The Wii has a reputation as being a console devoid of more traditional games and home to piles of mini-game collections and children’s-license hatchet jobs. It has earned this reputation because, well, there aren’t very many traditional games available for the Wii and there are many, many mini-game collections and licensed hatchet jobs. So it’s always worth noting when a developer takes a stab at making a “hardcore” game for the system and its unique controller. High Voltage Software’s The Conduit certainly falls into the "hardcore" classification, a first-person shooter with, from the looks of this trailer, an emphasis on story and frenzied fire-fights. It’s a visual mixed bag at this early stage, delivering on High Voltage’s impressive tech demo one moment and looking like a game that barely utilizes the eight-year-old Gamecube hardware the Wii is built on the next. Still, the b-movie dialogue is campy fun and the organic looking weapons certainly seem, if nothing else, unique. High Voltage still hasn’t found a publishing partner for The Conduit but if they continue to polish it up, their game will undoubtedly find its way into the hands of Wii owners hungry for something a bit meatier than Carnival Games. Hit the jump to check out the debut trailer.
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