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Sabarasa Announces Save the Turtles for the Nintendo DSiWare
Save the Turtles™, will be available in winter 2010.
Save the Turtles allows puzzle solvers to act as good humanitarians
by aiding the endangered sea turtles as they burst from their shells
and make the life or death break for the deep ocean’s safe blue waters.
Save the Turtles
boasts multiple gameplay modes, an animated flare reminiscent of a Saturday
morning cartoon bursting with exuberant colors, real life environmental
issues and puzzles that increase in complexity. Set in real world beach
locations, the defenseless sea turtles venture into an unforgiving tropical
environment and require safekeeping against predators such as the ever-resourceful
seagull and the crafty pincer crab. Other perilous dangers players
must navigate sea turtles through as they embark on their quest to safety
include overexposure to the humid sun and manmade hazards such as oil
spills and garbage.
“Save the Turtles
was created to provide fans with a very entertaining game that stimulates
the mind through imaginative puzzle solving, is pleasing to the eye
as well as bringing current environmental issues to light,” said Javier
Otaegui, CEO and founder of Sabarasa. “We believe Save the Turtles
provides consumers with fun and compelling entertainment content that
feels like it should cost more than it actually does.”
Save the Turtles
features four addictively captivating game modes that include “Save
the World,” “Quick Play,” “Tidal Wave” and “Turtles Forever.”
“Save the World” presents 32 levels of challenging fun as fans try
save all seven species of baby sea turtles using the Nintendo DSi™
stylus to hatch uncovered eggs from out of the golden sand. Players
must organize as many lines of hatched turtles as possible while keeping
a careful eye out for perilous dangers before each wave whisks them
to safety, thus building combos and racking up more points. “Quick
Play” allows fans to instantly jump into the action and enjoy the
satisfaction of immediately gameplay.
Additional game modes include
“Tidal Wave” where players will at the mercy of the wind and its
frictional drag over the ocean’s surface that creates waves at random
intervals, forcing a revising of strategic gameplay. “Turtles
Forever” provides fans with proving ground to achieve the highest
possible score by saving as many turtles as possible while facing increasingly
difficult challenges.
Developed and published by
Sabarasa, Save the Turtles
is the first of several upcoming titles exclusively for Nintendo platforms.
Upcoming projects for Sabarasa include two DSiWare titles, the puzzle
game Primrose
and Alt-Play: Jason Rohrer Anthology
which is a compilation of games created by the award-winning game auteur.
In addition, consumers can expect Horizon, a Balance-Board
powered action game, and Protocol, a local and online
team-based first-person shooter, to be available on WiiWare™.
For more information on Save
the Turtles, please go to www.savetheturtlesgame.com. For more information on Sabarasa
and its upcoming projects, please go to www.sabarasa.com.
About Sabarasa
Sabarasa is one of the leading
Latin American console game developers and publishers, with studios
in Buenos Aires and Mexico City. Sabarasa was founded in 1996 in Buenos
Aires, pioneering console game development in the region. Sabarasa develops
and publishes games for several digital distribution platforms including
WiiWare and DSiWare.
Nintendo trademarks used under
license. Nintendo DSiWare is available only through the Nintendo DSi
system and WiiWare is available only through the Wii console.

