Zephyr turns into Tornado Outbreak

by Andrew Yoon { Jul 9th 2009 at 4:29PM }

Konami's Katamari Damacy clone, Zephyr: Rise of the Elementals has just spun itself an easier, more straightforward title: Tornado Outbreak. The game is the first from Loose Cannon Studios, made up of Sucker Punch veterans. While the pedigree of the studio is quite impressive, we found the game rather uninspired at E3, missing the charm that makes Katamari so lovable. Perhaps Tornado Outbreak will blow away our dampened expectations; this trailer reveals new elements (like bosses!) that we didn't have a chance to experience in our previous hands-on.

You'll be able to give Tornado Outbreak a whirl when it launches on Wii, Xbox 360 and PS3 this September.

Gallery: Tornado Outbreak

Tags: konami, loose-cannon, tornado-outbreak, zephyr

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

13Yards2Victory @ Jul 9th 2009 4:31PM

Crazy stuff... I guess?

AsherR @ Jul 9th 2009 4:35PM

First time that I've heard about this, but I think I kind of like the original name better...
But eh, could be fun.

Heavytoka @ Jul 9th 2009 4:37PM

I'm Not to sure about this game lol

gordo @ Jul 9th 2009 4:38PM

I hope that was the Wii build, doesn't really scream HD.
Aside from when they screamed "High Definition!"

Neuromancer @ Jul 9th 2009 4:39PM

*tumbleweed blows through*

Sly @ Jul 9th 2009 5:29PM

the colors in the game remind me of sly cooper. cool. i'll keep an eye out for when the reviews come, and if they're around or above 7.5, i'll buy it. if less, i'll still rent it.

mountpanic @ Oct 4th 2009 6:43AM

You're not wrong.

The studio is mostly ex-Sucker Punch staffers, under the AD from Sly.

U U D D L R L R B A SELECT START @ Jul 9th 2009 6:07PM

Nothing irks me more then when a mascot is supposed to appear quirky and lovable but fails. I would totally punch that blue thing in its face.

U U D D L R L R B A SELECT START @ Jul 9th 2009 6:12PM

*tumbleweed falters, keels over, and dies of apathy*

max @ Jul 9th 2009 6:13PM

i like how one of their main selling points is "HD Graphics" but the game looks like ass.

PS36Wii Fanboy @ Jul 9th 2009 9:34PM

This seems to be very similar(The cosmic part as well) to a english DS game called Tornado....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tornado_(2008_video_game)

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