A brand new co-op shooter based on the Zombieland movies has been announced for Nintendo Switch. The game will be called Zombieland: Double Tap - Road Trip.
Developed by High Voltage Software, the game is inspired by the story, characters, humour and horror of both Zombieland and the upcoming Zombieland 2. It's set after the events of the first movie and is said to be "a ridiculously fun top-down twin-stick shooter" featuring local co-op multiplayer for up to four players.
You'll be playing as the heroes from the original film - Tallahassee, Columbus, Wichita and Little Rock - as well as new unlockable characters from the upcoming sequel. You'll also need to use special abilities, an arsenal of weapons and more to survive against "huge numbers" of the undead; there's a story-based campaign mode, wave-based horde mode, and ongoing daily and weekly challenges to enjoy.
It'll be launching on 15th October this year, conveniently meaning that players can get their hands on it three days before the new movie drops.
Will you be keeping an eye on this one? Are you a fan of the film? Tell us below.
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I've always wanted to play as Jesse Eisenberg... said no one, ever.
Will Woodie Harrelson voice this?
@Shambo
Doubtful this looks like a low effort cash grab. So either they will simply use the same 10 voice clips through the entire game or will hire someone from the mailroom of their cramp office to do their best impressions
No Bill Murray, no buy.
On a side note, how much actual shooting was there in the first Zombieland movie?
Look at the portraits. Look at Jesse Eisenberg's. Why is he wearing a wig? What on Earth are the art team doing with this game? It's worse than Street Fighter the Movie! I'm super excited for the film, but this looks awful. Only it playing Godlike can save it.
Also, I'm sure I've seen that Roadtrip logo on a PS2 game before.
@Old_Man_Nintendo not a huge amount through most of the film, but then there was a lot with the rescue sequence at the end
No thanks. The film is perfect as it is, we don't need a video game to destroy the franchise.
Helldivers would be perfect on Switch. This should be fun with other players though
Like the first film, except the random part with Bill Murray which was completely pointless.
Didn't expect a sequel, but the game looks like a massive cash grab, probably free to play until the film comes out, then microtransactions every level.
Actually sounds like it could be decent. will await reviews
I know I’m not supposed to judge a book by its cover (those screenshots), but this looks meh. No thank you.
If they made this like a modernized FPS House of The Dead-rails shooter that would have been cool, or even just a standard one-player or COOP FPS would have gotten my interest.
......”It’s Bill F*ing!!! Murray!!!” 🧟♂️
You wanna see how hard I can punch?
@GrailUK Not just me who noticed that.
Reminds me of Dead Nation from Sony.
Hhhmmmm.......double tap.... very mobile sounding name. Personally I won't be holding out much hope for this one.
@Bunkerneath
The random part with Bill Murray was completely amazing.
My friend did the make up and props for Zombieland 2. His name is Deryk for anyone that wants to fact check me. That said, the movie looks amazing, and I've even gotten to see a good amount (15min+ of the movie), but this game, however, does not seem to match the standards that the movie meets.
@Old_Man_Nintendo if you include the final act set in the fun fair, quite a lot.
@TooBarFoo
Double tap is the name of the 2nd movie
@nicols
Considering the final act of the movie has one character with guns, and he runs out of ammunition I wouldn't say it's the sole focus the game should take
@KevTastic84
Let me predict the critical score of this game, -2%
Aww I thought were going to get a video game adaptation of the anime Zombieland Saga.
@Old_Man_Nintendo You just never know with these sorts of games.
Danger, High Voltage. I remember they did The Conduit series on the Wii and that was... fine? This looks real bad, though. A cash-grab tie-in to a cash-grab sequel.
@KevTastic84
History has shown that movie tie in games rushed out to meet the release of a movie have all been god awful. They thankfully have stopped making them for a while but no better time to start again then on an R-Rated comedy
@Franklin Agreed. Being a diehard Ghostbusters fan, when I got both Bill Murray AND a Ghostbusters nod in the same movie, it took an already fun and funny movie and put the cherry on top for me lol.
I had always wanted a part 2 and am surprised it took this long. I'm sure some of the wind in its sails have diminished, but I still plan to see it.
Lastly, as for this game, I see a dev name that's been kinda dormant sincee the Wii-- High Voltage Software. I have no idea their pedigree anymore... The game "could" be a fun throwaway, but like any other game, I'll just wait for the review.
Switch Is Getting A New Shooter Based On The Zombieland... Movies?
