Baja Mania and Baja Destruction racing to PS2 and Wii on March 9, 2007

27 November 2006

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Posted by:Ferry

Conspiracy Entertainment has announced that two of their PS2 racing games will also be released on the Wii. Baja Mania and Baja Destruction will both be released in Europe on March 9th, 2007.

The games feature hard fought combat and driving skills across the Baja peninsula in the Southern California desert, competitors must vie with each other to build the ultimate off-road racer – the better the suspension, tyres and, of course, the obligatory roll cage, the better the chances of winning.

Baja Mania draws its inspiration from the desert around Palm Springs where Broadsword Interactive collected the reference material for a previous game, Dakar Rally. During their research, Broadsword discovered Baja racing which takes place in the Southern Californian desert. These races attract a great mix of people from kit car builders to film stars like Paul Newman. In game vehicles include 3 types of dune buggy (4 wheel), 3 types of ‘cat’ (6 wheel), 3 types of truck (8 wheels) – each vehicle has 3 variants to represent the different teams with races of up to 15 competitors. The title offers two modes in single player, Career and Arcade and 2 players is Arcade only.

The game includes aggressive and responsive AI that allows tight competition via checkpoints that must be crossed in order. Players must capture the flags on each checkpoint and display them on their aerial to prove that you were the first through. Gamers will be able to race on 3 types of terrain and 3 variants of each, which have totally different courses laid out within them, and all taking place within an arena of approximately 400 sq. metres.

Baja Destruction is described as “fantasy driving to capture the imagination – Mad Max meets Baja racing.” Here, the stakes are much higher, and the aggression and adrenalin required to complete the race by annihilating the opposition make for total destruction, with an arsenal of weapons and plenty of upgradeables.

Races consist of 15 competitors with 3 different teams for each of the 3 variants within each of the 3 classes. Again, there are 3 types of terrain and 3 variants of each which have totally different courses laid out within them, taking place in the arena of approximately 400 sq. metres.

As well as the vehicle performance upgrades, there are 2 main types of weapon. Each has 3 variations for increasing power and accuracy and variants that go from merely forward firing to auto-targeting (homing). Sense the low gravity in the race on the moon! It’s kill or be killed in a duel to the finish.

Press release via Gamershell.