Evasive Space (WiiWare)

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Evasive Space - Best Evasive Skills Competition

Posted Thu, 12 Feb 2009 by Darren Calvert

To coincide with the North American release of Evasive Space this coming Monday we’ve teamed up with Akinai Games to give you the opportunity to win a copy of the game by sharing with us your best example of evading something.

The object being evaded could be anything: a random projectile; the horror of kissing a great aunt with a hairy chin; a large dog turd on the sidewalk/pavement or even artfully shirking off the household chores - the only proviso is that your example of evasion has to make us titter like little schoolgirls.

If you're stuck for inspiration, check out this sterling example of a masterful evasive technique in action:
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You can post an actual photo of an evasive event, or even show off your artistic skills in MS Paint if you are so inclined! Just host the image on the interwebs using a service such as Imageshack and post the link below. (550px width would be ideal if you have the skills to resize the image!)

Only one winner will be selected on Monday 16th February (at around 10am GMT). This lucky person will get a copy of Evasive Space gifted to them free of charge. To participate your Wii’s country setting must be set to the United States.

Only one entry per reader please - so make it a good one!


Update: The winner is PDTempest, with this quite frankly unbelievable example of death-avoidance that even Frogger would be proud of:

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Well done! We'll be in touch regarding the prize shortly.

Tags: WiiWare, Akinai Games, Competition.

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User Comments

Doogle

1. Doogle Ireland 12 Feb 2009, 22:34 GMT

Dang I wish I could enter this! Here's something that made me laugh anyway:

http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/1328/katurdaycomevasiveyh7.jpg

RADE

2. RADE United States 12 Feb 2009, 22:36 GMT

Master Evasive technique haha

calculon

3. calculon United Kingdom 12 Feb 2009, 22:37 GMT

Hey, there's nothing to laugh about someone throwing a shoe. They seem to be the weapon of choice for modern day assassins.

There'll be no sole-less murders from now on.

Random Task.

tkubas1

4. tkubas1 United States 12 Feb 2009, 22:45 GMT

Here's a great dodge!!!! http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/2561/dodgeballinfacepo6.jpg

Doogle

5. Doogle Ireland 12 Feb 2009, 22:49 GMT

@tkubas1 - That's a great example of how not to evade something! :D

Mr. Saturn

6. Mr. Saturn United States 12 Feb 2009, 22:56 GMT

This picture has been making its rounds lately:

http://img239.imageshack.us/img239/1392/evasiveactionhi7.jpg

Just so happens to also be shoe related :)

Preemptive edit: Yes, the guy made it. Probably needed a new pair of pants though.

Objection_Blaster

7. Objection_Blaster United States 12 Feb 2009, 23:01 GMT

4^He didn't dodge. :P

longtimegamer

8. longtimegamer United States 12 Feb 2009, 23:06 GMT

Is Monday the deadline too? So no videos huh?

SRPirate

9. SRPirate United States 12 Feb 2009, 23:06 GMT

http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/6959/u1484428asq3.jpg
Very close dodge.

Shadx

10. Shadx Canada 12 Feb 2009, 23:13 GMT

@Mr. Saturn: Wow, I wouldn't just need a new pair of pants, I'd need a new heart O.O That guy is lucky.

Only america? Damn. Ah well.

Bahamut ZERO

11. Bahamut ZERO United States 12 Feb 2009, 23:19 GMT

Daz, you have redeemed yorselfwith that picture. Best scene ever :D

And ES comes out Monday. I cant wait for the review, by Corbie of course (it is a shump after all) :)

stratocastx

12. stratocastx United States 12 Feb 2009, 23:21 GMT

Here's a picture of me practicing my evasion techniques on a ticket booth sign before evading more difficult challenges: aliens, dinosaurs, mummies, and a T-1000 ;)

http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/9332/evadingsignuo4.jpg

Draygone

13. Draygone United States 12 Feb 2009, 23:35 GMT

Hmm, yes, that would be when I nodded off at the wheel of my car.

I know, I know, it's dumb of myself if I let myself fall asleep while driving, but here's the real kicker: this had been going on for a month or so. :P Yeah, real tired after work, I was getting. It was hard staying awake, once I started going off the road, but the sound of the loud gravel woke me up. Eventually, though, my luck would run out. I was nodding off at the wheel, coming on to a construction zone. Traffic was stopped. I woke up in time to see that I was going to hit a pickup truck with its gate down. I managed to swerve around it in time.

