This looks amazing!
This is the news you have all been waiting for, after much ado you will finally be able to get your hands on Gyrostarr on Monday, well if you are in North America. For those not in the know this looks like a even more frantic version of Tempest, and it is one of the most eagerly anticipated games coming to WiiWare.
At 700 Wii points this is most likely going to be a must buy. Of course if you are still unconvinced then you can wait a day or so for the WiiWare World review.
For more information on Gyrostarr check out the press release we received from High Voltage, along with a fact sheet below:
Hoffman Estates, IL – June 20, 2008 - High Voltage Software, Inc., one of the world’s largest independent developers, today announced Gyrostarr™, an exciting new sci-fi shooter scheduled for release via the WiiWare™ downloadable service on Monday June 23, 2008.
Gyrostarr features fast action gameplay across 50 intense levels as up to four players pilot ships on a futuristic track, shooting enemies, dodging obstacles, and collecting upgrades. The game takes advantage of the company’s proprietary Quantum 3 Game Engine technology, which provides advanced graphical capabilities. Gyrostarr’s controls were built from the ground up to utilize the motion-sensing capabilities of the Wii™.
“Our original vision for Gyrostarr was to capture the fast-paced twitch style action of coin-op classics, but to infuse superior graphics and game design for the next generation,” said Kerry Ganofsky, CEO and Founder of High Voltage Software. “I’m thrilled to say that the team has nailed the mark and exceeded our expectations.”
“Aside from the visuals, which are gorgeous, there is a lot about Gyrostarr that players will love,” said Eric Nofsinger, Chief Creative Officer of High Voltage Software. “As players develop their skills at the game, they will devise strategies to help them make it through all of the levels. Jumping into the game with four players just makes the experience that much better.”
And here's the Gyrostarr fact sheet....
Format: WiiWare™
Launch Date: June 23, 2008
ESRB: E (Everyone)
Game Type: Sci-Fi Shooter
Players: 1-4
Developer: High Voltage Software, Inc.Key Information
Gyrostarr challenges you and up to three other players to fly through a twisting, turning techno-plasma canal in space, collecting energy to penetrate an alien portal and warp to the next conduit. Without that energy, your space vessels will smash head-first into the unforgiving anti-void. Making your task more challenging, each conduit is patrolled by a variety of vicious enemy spacecraft that want to destroy your ships and feast on your collected energy. You must avoid their attacks and harvest their energy by destroying them first! 50 levels of intense action, powerful pickups, bonus levels, 1-4 player mayhem and a unique & flexible control system make Gyrostarr a killer hardcore arcade title!
- All Tied Up - Up to four-player same-screen arcade action, using any combination of Wii Remotes™ or Nunchuks™, using motion control or non-motion control – user choice.
- High Treason – Multiplayer mode is competitive and cooperative.
- The Elf Shot the Food – Irritate other players by “juggling” powerups so they can’t be claimed.
- The Spy who Snagged It – Grab pickups from far ahead, or snare them before another player can – with the Grapple Shot.
- Super-sized – 50 levels of procedurally generated space-track tucked into less than 40 MB.
- Lay Waste – Destructive smart bombs, impenetrable shields, and electrifying weapon powerups keep the explosions coming.
- All Your Base – Variety in tactics, defenses, and special abilities makes our multiple enemy types a strategic challenge.
- Stat Heads – Score Multipliers accumulate when players deftly avoid enemy fire, and bonuses for accomplishing intra-level achievements.
How to progress through the game: Gyrostarr is a high-action twitch shooter with a science fiction setting. Players must destroy enemy ships and collect dropped energy to increase their reserves enough to power the warp gate. Only if enough energy is collected will the warp gate activate, and players can proceed to the next level. If players earn enough extra energy, they can also advance to a bonus level where they can collect even more energy, giving them a chance to build up some excess before the start of the next level.
Special Powerups: Players can collect powerups dropped by enemies to increase their firepower or defenses. Firepower bonuses include triple-shot, tesla-shot, lightning-shot, and charged-shot. Defensive bonuses include an indestructible shield, and a slow-enemies power.
