Igor Coming to the DS for Movie Tie-In Fun
By Stephany on Tuesday, June 17th, 2008 at 7:27 AM PST In Computer, Game Companies, Gamer Life, Games, Games Industry, Nintendo, Nintendo
Igor, is the upcoming animated movie which follows a hunchbacked lab assistant named Igor (voiced by John Cusack) forced to serve a mad scientist while dreaming of one day becoming a notorious mad scientist himself and winning the Evil Science Fair. Other stars contributing their voice talents to the film are Molly Shannon (as Eva), Steve Buscemi (as Scamper), Sean Hayes (as Brain) and Eddie Izzard (as the maniacal Dr. Schadenfreude).
In the Wii and PC versions of the game, players have the ability to choose one of the main characters (Igor, Eva, Scamper or Brain) and play either simultaneously or cooperatively with up to four people. They’ll be challenged to play within locales from the film, fight enemies and achieve goals that advance them through the storyline.
Here is the list of stars appearing in the movie, just in case you are curious or have nothing else better to do:
John Cusack – Igor (voice)
Steve Buscemi – Scamper (voice)
Christian Slater- (voice)
Jennifer Coolidge – Jaclyn (voice)
Eddie Izzard – Dr. Schadenfreude (voice)
John Cleese – Dr. Glickenstein (voice)
Sean Hayes – Brain (voice)
Molly Shannon – Eva (voice)
Jay Leno – King Malbert (voice)
Arsenio Hall – Carl Cristall (voice)
James Lipton – Himself
Paul Vogt – Fly-headed Guy (voice)
In the Nintendo DS game based on the movie, you will use the stylus to perform movement combinations, combat enemies and solve puzzles. Players can custom build their own monsters to take on puzzle challenges and battle against other mad scientists.
Igor will also be coming out for the PC, WIi and mobile sometime in October.
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