Romino Games, the studio behind Swords & Soldiers on WiiWare, has unveiled a cancelled Wii project that was intended for retail.
Back in 2007, Romino was working on Snowball Earth for the console. The game was developed for more than a year, though it was unfortunately cancelled due to a lack of publish interest.
A synopsis provided by Romino reads:
“Snowball Earth is about a robot boy who thinks he accidentally started the last ice age. His robot masters have sent him to Earth to undo his mistake and together with his robot doggies he has been given the task to melt the earth. During his quest, he discovers that he has been deceived: a large fridge manufacturing company has illegally sold fridges to the yeti’s on earth, who can’t get enough of snow and ice. Our little robot hero must battle the evil polar animals, close all the fridges, and prove his innocence!”
Game designer Fabian Akker commented:
“Although it’s a shame the game never got a chance to see the light of day, we hope people will enjoy playing the demo. Hopefully we will be able to give the game a second chance.”
Snowball Earth is now seeing new life. Interested gamers can download a playable demo for the title, available here.
Additionally, there’s even more backstory about the project here.
Source: Romino Games PR