Grapple Gun: This handy gadget allows the player to grab & retrieve pickups from the track ahead of them, giving them weapons more quickly, or allowing them to snare one, while moving to the side to grab a second.
Multiplayer Features: When playing together, players need to cooperate if they want to successfully complete the level, but that doesn’t mean they can’t try to doublecross each other to get choice weapons, increase their score, or just irritate!
The ship positions are staggered down the track, but when one player collects a pickup, his ship moves to the back of the pack, ensuring that everyone has a chance to be in the lead and grab the next one.
Coordinated players can gain the use of a powerful weapon; the Charged Shot. If two ships are lined up on the track, the basic shot type of each becomes “charged.”
Catering to antagonistic players, all the pickups can be targeted, causing them to bounce to the side, and down the track, allowing players in the back of the pack a chance to make life miserable for those in the front. Or they can simply try to grapple the best pickups before the lead player has a chance…
1. Jerichoholic Josh
21 Jun 2008, 07:59 GMT
First time commenter, long time reader. I hope this makes first comment
But... seriously, with the way Nintendo is doing lately, I will believe it when I see it 
2. DEMON212
21 Jun 2008, 08:04 GMT
Lucky *******'*!
3. dbolt
21 Jun 2008, 08:13 GMT
can't wait to play this if it's really coming on monday.
4. Bensei
21 Jun 2008, 08:13 GMT
Finally you get waht you want... I hope Nintendo does the same with us by releasing the next Hanabi Festival sooner than we think to get SMRPG or stop alternating weeks
5. Corbie
21 Jun 2008, 08:13 GMT
Bring it on...
6. calculon
21 Jun 2008, 08:18 GMT
So we'll get this in Europe when hell freezes over. Am I right NoE?
7. genEric
21 Jun 2008, 08:18 GMT
I sure hope this game is as good as it is in my dreams! ^^ I would have gladly spent 1000 points for this game. I'll be sure to get it asap. This may actually get me to veer away from Toki Tori for a while.
I sure hope you in the U.K. and such don't get shafted on your next release day.
8. Dazza
21 Jun 2008, 08:21 GMT
LOL I should have known it was a bad idea posting this news just as Europe wakes up! How insensitive of me
9. zoipi
21 Jun 2008, 08:25 GMT
Oh, how lucky you are. I'm sure the Europeans wont have this game in MONTHS.
@Dazza Yeah. Nobody likes to have to see how other regions get more and better games than other.
10. Peznaze
21 Jun 2008, 08:50 GMT
If true, it'll be nice... I wonder if I would still enjoy Tempest...
EU still hasn't gotten High Voltage Software's other *cough* game... VIP Casino Blackjack.
Though you did get Actionloop before Pokemon, so there's hope you'll see Gyrostarr before Blackjack. 
11. PALgamer
21 Jun 2008, 11:02 GMT
Here is to hoping we get this in 4 weeks time xD
Congrats America, you finally have the WW you wanted! (if they release it)
12. Starwolf_UK
21 Jun 2008, 11:48 GMT
I don't why everyone is "if they release it" about it.
We know press releases come on Friday telling people what games come on Monday.
We also knbow NOA embargo these press releases. Prehaps the embargo has an exception...the publisher of the game.
So high voltage knowing Gyrostarr is coming out a whole 3 days in advance isn't too absurd. In fact its reasonable they would know.
13. Stratos
21 Jun 2008, 11:49 GMT
And here I finally caved and bought Toki Tori and Lost Winds with my 20 point card. Now I have to wait till payday on the 30th to afford this one.
14. Jupiter Adept
21 Jun 2008, 13:41 GMT
I don't really want it. Oh well.
15. KnucklesSonic8
21 Jun 2008, 14:58 GMT
I'm very excited for Monday and who knows, maybe we'll get a 2nd Title also (hopes for Plattchen!!!).
If Plattchen DOES release alongstide GSTRR on Monday, I can't get both and that'll be a tough choice (esp. space-wise).
