Vivarium/Nintendo action-strategy. Mix of pinball and Japanese medieval strategy: control a giant ball to crush enemies and guide troops, voice control via mic. Totally unique concept, baffling gameplay. Experimental cult Nintendo curio.
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Original Nintendo strategy mixing giant pinball and the defence of feudal Japanese troops. Published by Nintendo, released in September 2006. About ten levels in which a huge ball guides samurai, microphone support for voice orders and local multiplayer. Worldwide release.
The North American version of Nintendo's odd cross of pinball and feudal strategy, shipped with the GameCube microphone. Voice command and the baffling concept limited its audience, hence a modest run and a value rising among Nintendo-rarity fans. Its collecting interest comes from that owned singularity, the publisher having rarely taken such risks on a genre so unusual for the machine.