...Only to hit an oncoming car.

I eventually did a way to keep myself awake on the way home from work: chewing gum.

Wiiloveit

14. Wiiloveit United Kingdom 12 Feb 2009, 23:51 GMT

Wait... Corbie's reviewing this? I wonder what score it might get... :D

Dazza

15. Dazza United Kingdom 12 Feb 2009, 23:54 GMT

Corbie is a but busier than usual at the moment so it will be a mystery reviewer giving you the verdict on Evasive Space next week.

Besides it's not a shooter, it's about avoiding things. This would just confuse an shmup king such as the Corbinator! :-p

Some good evasive images so far, keep em rolling in!!

PS: Canadians can enter too, but you will need to switch your Wii settings over to USA to receive the gift.

KnucklesSonic8

16. KnucklesSonic8 Canada 12 Feb 2009, 23:56 GMT

This is awesome!! I'm dying to get this game so if I participate, that would be great if I got it as it is one of my most anticipated titles. :o

Bahamut ZERO

17. Bahamut ZERO United States 13 Feb 2009, 00:19 GMT

@Wiiloveit: A 6. Duh :P(sarcasm,its really a 7)
@Dazza: Mystery reviewer eh? Lets try that new guy Scott, Ilike him:)

Wiiloveit

18. Wiiloveit United Kingdom 13 Feb 2009, 00:25 GMT

Hmmm... a mystery reviewer, eh? Is it... (thinks of the first American guy that comes to my head) OBAMA?

slambert215

19. slambert215 United States 13 Feb 2009, 00:30 GMT

@Wiiloveit
It starts with s and ends with even.

KnucklesSonic8

20. KnucklesSonic8 Canada 13 Feb 2009, 01:14 GMT

@slambert: By my username starts with a K and ends with an 8! lol. XD

I got some great ideas for this contest.
Can we make a video too?

accc

21. accc United States 13 Feb 2009, 01:15 GMT

Jesus evading a dragon in his giant hot dog mobile!
http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/2086/jesusevadingadragon298iv3.jpg

longtimegamer

22. longtimegamer United States 13 Feb 2009, 01:31 GMT

@accc - Did you do the drawing and if so, how'd the heck you think that one up?? :)

accc

23. accc United States 13 Feb 2009, 01:50 GMT

The original picture was just jesus in the hot dog, I added the dragon to give it some evasive flair!

Taiyou

24. Taiyou Spain 13 Feb 2009, 01:51 GMT

http://i39.tinypic.com/1ik19x.jpg

That's the best I could think up. I don't think I can win with this but I hope it makes you at least chuckle a little bit...

KnucklesSonic8

25. KnucklesSonic8 Canada 13 Feb 2009, 01:53 GMT

@Taiyou: That definitely DID make me laugh! :D

Taiyou

26. Taiyou Spain 13 Feb 2009, 02:00 GMT

Oops, my Wii is european, I can't win anyway lol. At least I had a great 5 minutes pause on my studies to make the drawing...

CrystalWolf

27. CrystalWolf United States 13 Feb 2009, 02:32 GMT

not really a picture, loosely related in the sense of not evading

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JB4Z0LNGBPY

AlexSays

28. AlexSays United States 13 Feb 2009, 03:21 GMT

Dazza makes a good point, Corbie would be lost.
He'd constantly be searching for the button to shoot.

guardian42

29. guardian42 United States 13 Feb 2009, 06:37 GMT

@Bahamut ZERO: Heh, thanks for the comment. But it's gonna be a mystery till Monday, like most VC and WW releases, LOL.

calculon

30. calculon United Kingdom 13 Feb 2009, 10:31 GMT

Will I win if I avoid sending in a picture?

citizen_zane

31. citizen_zane United States 13 Feb 2009, 11:49 GMT

Posted Thu, 12 Feb 2009 - By Darren Calvert "the only proviso is that your example of evasion has to make us titter like little schoolgirls."

Well Darren, here is an example of evasion, complete with tittering little schoolgirls! http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc313/citizen_zane/dodgeball.jpg
Check out the air that kid gets as he dodges that ball!

