years ago

    I don't disagree with the comments, but one of the things I've always found frustrating about Nintendo's hand-held approach is the pricing of software. Good DS titles are seldom discounted and there's no budget label for older games so you'll end up paying as much for, say, Mario Kart DS now as you would had you bought it in 2005.

    I don't deny that the hardware (in Lite form) is brilliantly designed and offers gameplay experiences that no other platform could, but I think the fact that the games cost about as much as a Wii title is a big disincentive to gamers trying out the more unusual things on the handheld.

  • BiscuitBase #3 5 years ago

    Any game with an exclamation mark in the title is bound to be bad

  • ZeroAX #4 5 years ago

    agree with the comment about the pricing strategy of games . but nintendo

  • aldo_14 #5 5 years ago

    Also agree that DS games are too expensive (by about £10, methinks). Great piece of kit, but methinks RRP £20 is more sensible for the games.