(Makes a quick Google search)
Oh, I didn't know a second one was being made. So this is a video game tie-in... Goooooood.......
I'm sure it'll be a fine game.
@Old_Man_Nintendo From the screenshots this seems to have been in production at least for a little while. Still a couple of months to refine some things. I expect a 6 out of 10 from Nintendo Life. Basically a mobile standard game ported to Switch.
Trash on high voltage all you want, but this genre is prob the only thing they did well, hunter the reckoning was a great game back on GameCube I believe. Conduit was ok but not halo on Wii so it flopped. Conduit 2 was really good, but still not anything special.
This will be a day 1 on sale purchase most likely.
@Old_Man_Nintendo Actually, All of the main characters shoot zombies in the final act... according to a body count breakdown of the final act at Funland (shootings only)..
Witchita shoots 10
Little Rock shoots 2
Columbus shoots 3
Tallahasse shoots 17 on screen, and 66 can be seen piled up outside his booth once he runs out of ammo (so possibly some overlap with his on screen shootings)
Zombie kills by shooting in other Scenes = 4
Zombie body count by shooting approx 102 (see caveat above)
Total body Count (Zombies plus humans) for the film is approx 155... so even taking out the 66 shot off screen, a lot of the deaths are shooting related
As to whether the GAME should focus on shootings... it probably should have other methods of killing zombies but gun play should be a significant part.
@Bunkerneath I like the Bill Murray part because he gets killed hahahaha
Add this to the list of games to empty my wallet this year lol
I want to play as Jesse eisenberg in a game based on the social network film
@Franklin The Bill Murray part was great until they killed him, therefore that whole part was pointless in my eyes.
All right, on a side note, What is everyone’s Zombieland name? Hello, I’m Colorado Springs! :3
Not heard High Voltage Software since the Wii years! They did intend on doing AAA titles for it and came up short. The Conduit games were OK enough, then they tried a Left 4 Dead style monster FPS that never got a release and I believe that got turned into a top down twin stick shooter though I cant remember if that came out.
They also did the piss poor Iron Man Wii game too...
High Voltage Software made this amazing third person, top down shooter called "Hunter: The Reckoning" on Gamecube. It was also battling zombies too and it is a classic. Gives me genuine hope for this, even though the old Gamecube game has better graphics than the screenshots shown for this Zombieland game.
@PharoneTheGnome
If a $20 - shoulda been mobile game - drains your wallet you have some financial issues
@nicols
107 zombie deaths in a 10 min finale to a movie doesn't mean they should make this a shooter.
@Old_Man_Nintendo the scene (from arriving at the funfair to the start of the credits) is approximately 18 minutes long out of a 124 film...
but you are right, a tie in shooter game to a film series with a significant degree of zombie deaths by shooting is crazy... a tetris clone would be a far better fit for the genre
@nicols
The movie doesn't go to credits from the funfair scene. Also how about no movie cash grab shovelware games, that would be the better option.
Dang High Voltage, I haven’t heard that name in years. As for this game, it doesn’t look good. I’ll stick to the movie, thank you very much.
High Voltage still exist? Where’s my Conduit 3 then?
Looks like a mobile game ported to the Switch.
Oh god how I want this to be good. The movies are great, and I can’t wait to see the sequel. If it’s good, and not just a licensed cash grab (likely will be) then I’ll be buying it day one. Bonus points for original voice cast, especially Murray and Harrelson.
@Magician
Me too.
doesn't look too bad imo. At least they didn't try to 3d it up. The last thing we need anymore is more 3d trash/fps garbage especially on the switch where the system is too weak to do anything remotely nice.
Looks a lot like Dead Nation on the PS4 which is a great game. If its anything like this then it'll be great. Fingers crossed!
Online or split screen co-op??
This is coming from High Voltage? Looks like they FINALLY found a use for The Grinder. A decade later, still looking Meh... sad I REALLY liked the Conduit on Wii. Was hoping they would take things to the next level.
Why? And movies, plural? there were more? I think I was in high school when I saw the first one. Maybe early college. I laughed and largely forgot about it. Did someone actually ask for this?
yes yes I don't need it
This reminds me of Zombie Apocalypse. game that released on Xbox Live Arcade waaaaaaay back when.
Of course it's a top down, twin stick co-op shooter... how original.
This really does look like Zombie Apocalypse on PS3 and XBLA. That game was fun, but yeah it didn't age too well.
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