Atlus signs 'family-friendly' Wii puzzler Octomania for North America
by Jason Dobson 
on Feb 7th 2008 6:00AM
Atlus' long history of niche import localizations has extended to nearly every genre under the sun, from turn-based strategy and role-playing to games like
Cubivore that simply defy convention altogether. Now, however, it appears that the publisher is looking to carve out its own slice of the growing casual games space, as Atlus USA has inked an agreement to distribute Idea Factory's multiplayer "family friendly" puzzle game
Octomania for the Wii in North America.
The cephalopod-centric game was developed under the watchful eye of
Puyo Puyo mastermind Moo Niitani, and promises addictive color-matching gameplay not all that dissimilar from Compile's classic puzzler. Even better, the title boasts multiplayer gameplay, both locally and online, though given the game's March 11 release chances are the lion's share of Wii owners will be too busy playing
a certain other game to give
Octomania the time of day.
