NWR writes: "Nintendo World Report talked to Warner Bros. Games Producer Josh Fleming about Torus Games' upcoming release, Scooby-Doo! First Frights, which hits Wii and DS this fall.
Nintendo World Report (NWR): What was it like to work with such an established license as Scooby-Doo?
Josh Fleming (JF): It was a blast to revisit characters that I grew up with, and it was clear that the development team at Torus had a lot of love for the characters as well. Everyone wanted to be extremely respectful to the franchise in order to make it feel familiar to fans of the characters, but also making sure it feels fresh to a new generation."
Though they'd never developed a more sophisticated story-based game game before, Australian independent developer Torus Games took on the challenge of working with Warner Bros. on Scooby-Doo! First Frights -- and in this postmortem, outlines how the small team delivered a Wii game that lives up to the ideas and ideals it started with.
This is a game definitely aimed at the lower end of the age bracket. If it's the case that Scooby Doo himself is the drawing point of the title then by all means give it a go; it's a playable game that does nothing to strongly offend. But there are better, smarter and more fun titles out there that look down on First Frights and laugh. Oh, how they laugh.
Scooby-Doo! First Frights is a surprisingly well made little game. It's always nice to see a licenced kids title with actual effort put into in. While the game doesn't try anything fancy and borrows heavily from the LEGO formula, it's still very fun for what it is. Younger fans will have a blast, especially in co-op.
