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Space Chimps for Nintendo Wii
Space Chimps for Nintendo Wii sends circus chimp Ham III into space with Luna and Titan to search for a missing probe. After arriving on a strange planet, they become involved in the fight against Zartog. You view most of this action platformer from the side. You jump over gaps, climb past obstacles and avoid enemies in environments with three-dimensional characters. Ham uses his acrobatic background to move from platform to platform and help the planet's inhabitants.
Along the way, you collect golden bananas and buy upgrades, including a double jump. A spinning attack or a jump onto an enemy's head clears opponents from your path. Moving platforms and wall jumps demand a different rhythm from a straight stretch of ground. In separate flying sections, the view shifts to a spaceship flying towards obstacles. You steer between rocks instead of jumping along the ground, while also trying to collect items.
You can call on the other chimps for help, linked to a short challenge on a radar screen. A separate local minigame lets two players play together; the main adventure is single-player. One cartridge and DS Download Play are enough for this multiplayer game, but each person needs a compatible DS system. The systems are not included. The journey thus alternates platforming, flying obstacles and brief actions with the stylus.
Region and language
Our Nintendo Wii games are PAL editions and come with a Dutch or English box, unless stated otherwise. By default, you receive the version for the European market. We note it in the product details if the region is different or the box is in another language. In almost all cases, the game is playable at least in English, and often in the other five common European languages too.
Manual
Space Chimps for Nintendo Wii includes the manual unless the product title states otherwise. If the booklet is missing, the title says “No Manual”. This lets you see before ordering whether the game comes with a manual.
The manuals included with our games usually contain at least English and often around six European languages. The exact languages vary by edition, so Dutch is not always included. The booklet explains the controls and the main rules. You can use it to check how to control the game, which actions are available and how its different features work.
The history of Space Chimps
Brash Entertainment released Space Chimps in 2008 alongside Vanguard's animated film of the same name. The film sent a circus chimp on a space mission, combining astronauts, alien inhabitants and a tyrannical opponent. Brash worked with Vanguard on a game that used those characters and their world while adding events of its own. Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment handled European marketing and distribution. The project appeared on various home computers and consoles, alongside a separate Nintendo Wii release.
WayForward Technologies developed the DS version. The studio already had extensive experience with handheld action games, including Shantae for Game Boy Color and Contra 4 for Nintendo Wii. For Space Chimps, the team chose left-to-right movement with three-dimensionally modelled characters and environments. The larger console releases took a different approach. The DS adaptation was therefore not a scaled-down copy of their fully three-dimensional levels, but a separate platformer with its own spaceship sections.
The visuals retained Ham, Luna, Titan and the film's alien world, while the game structure was built around short actions. Familiar platform moves made Ham's circus background useful during play. Flying between space rocks depicted the space journey directly, and the radar challenge gave the touch screen a separate task. A local two-player minigame accompanied the solo adventure. The handheld adaptation thus used the buttons, both screens and wireless connection at different moments within the same film adaptation.
Similar games for Nintendo Wii
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa is a useful comparison on Nintendo Wii within a related genre. It places a different emphasis on pace, routes, opponents and progression, while Space Chimps centres its own controls, campaign structure and rewards. Both ask you to learn their rules and spaces, but their goals and moment-to-moment decisions clearly differ. The comparison therefore helps define this specific release without assigning features from Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa to Space Chimps.
Bolt is a useful comparison on Nintendo Wii within a related genre. It places a different emphasis on pace, routes, opponents and progression, while Space Chimps centres its own controls, campaign structure and rewards. Both ask you to learn their rules and spaces, but their goals and moment-to-moment decisions clearly differ. The comparison therefore helps define this specific release without assigning features from Bolt to Space Chimps.
Wall-E is a useful comparison on Nintendo Wii within a related genre. It places a different emphasis on pace, routes, opponents and progression, while Space Chimps centres its own controls, campaign structure and rewards. Both ask you to learn their rules and spaces, but their goals and moment-to-moment decisions clearly differ. The comparison therefore helps define this specific release without assigning features from Wall-E to Space Chimps.
The Tale of Despereaux is a useful comparison on Nintendo Wii within a related genre. It places a different emphasis on pace, routes, opponents and progression, while Space Chimps centres its own controls, campaign structure and rewards. Both ask you to learn their rules and spaces, but their goals and moment-to-moment decisions clearly differ. The comparison therefore helps define this specific release without assigning features from The Tale of Despereaux to Space Chimps.
Ice Age 3 is a useful comparison on Nintendo Wii within a related genre. It places a different emphasis on pace, routes, opponents and progression, while Space Chimps centres its own controls, campaign structure and rewards. Both ask you to learn their rules and spaces, but their goals and moment-to-moment decisions clearly differ. The comparison therefore helps define this specific release without assigning features from Ice Age 3 to Space Chimps.