AlexSays

32. AlexSays United States 13 Feb 2009, 11:54 GMT

Calculon wins.

calculon

33. calculon United Kingdom 13 Feb 2009, 12:49 GMT

@citizen_zane: Neo forgot all about his childhood Matrix experiences. There is no ball.....

@AlexSays: Thanks. That makes you one on Calculon's Christmas list. And only one :)

MarkyVigoroth

34. MarkyVigoroth Puerto Rico 13 Feb 2009, 14:50 GMT

insert ROFL emote from deviantArt here
I have nothing against Mr. Bush, but... supresses laughter

But still, I plan to not participate.

Olimar_91

35. Olimar_91 United States 13 Feb 2009, 15:25 GMT

Not much, but here's my entry:

http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/1461/evadety2.png

=)

Digiki

36. Digiki Canada 13 Feb 2009, 15:46 GMT

http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/9428/cheetahgazellegb1.jpg

tatemon555

37. tatemon555 Canada 13 Feb 2009, 15:53 GMT

I don't care for the contest, but Evasive Space on Monday? If Onslaught, BB+, Cave Story, Butterfly Garden, Pop Them Drop Them SameGame, or Adventure Island WW come out with it, then it'll be the best update since the beginning of WiiWare.

Objection_Blaster

38. Objection_Blaster United States 13 Feb 2009, 16:08 GMT

Alright, here's my entry. It's an "unmotivational" poster I found. http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/7897/2851979316f20b7ff3elu3.jpg

Damo

39. Damo United Kingdom 13 Feb 2009, 16:29 GMT

Some chucklesome additions here. Keep them coming, folks.

Wiiloveit

40. Wiiloveit United Kingdom 13 Feb 2009, 17:21 GMT

Here's a bad attempt at being evasive: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxGGyVklPHg
And another: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTaTvwl4-28

@Calculon: you just have to go and ruin everything, now, don't you?

Also: good artwork on the eyes there, Olimar91, and Taiyou and tccc's creations also made me laugh. As Damo said, "keep them coming, folks".

calculon

41. calculon United Kingdom 13 Feb 2009, 18:18 GMT

@Wiiloveit: Aww ... I love it when you talk all cute like that. Do it again :D

Wiiloveit

42. Wiiloveit United Kingdom 13 Feb 2009, 18:45 GMT

@Calculon: You smell funny.
And I've got more where that came from. ;)

calculon

43. calculon United Kingdom 13 Feb 2009, 19:10 GMT

@Wiiloveit: Classic. Keep 'em coming.

anthonyb

44. anthonyb United States 13 Feb 2009, 19:14 GMT

@Wiiloveit: OMG The Coke Fail video is pretty awesome. Though he fails miserably at being "evasive". :P

Wiiloveit

45. Wiiloveit United Kingdom 13 Feb 2009, 20:03 GMT

@Calculon: Hows about... your face looks like a robot's face.
Hah! Although, I should follow the rules of no bullying...

Mayhem

46. Mayhem United Kingdom 13 Feb 2009, 20:22 GMT

Well there's this that I saw recently... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFdGKeQph-Q
On the other hand, there is the end to this legendary fight... now this WAS evasion of a kind ;) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=np_5BHmaSI4

PDTempest

47. PDTempest United States 14 Feb 2009, 00:18 GMT

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm43/PDTempest/Jesus_is_Alive_and_Well.jpg

Toddr

48. Toddr Canada 14 Feb 2009, 01:01 GMT

Here's some great evasion.

http://pure-essence.net/stuff/ICHC/funny-pictures-15-cents-stop.jpg

Javet

49. Javet United States 14 Feb 2009, 02:06 GMT

Here's mine:
http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/8818/evadedogly3.jpg

Toddr

50. Toddr Canada 14 Feb 2009, 02:44 GMT

Did you just go to google images and search evade? ;)

Objection_Blaster

51. Objection_Blaster United States 14 Feb 2009, 06:33 GMT

Btw, to several people above, you're only supposed to submit one! That may disqualify you, so you might want to edit and have only one submission. But what do I care, it only improves my odds! ;)

KnucklesSonic8

52. KnucklesSonic8 Canada 14 Feb 2009, 07:35 GMT

lol, Obj_Blaster. :P

Looks like I got some competition. Some.. not so much. lol.
If I understand correctly, it's gotta make 'em laugh too...

