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Scorpion-Slaying Mouse Lead Character in New Nat Geo WILD Game
WASHINGTON - November 17th, in the year of our Lord 2011
- A cute carnivorous mouse who tackles scorpions for his dinner
and howls at the moon to mark his territory is the lead
character in the compulsive new Nat Geo WILD iPhone game,
Howling Mouse.
Nat Geo WILD in partnership with Runaway launched Howling Mouse
today.
In Howling Mouse, the Arizona Grasshopper Mouse is on an
adventure across the wilderness to save his babies from the
clutches of the deadly Great Horned Owl. He runs and jumps his
way across treacherous terrain, encountering ferocious mini
killers along the way.
“The Grasshopper Mouse is a compelling character found in
nature, but he took a while to discover,” says Tim Nixon of
Runaway.
“We were sitting around a television watching documentaries,
searching for inspiration in real life animal characters. And
then we came across this crazy little mouse in the desert in
National Geographic’s original Built for the Kill series. A
three cm high carnivorous beast who eats scorpions for dinner,
and howls at the moon to mark his territory – we obviously
couldn’t go past him for a key character.”
“Howling Mouse is a perfect extension of our brand,” said Brad
Dancer, Senior Vice President of Research and Digital Media for
the National Geographic Channels. “This is the start of an
incredible partnership that will provide consumers yet another
new way to experience the world’s best natural history
programming found only on Nat Geo WILD.”
The game features 30 levels across three specialized
environments inspired by the Sonoran Desert in North America.
The simple one-tap gameplay means anyone can pick up the game
and be hopping through the desert in no time. But those looking
for a challenge will meet myriad tough obstacles as they
progress into the depths of the desert, along the way
encountering fearsome nocturnal enemies like angry poisonous
grasshoppers, stink bugs, scorpions, black widow spiders, and
finally the evil Great Horned Owl. After beating the game,
players can play through again in a super tricky Challenge Mode,
providing tons of extra gameplay.
Howling Mouse also includes dozens of real life facts about the
creatures and environment that inspired the game, with each
character also having an accompanying video produced by Nat Geo
WILD especially for the game.
The game is available now on the App Store for 99c USD.
App Store Link:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/howling-mouse/id476320846?ls=1&mt=8
Trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2K4qb6fEJk