Meet the sergeant!
Ever wanted to play a game in which you get to be ordered around and ridiculed at will?
If so XSEED's unique new WiiWare entry Drill Sergeant Mindstrong might be just what you've been waiting for.
While we don't currently have much information on the game, we did manage to get our hands on XSEED's official press release for the game that you can check out below for a little more insight into this unique WiiWare title.
Torrance, Ca., - XSEED Games today announced that Drill Sergeant Mindstrong, a brain stimulating party game, will soon be available for download on WiiWare. Drill Sergeant Mindstrong is XSEED Games’ first title available on Nintendo’s downloadable games service.
Welcome to the army, Maggots! As a newly-enlisted cadet, your brain will be challenged by the toughest Drill Sergeant around, to see if you are worthy to wear the camouflage, or if you should crawl home like a Princess. Once players enroll in boot camp, they must instantly choose between two modes of gameplay – ‘Focus Training’ and ‘Basic Training.’ Regardless of the path the new recruit chooses, they will suddenly be thrust into life as a lowly Private, playing a variety of brain-intensive mini-games to advance their brain power and rise up the food chain to Sergeant, Lieutenant General, and eventually Field Marshall.
Players be warned, however; Drill Sergeant Mindstrong is here to ensure your boot camp experience is everything but a walk in the park. When players fail to answer questions correctly or do not answer in a timely matter, the Drill Sergeant’s anger level will increase. Once his anger has reached its limit, the Drill Sergeant is not afraid to embarrass players by making them do punishments right there on the spot.
We'll have more information on Drill Sergeant Mindstrong as it becomes available, as well as a full review of the game once it hits the WiiWare service.
1. longtimegamer
30 Mar 2009, 21:31 BST
This sounds like it could be pretty cool.
2. Neomega
30 Mar 2009, 21:49 BST
I'm going to basic training soon (ARMY) so this will definitely prep me.
Shyea right
Oh yeah, Great job finding this Corbie, now can we slap a 7 on it and be done?
3. longtimegamer
30 Mar 2009, 21:52 BST
@Neomega - I've been to basic. At least THIS should be more fun.
By the way, I hope they don't send you to the war.(I mean that in the best possible way.)
4. Adamant
30 Mar 2009, 21:59 BST
Sounds quite cool, actually.
5. Objection_Blaster
30 Mar 2009, 22:04 BST
Why does it say April XX? Does that mean this isn't offical yet?
6. Bahamut ZERO
30 Mar 2009, 22:09 BST
WOuld be nice to know what genre it is...
7. Terranigma
30 Mar 2009, 22:14 BST
This is bound to be hilarious
8. Turkey Brutus
30 Mar 2009, 22:16 BST
I have to go now, mother. They're putting me in something called Hero Squad.
9. Turkey Brutus
30 Mar 2009, 22:17 BST
@Objection_Blaster:
"Why does it say April XX?"
It means whoever their marketing guy is forgot to put the date in before releasing the news.
10. Objection_Blaster
30 Mar 2009, 23:00 BST
@Chicken Brutus-Yeah, but it's still March...()
11. gameking23
30 Mar 2009, 23:01 BST
So there is a coming soon badge slapped on this one. Now does that mean we will se it soon as let's say 3 months? Cause @ this rate that is when Equilibrio a game labelled coming soon will come out.
12. Corbie
30 Mar 2009, 23:07 BST
We now have a handful of screenshots for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy!
(We fixed the date thing too!)
13. Bahamut ZERO
30 Mar 2009, 23:12 BST
I guess its a mini-game collection then.
14. Crazed
30 Mar 2009, 23:15 BST
Oh, this sound kind of fun...wait, that last screenshot...oh, no...is this game going to interpret simple antics like doing simple math and following commands equivalent as going into the army? Not the best message you're sending us, XSEED (and hopefully someone else shares my concern.)
15. Turkey Brutus
30 Mar 2009, 23:25 BST
@Objection_Blaster:
"Yeah, but it's still March...()"
That...is a perfectly valid point.