16. Kevin
21 Jun 2008, 16:03 GMT
Makes up for last week's crappy releases. (Includes VC)
17. Objection_Blaster
21 Jun 2008, 17:04 GMT
@knuckles It's a tough call but I would get this. Does anyone know if it has any online (wifi or leaderboards?) Gotta geta new card! Get this and Strongbad unless something else comes out...maybe something on VC that i'd give a damn (or 800 points) about. cough earthbound cough
EDIT: Hmm..Plattchen looks kreally good too but another 1500 points game? Need a video/review but it looks awesome
18. master of retro
21 Jun 2008, 18:12 GMT
YES THANK YOU GOD!!!!!!
19. megacody
21 Jun 2008, 18:54 GMT
This might be my first wiiware game I'll get.
20. Virus
21 Jun 2008, 19:03 GMT
Thank god something of substance might be finally coming for the WiiWare since its launch. I know Toki Tori came out and that it is good, but those games sadly don't appeal to me. With this though, I have high hopes.
21. Dokenzz
21 Jun 2008, 19:09 GMT
i don't know if i'll get this.. it might be good but you know, i've made a lot of mistakes from not checking a review before buying the game, so im going to wait til WiiWare World makes a review
22. Wiireview123
21 Jun 2008, 19:46 GMT
YESSSSSSSSSS!!
23. Luigi
21 Jun 2008, 20:05 GMT
YES! IT'S FINALLY COMING OUT!
24. battledevil789
21 Jun 2008, 20:16 GMT
does anyone know if it is wifi not leaderboards but like against each other because if it doesnt then thts not going to make me happy might still get it tho
25. Mario64DStyle
21 Jun 2008, 21:18 GMT
Man, I can't WAIT!!!! Ever since I saw the first video, I knew I needed it, and I pushed the other two shooter game we've gotten to the side, just waiting for this.
26. strade32
21 Jun 2008, 21:28 GMT
yes! i have been waiting for this for weeks. i have 700 points saved for this. can't wait til monday.
27. Objection_Blaster
21 Jun 2008, 21:35 GMT
@strade ME TOO! but I have to wait until at least Tuesday cause I'll be out of town
28. siavm
21 Jun 2008, 21:39 GMT
Can't wait til monday.
29. God
21 Jun 2008, 21:58 GMT
w00t finally
definitely getting this
30. lockelocke
21 Jun 2008, 22:08 GMT
Nice, I have exactly 700 points left.
Online Scoreboards?
31. mr.niceguy
21 Jun 2008, 22:48 GMT
I have high hopes for this one. I never played Tempest, but I did play Torus Troopers, which seems a lot like this game, and High Voltage did make Tempest 3, which I heard was pretty good, so I'm sure they'll do good on this one too.
I hope it doesn't cost too much, so that way I can get Star Soldier R or Pop, which I had been putting off, along with Toki Tori, until Gyrostarr.
Now that I think about it, I had been putting off a lot of good games waiting for Gyrostarr, and many of those games aren't exactly selling well either. Has anyone else been putting off these games off these games for Gyrostarr? It's okay, I guess so long as I amend that come Monday.
I find it funny that this information comes like the day after I tell people wait and not get their hopes up. Jokes on me huh?
Oh, and there's no online scoreboards, multiplayer and the amount of stages is supposed to be the selling point, apparently.
32. andy836
21 Jun 2008, 23:32 GMT
yyyyyyyyyyyyyyeeeeeeeeeessssssssssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
33. konkerdoodle
22 Jun 2008, 00:00 GMT
@mr.niceguy
"I hope it dosn't cost too much"
700 points. Nice and cheap!
34. Tony
22 Jun 2008, 01:05 GMT
Wow I am really looking forward to this game!
35. Chipmunk777
22 Jun 2008, 01:43 GMT
Awesome news. Now, if only I weren't a geek/otaku and needed a storage solution...
36. RetroWare
22 Jun 2008, 03:13 GMT
I have 1400 points, so I can easily get this. I'll have like 400 blocks left, so I'll delete Everybody Nintendo Channel. It is really useless.
37. Luigi
22 Jun 2008, 03:51 GMT
How many blocks is this game?
38. andy836
22 Jun 2008, 03:58 GMT
mmmmm judging by their last game maybe the same, more or less. somewhere in that range lol.