Narrowed my submission down. Holding off a bit. Still wondering if I'm allowed to use a vid. I may need make my own, which is why I'm asking.

Dazza

53. Dazza United Kingdom 14 Feb 2009, 09:41 GMT

The competition is only for images, not videos :-p

C'mon lets see some more MS Paint art, they've been the funniest so far!

KnucklesSonic8

54. KnucklesSonic8 Canada 14 Feb 2009, 15:17 GMT

Thanks for clarifying, Dazza! Photoshop FTW! lol.

Chrisketchum1

55. Chrisketchum1 United States 14 Feb 2009, 15:58 GMT

http://img240.imageshack.us/img240/3232/poododgerfq4.jpg
Here's my picture for the contest. {I didn't edit this picture at all. It is honestly real poo.}

For the game, it actually looks like geometry wars with more dodging like gameplay.

tkubas1

56. tkubas1 United States 14 Feb 2009, 21:05 GMT

http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/9030/aajh111elimanningsuperbtg0.jpg

d41

57. d41 United States 15 Feb 2009, 03:51 GMT

Here's my entry/attempt... It's a quick drawing I made. =)
http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/705/evadetb9.jpg

Jockolantern

58. Jockolantern United States 15 Feb 2009, 10:35 GMT

Honestly, a pretty sucky entry on my part, but it's the best I could come up with from an original point of view and I figured it might amuse one or two people. ^_~ Especially since tax season is coming right up and we all know how much we'd love to evade that.

http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/2913/bullettaxtimelo2.jpg

Lylvia

59. Lylvia United States 15 Feb 2009, 18:37 GMT

Well here we go...
Here's an evasive maneuver I found quite ammusing:
A man tries to evade failing a breathalyzer by eating his underwear!

http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/1766/3282275280b2bf20ff7fors9.jpg

Tasty! :-)

jordanr

60. jordanr United Kingdom 15 Feb 2009, 23:46 GMT

Hey Dazza do you have any idea if Evasive Space is going to have a PAL release since HVS is not publishing this one?

KnucklesSonic8

61. KnucklesSonic8 Canada 16 Feb 2009, 01:54 GMT

@Taiyou: As far as I'm concerned, you have one of the best submissions. It's such a shame you can't win!! :(

I'll be submitting my entry once I'm sure it should be submitted.

I had a really good one (two, actually) but the problem is, I didn't think they'd be funny enough and TBH, I was confused as to which one you want more out of our submissions: More skills, or more humor.

I had a better submission, like I said, that exemplified more skill (I'll keep my mouth shut so noone can snag my idea, lol) but this'll have to do I suppose.
Mine: http://i39.tinypic.com/smrnsj.jpg

Hats off to the Megaman and Avoid question ones. Those two are my favs. ;)

Dazza

62. Dazza United Kingdom 16 Feb 2009, 07:45 GMT

@jordanr - We asked about Europe in our interview. I guess they will wait to see what the US sales are like before committing to this.

Dazza

63. Dazza United Kingdom 16 Feb 2009, 10:01 GMT

The winner is PDTempest with a quite frankly unbelievable example of death-avoidance that even Frogger would be proud of!

Thanks for all your entries, it was hard to decide between them! :D

JohnshiBRPG

64. JohnshiBRPG United States 16 Feb 2009, 14:23 GMT

WOW!!! PD Tempest wins!

PDTempest

65. PDTempest United States 16 Feb 2009, 22:53 GMT

wow awesome!!! I want to thank my mom and... no lol jk. I visit this site every day I just don't post often. This is especially exciting as I own a Fansite about one of High Voltage's other games in the Works The-Conduit. Check it out: www.the-conduit.webs.com

StarDust

66. StarDust United States 16 Feb 2009, 23:10 GMT

The Coca-cola spill video was hilareous!!!

And just for kicks, here's a much less fortunate HD television that did a terrible job of wii-mote dodging :-O
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrrvkPo7TZ4&eurl=http://failblog.org/page/15/

Wiiloveit

67. Wiiloveit United Kingdom 18 Feb 2009, 17:46 GMT

Congrats, PDTempest - but I think what we all want to know is this: what were your other ideas, KS8?

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