Secret Files: Tunguska Adventuring On Wii, DS

Contrary to what most critics thought about the original PC version of Tunguska, our review from last year shed a pretty favorable light over Fusionsphere's adventure game, which turned out to be one of the more pleasant surprises in 2006. Which is why we're happy to see it being ported to another couple of platforms: the Nintendo Wii and DS. The only bad news is that these adaptations are nowhere near complete: the DS version (made by 10tacle Studios Mobile) is only expected in Q4 2007, and the Wii version (by Keen Games) will follow even later than that, in early 2008.

"It is a real pleasure to implement one of the best adventures of recent years for Wii in cooperation with Koch Media", commented Pete Walentin, development director of Keen Games. "We will optimise the controls for Wii Remote and Nunchuk in order to turn a game that is very good already into a 'perfect-match' for Wii."

Secret Files: Tunguska for the Wii and DS will retain the same storyline, sparked by the mysterious Tunguska catastrophe from 1908, and also the same combination of smoothly animated 3D characters cast on top of highly-detailed and animated pre-rendered backgrounds. 110 backgrounds, to be more precise, complete with atmospheric weather effects (rain and snow), as well as cinematic-quality videos for intro and cutscenes in wide screen perspective.

The only screenshots available at this time are from the DS version, and you're more than welcome to check them out in our gallery.

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