39. andy836
22 Jun 2008, 04:00 GMT
i'm guessing 200
40. XCWarrior
22 Jun 2008, 04:05 GMT
This report better be true. And let's all hope it controls as good as it looks.
41. Ray
22 Jun 2008, 04:47 GMT
Nintendo had to release Star Soldier R and Protothea before Gyrostarr, because they knew this game will seriously pwn, and get all they sales for smup lovers.
Totally getting it!
42. Mike
22 Jun 2008, 04:53 GMT
Nintendo will probably use Gyrostarr's release to give us more garbage VC games.
43. andy836
22 Jun 2008, 05:11 GMT
^never they wouldn't dare.
44. God
22 Jun 2008, 07:52 GMT
i have like 17x blocks left on my wii lol `` got so many other games
45. StarDust
22 Jun 2008, 08:34 GMT
Another shooter makes three so far for Wiiware. For some über-hard old-school games, save 100 points (and more importantly hundreds of memory blocks) by browsing the much forgotten TG16 gallery. I personally would live to be able to play games in the genre but I suck at literally every game I've tried so far (I made it to like round 5 on Galaga BTW).
46. sailingtheseaoffools
22 Jun 2008, 13:30 GMT
"Everybody Nintendo Channel"
You do realize that is how they get data on game playing right plus how many blocks you have left right?
Don't delete it.
47. Objection_Blaster
22 Jun 2008, 14:25 GMT
@saling
if you already had it and sent that info by accessing the channel at least once, you dont need to keep it for them to be aware that you had that problem. i deleted the Nin Chan yesterday in preparation for Gyrostar and will do the same to Net Chan for Strongbad.
48. XCWarrior
22 Jun 2008, 16:15 GMT
@RetroWare "I have 1400 points, so I can easily get this. I'll have like 400 blocks left, so I'll delete Everybody Nintendo Channel. It is really useless."
I'm thinking you mean the Everbody VOTES Channel? Nintendo Channel is awesome. DS Demos, and video trailers are nice to watch on the Wii/TV with little loading time.
Just one more days guys. Though I will wait for the reviews to come out. Like I said, it can be the prettiest game in the world, but if the controls stink, it really doesn't matter when it comes to Wii games.
But man I sure hope this is a winner.
49. Gavin Rozee
22 Jun 2008, 17:13 GMT
I'm sure the Nintendo Channel is half-decent if you're in the US. It's 200% shite in Europe.
50. andy836
22 Jun 2008, 17:45 GMT
i'm going to get it as soon as its available i forget the time. so if anybody wants to know something about the game before they buy it feel free to ask me as soon as i get the game.
51. Wiireview123
22 Jun 2008, 18:24 GMT
oh and by the way, YEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!
52. pApEr y0sh!
22 Jun 2008, 19:15 GMT
this is going to be the first wiiware game i am going to get. it looks amazing. and i only costs 700 points!
53. motang
22 Jun 2008, 19:55 GMT
This is indeed great news, I shall be getting his game on Monday after I get back home from work.
54. Evermore
23 Jun 2008, 00:23 GMT
When someone get this game, please tell which control does he use (Wiimote only or Wiimote + Nunchuk or even GameCube controller).
Thanks a lot!
55. strade32
23 Jun 2008, 03:14 GMT
i hope the controls aren't hard. but i am sure they won't be.
56. everydayJOE
23 Jun 2008, 05:30 GMT
This game looks pretty sweet, I just wish it was 500 pts. like originaly intended! oh well I'll still end up getting it... until the review comes.
57. tehub
23 Jun 2008, 05:32 GMT
Will look at your review before buying. But its looking great.
58. everydayJOE
23 Jun 2008, 05:34 GMT
If this game is good then it'll hopefully give some insight of how the Conduit will be!!! Still hoping!!
59. WindOnFire
23 Jun 2008, 09:44 GMT
@XC warrior. Nintendo Chan stinks!!!!!!!! Its got absolutely nothing good on it!
@America-you lucky buggers!!!!!!!
60. WarioFan63
24 Jun 2008, 05:02 GMT
NOTHING good on it?!? Thats extremely far from the truth....
61. WindOnFire
24 Jun 2008, 08:06 GMT
@wariofan- yes NOTHING good on it!
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