Cricket Challenge, Rated and Spinning Towards WiiWare Service
Posted by Trevor Chan
A gentleman's game
GameShastra is India's largest games services company (apparently) and has had its upcoming cricket game rated by the Pan European Game Information ratings board, bowling its way to a WiiWare release.
Formerly announced as Balle Baaz, Cricket Challenge will be the first cricket game to launch on the download service. The developer's last release on a Nintendo platform ― Tumblebugs 2 ― scored very well in our review, so if GameShastra can replicate the good work it did on the game controls, we should have a solid cricket game to spend our Nintendo Points on.
Here's a short description from the game page:
Cricket Challenge is an arcade style sports game that gives you a fun filled experience while playing as a batsman in a game of cricket. Using the Wii Remote as a real cricket bat you can swing and control the actions of a batsman to make him play strokes, hit boundaries, 6's and try a variety of shots. The game is set-up in play ground amidst an urban background with builds, apartments and a lush green outfield.
Thanks to Janne for the tip.
[via pegi.info]
#1
Scottie said:
I love my cricket, hope this is good.
#2
grenworthshero said:
I suppose it would be ludicrous to expect this to hit the Americas...
#3
BulbasaurusRex said:
Still waiting for WiiWare's first baseball game...
#4
skywake said:
Why would I want a cricket game to distract me from the Ashes?
#5
Sylverstone said:
I love cricket!
(Namely due to exposure to the West Indies cricket matches while in Jamaica.)
It's one of the only sports I can truly understand.
#6
Gameday said:
Bring it on
#7
Bankai said:
Oh good stuff. I enjoy cricket on the wii, and I'm all for an arcade simulation of the game.
#8
Aviator said:
Speaking of Ashes, AUSSIE AUSSIE AUSSIE!!
#9
StuffyStuff said:
Cricket is a sport I've always wanted to play, but living in America, this might be as close as I'll ever get.
#10
XCWarrior said:
If this were to come to America, I would so pick it up. I don't think it would cost extra to release it to the other regions (or would it), so they should do it. Cause as the above stated, no one has made a baseball Wiiware game.
#11
iphys said:
Yeah, we probably won't get this, unless they think people might buy it for the novelty. As long as it doesn't take 5 days to play a game, I might be interested though -- always wondered what it was like to bat at a ball popping up off the ground.
#12
RantingThespian said:
I'd like to try this.
#13
Zach said:
I really hope that the subhead is a reference to Bat Fight, but I doubt it.