Slidatron puts you in control of Earnest Featherbottom. The unique hook for Slidatron is the fact that you're actually playing on both screens at the same time. You may begin on the top screen but you can change what screen is active by using your Slidatron to change dimensions. Activating your Slidatron is as easy as pressing one of the shoulder buttons on the Nintendo DS. It's rather easy to tell what screen is active as Earnest will be coloured in the active screen. By spreading the action over two screens Endgame have incorporated a few puzzles. If you need to jump up to a higher area you'll need to climb on a step, if there is no step in the active screen then you'll need to flick the action to the alternate world and climb up the steps, navigating between screens is seamless and becomes second nature after only a few minutes.
Looking very impressive.
Earnest isn't alone in his adventures. You'll come across a range of enemies and you can use Earnest's giant mallet to defeat the enemies. Scattered throughout the levels will also be a range of spanners. Just navigating through a level won't be good enough to collect these spanners, you'll need to actually switch between screens or come back to the earlier levels once you've mastered switching between screens a little better to collect all of the spanners.
Endgame also plans to add a multiplayer component to Slidatron. You'll be able to team up with friends wirelessly across both screens in the cooperative mode. Unfortunately we weren't able to see the cooperative mode in action but the idea of teaming up with a friend in cooperative mode is always something we endorse.
Whilst our hands-on with Slidatron: Dual Space was remarkably brief we came away rather impressed. For a game that still has months of development time ahead of it we're excited about the potential the game presents. Playing on both screens of the Nintendo DS simultaneously works surprisingly well and we cannot wait to get our hands on with the game again. Australian developed IP's are about as rare as hen's teeth, but Endgame are really onto a winner with Slidatron: Dual Space.
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