Tron Evolution: Battle Grids

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The Wii gets its own version of the movie.

 

For the Wii, the company is offering a more competitive game than an adventure with Tron Evolution: Battle Grids where players compete in familiar Tron games against other opponents.

 

In the E3 demo, there were two Light Cycle challenges: arena and races. In the arena it's the traditional Light Cycles where players draw walls of light behind their cycle to cause other players to smack into them for a kill. Using the Wii remote held classicly, players can drive their car with slight leans but also turn 90 degrees by tapping that direction on the D-pad. If you find yourself heading to a wall you can thrust the Wii remote up and leap over the hazardous obstacle.

 

The race felt very much like F-Zero. You'll drive your light cycle over power boosts and jump across chasms, and instead of having 90 degree turns you can nudge your vehicle left and right to smack drivers who get a little too close for comfort.

 

The visuals looked good on Wii with the upcoming movie's digital style. Characters look a bit more cartoony than the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions, but it's great to see the recognizers and solar sailers whizzing by as you drive the light cycles around. The controls really do need a bit of a tweak, though, as the tilt sensor seemed to be a little off-sensitive.