16. Ricardo91
30 Mar 2009, 23:29 BST
If the sergeant is anything like General Hartman from Full Metal Jacket, I'm buying this game on day 1!
17. Corbie
30 Mar 2009, 23:37 BST
I can hear it now...
"Sound off like you got a pair!"
followed by some 6 year old asking their parents what a "pair" is.
18. Ferret75
30 Mar 2009, 23:52 BST
If I started playing that game, I'd be looking for an option to punch the guy if he started to annoy me even the slightest. =U
19. longtimegamer
30 Mar 2009, 23:52 BST
LOL! That's funny.
I bet this will be a good game. Hope it comes very soon.
20. shinigami tidus
31 Mar 2009, 00:00 BST
My first reaction: Oh no, another brain game...
But it is different from the others. Very cool and maybe with Zapper Support?
21. VenomTheEvil
31 Mar 2009, 00:26 BST
Errm not sure what to make of this.......
22. Neomega
31 Mar 2009, 00:53 BST
@comment #3: I kinda wanna go to war after hearing this!
We need to win back our gaming goodness from the nazis!
....we're not fightin nazis?
23. KnucklesSonic8
31 Mar 2009, 01:31 BST
Should be noted that the game is rated with an E10+ since last week on.... interesting terms...
Holds promise as XSeed's first WiiWare entry.
24. Ferret75
31 Mar 2009, 02:27 BST
If his anger level rises, I'll just punch him. =P
25. Bahamut ZERO
31 Mar 2009, 03:01 BST
You know, if we're not figthting either Nazis, Middle East people, aliens, zombies or Russians, this will be the most unique war-related game ever
26. MarkyVigoroth
31 Mar 2009, 04:02 BST
I may be (epileptically) emo-emo, yet I do not like that game already!
Ferret75-san, that will get you executed.
27. Dawnclaude
31 Mar 2009, 08:34 BST
Realy nice idea, perfect for WiiWare
Oh the game is from the developers of Rune Factory , Avalon Code and Retro Game Challange. (i love this game!)
28. KDR_11k
31 Mar 2009, 09:33 BST
Is XSEED really a developer? I thought they were just a publisher.
29. Ferret75
31 Mar 2009, 11:29 BST
@26: You DO realize it's just a game, right? XP
30. Outrunner
31 Mar 2009, 17:26 BST
Hmm... just a game, or some elaborate mind control device?
31. Popyman
31 Mar 2009, 17:28 BST
I like XSEED, but I'm not sure about this though...
32. Wiiloveit
31 Mar 2009, 18:18 BST
@Neomega: Haven't you heard? Corbie doesn't only give out sevens any more. Spoilsport.
Oh, and as for the game: this get's a big fat "meh" from me.
33. MarkyVigoroth
31 Mar 2009, 20:06 BST
Ferret75-san, I know. You will get executed IF this was REAL.
But still, I do not like this, so I am not buying. I am not forcing others to do the same.
34. Ferret75
31 Mar 2009, 20:18 BST
@33: I know, I was just joking around. XD
But I wouldn't get this game.
Anything in general that results in me being screamed at because I'm "not good enough" would just make me mad. XP
35. Objection_Blaster
31 Mar 2009, 22:28 BST
Yay, you fixed the date. As we all know, that was the important part. (well, to me.)
36. Ren
31 Mar 2009, 22:37 BST
I hate to be the one to say it since I'm not one to pre-emptively bash a game but this looks pretty stupid. It might even make more sense if he was using the balance board to force you to exercise (push-ups, punches, running through tires) but simple math and mini-games? Come-on. I think the gag will get old after about 2 minutes.
37. WhoKnew
01 Apr 2009, 00:18 BST
educational games! woohoo!
38. Scryble
01 Apr 2009, 03:42 BST
I'd laugh if 5 minutes into the game Sgt. Mindstrong shouts "That's why you're still a kid!"
... maybe I've just been playing too much Onslaught...
@ 8. Chicken Brutus
Lol, "Silence slave!!!"
39. LEGEND MARIOID
03 Apr 2009, 21:11 BST
Sounds like it could be a good addition to the wiiware library. I like brain games, so this is "radared".
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