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Space Invaders Get Even - It's Payback Time!

Posted Fri, 25 Jul 2008 by Corbie Dillard

It seems that after three long decades of being picked on by arcade gamers, the Space Invaders have finally had enough. Now they're fighting back and you get to take control of the invaders themselves this time around.

Taito has recently announced their upcoming WiiWare title Space Invaders Get Even to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Space Invaders. It's hard to believe it's been that long since the game first hit arcades back in 1978. Some of us are getting old. :P

Taito's Japanese Space Invaders Get Even site has now gone live, but still has quite a few sections that will be added at a later time. Until then, you can check out the official game play video below to get a taste of what this upcoming shoot 'em up will be like when it hits the WiiWare service.

We'll have more on the game as information becomes available.

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Tags: WiiWare, Upcoming Games, Taito, Videos.

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User Comments

Roboto

1. Roboto Spain 25 Jul 2008, 22:10 BST

very cool concept but i still dont get how you play this game :(

andy836

2. andy836 United States 25 Jul 2008, 22:20 BST

it looks as though it will be out in Japan this year.

Mickeymac

3. Mickeymac United States 25 Jul 2008, 22:24 BST

Wow, that sort of reminded me of Pikmin, only more actiony. Can't wait!

That Guy from Faxanadu

4. That Guy from Faxanadu Sweden 25 Jul 2008, 23:00 BST

Hm, so you control the UFO? Apart from the invaders themselves, design lacks some class. Might be good anyway.

doabarrelroll27

5. doabarrelroll27 United States 25 Jul 2008, 23:07 BST

Looks to have loads of potential. I also love Space Invaders so I'm excited about this one

Versus22

6. Versus22 Canada 25 Jul 2008, 23:24 BST

I'm going to have to check this one out, this may be good! :P

deadly.by.design

7. deadly.by.design United States 25 Jul 2008, 23:40 BST

I'm not sure what I just saw, but it looked like fun.

Objection_Blaster

8. Objection_Blaster United States 26 Jul 2008, 00:34 BST

This looks very cool. I'm hoping for a Fall release, but who knows. I saw the numbers "30" and "100" in the trailer next to the Alien Scribbles (JK). Anyone know what those numbers refer to?

Roboto

9. Roboto Spain 26 Jul 2008, 00:51 BST

mmm the 30th aniversary maybe

100 wii points!!!! hehehe dont tink so

Kawaiipikachu

10. Kawaiipikachu Australia 26 Jul 2008, 02:15 BST

While the heavily compresed video :( doesn't show much but im going to find out more of this game in the future .

Foamyfan231

11. Foamyfan231 United States 26 Jul 2008, 03:21 BST

I like this, I rather would have settle for Space Invaders Extreme but this looks interesting. I hope its good. This looks promising

Chipmunk777

12. Chipmunk777 United States 26 Jul 2008, 03:36 BST

Haha this looks so awesome! I imagine the nunchuk+wiimote controls will be quite intuitive.

And, I imagine the 100 seen in the video would be something like "over 100 levels of play." I speak no japanese, so this is merely speculation on my part :P

ttplayer92

13. ttplayer92 United States 26 Jul 2008, 04:31 BST

Looks cool. :)

hal

14. hal United States 26 Jul 2008, 07:09 BST

very!

Matt_Walker

15. Matt_Walker United States 26 Jul 2008, 08:08 BST

Neat! Looks like it'd be good.

Mr.Game and Watch

16. Mr.Game and Watch United Kingdom 26 Jul 2008, 08:32 BST

Cool!
Looks like some good fun.

Terranigma

17. Terranigma United Kingdom 26 Jul 2008, 10:54 BST

Very Nice. I'm very likely to buy this

i_am_error

18. i_am_error Canada 26 Jul 2008, 15:35 BST

Neat. Space Invaders Extreme is so good... now, reversing the role is quite appealing.

Big=Sexy

19. Big=Sexy United States 27 Jul 2008, 12:42 BST

I was never a big fan of Space Invaders (spoiled too much by Galaga) but this looks really fun. Reminds me of Elements of Destruction on XBLA - the whole purpose being destroying everything in sight. Very cool. Hopefully this will be better than that.

Loving the comic text effect, even if it seems to say "DOOOOOOM!" instead of "BOOOOOM!" in the above video. (top of the screen is cut off)

madmat1969

20. madmat1969 United States 27 Jul 2008, 16:03 BST

looks like a good wiiware game. will buy it if I can create more room on my wii. MadDogPro rules online

Negative_Zero

21. Negative_Zero Canada 27 Jul 2008, 16:14 BST

I want this game NOW!
Iv been a fan of the original game and this spin-off is the best thing ever.

Bahamut ZERO

22. Bahamut ZERO United States 27 Jul 2008, 20:16 BST

Too bad I have only 18 blocks left..........

No Gradius, Mega Man, AND Space Invaders.

Man I'm gonna start deleting stuff.

Bye Dr. Mario and Captain Falcon :)

lockelocke

23. lockelocke United States 27 Jul 2008, 20:22 BST

Good ol Taito is back with another one. I love the the way they flipped the script, I'm on the wagon for sure.

ZueriHB

24. ZueriHB Switzerland 02 Sep 2008, 01:37 BST

This game is fun, and for me not that easy.
Also it takes up a lot of space (about 666 blocks with DLC).

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