Zombie Panic in Wonderland

[MinisterofDOOM]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuAefQ8IN_U

Just bizarre. And pretty fun, if extremely simple.
It's a new Wiiware game released yesterday. It stars some dude names Moramoto alongside Dorothy (yes, that Dorothy), Snow White, and Red Riding Hood. You must exterminate the "amorous zombies" and unravel the mystery of the (no, this is not a misspelling) Scented Dwarves.

Scented.

Dwarves.

Gameplay takes place on timed stages, which you must complete by filling a "clean up" meter to 100% by eradicating zombies. The environment is generally there to help you, with explosive furniture (yeah) and objects that can fall and squash multiple zombies, etc. You have a variety of weapons, from a submachine gun (infinite ammo) to a heavy machine gun, flamethrower, grenades, and blade weapons (a different one for each character).
Your character is stuck at the bottom of the screen, but you can strafe and dodge using the analog stick as you aim with the Wii remote.

The game also supports couch coop, so a friend can join in on the carnage.

[s0m3th1ngAZ]

SO it's a rail-shooter with slightly more freedom of movement?

[MinisterofDOOM]

That was kind of my first though upon seeing videos as well. But actually, no. It's not a rail shooter for an important reason: the stages and point of view are essentially static. You never move forward, never travel anywhere during gameplay. The camera shifts slightly to follow you as you move left and right, but aside from that it's basically static.

Actually, the best comparison I can think of for it is classic scrolling bullet-hell style shooters, except without the scrolling. You occupy the bottom of the field, enemies spawn around the rest of the square-ish field and move toward you, and you destroy them while moving left and right to avoid damage. There are even pickups that appear. Yeah...it's basically just a Raptor/1942 style shooter with the camera POV shifted down.

[numbnuts240]

hmmm kind of like those stages in contra with the laser beams. i need to check this out at home.