Just over a week ago, a new game starring everyone’s favorite archeologist, Indiana Jones, was announced: Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings, which will be hitting the Wii, DS, and PSP. Like most people, I was a little skeptical about Staff of Kings, but some new details have come to light that have made me more eager to play it. According to the game’s website, the classic point-and-click adventure game, Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, will be unlockable in Staff of Kings. This is awesome news for gamers young and old, as every Indy fan should play through Fate of Atlantis at least once. It is definitely one of the best games in the genre, and one of the few with any real replay value.

As for more information about the gameplay in Staff of Kings, it appears that the three separate platforms will see different gameplay elements. The Wii version will allow the player to wield the remote like a whip (which could be really awesome, or incredibly stupid), while the DS version requires the use of the stylus to control Indy’s signature weapon. The PSP version, while not having any fancy control schemes, will include six types of gameplay, so hopefully that means they’re not gimping the handheld games. Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings is supposedly due out this spring, which I find highly dubious, but expect more information either way. In the meantime, you can read the full fact sheet below.

Product Information:

• Wield your Wii Remote™ like Indy’s signature whip for a variety of uses — from combat to navigation to puzzle-solving.
• Use your highly interactive Hot Set™ environments and your wits to defeat your enemies.
• Explore exotic locations around the globe in an all-new story that puts you on an epic quest for the Staff of Moses.
• Apply your smarts to navigate Indy through challenging terrains with the many maneuvers Indy can do with his whip.
• Engage in burst gunplay moments and use careful aim and the environment to take out enemies.
• Face overwhelming odds and escape signature run-for-your-life moments, like a daring escape from a collapsing temple, by matching fast-paced onscreen gesture prompts.
• Experience thrilling chases and control vehicles — fly a biplane in a canyon trench, take the reigns of a wild elephant through the streets of Istanbul and navigate a raft down a raging river.
• Cooperative gameplay mode allows you and a friend to brave the challenges in a variety of game modes in an entirely new quest with a familiar character never playable before in an Indy game.
• Unlock four-player versus mode where you and your friends go head-to-head in a real biplane combat or take on three of your friends in a free for all tank battle!
• Whether you are brawling baddies or wielding your whip, use the Wii Remote and Nunchuk™ as nature intended with the intuitive gesture-based combat system.
• Discover more than 20 artifacts and rewarding unlockables throughout the game.
• For those old-school gamers there is nothing better than unlocking the classic Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis game!
• On the Nintendo DS, use the stylus as the whip to swing over pits, brawl with enemies and to explore the world.
• The PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system version features six robust types of burst gameplay including combat and physics challenges, puzzles and the trademark Indiana Jones chase sequences.

UPDATE: Apparently, Fate of Atlantis will only be unlockable in the Wii version of Staff of Kings, which means that it will likely be the best version of the game. Well done, Wii.

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