Syberia DS makes tracks to North America in December
Who says you can't have a mammoth adventure on a tiny little platform?
It's been six years since Kate Walker began her original PC pursuit of an eccentric inventor on the trail of woolly mammoths, and soon that experience will be available in smaller form, as Microïds and The Adventure Company announced today that Syberia will be released later this year in North America on the Nintendo DS.
In Benoît Sokal's classic adventure, young New York lawyer Kate Walker travels to a remote European town to finalize the corporate takeover of a unique robot factory. Instead, she discovers that the factory's mastermind and owner has embarked on a fantastic journey north, convinced that mammoths have avoided extinction. And so Kate must follow, riding the inventor's own bizarre train with the help (or hindrance) of a robot named Oscar. The imposed stops introduce her to a bizarre range of characters and challenges, and somewhere along the way, Kate's journey becomes one of self-discovery as well.
Like any good DS port, the revamped Syberia will be optimized to make best use of the platform's unique features like the touch screen. Using the stylus, the DS version allows players to "control their movements directly", and the interface will be simplified in certain areas, such as an ever-present inventory and improved dialogue system. The soundtrack and jaw-dropping cinematics of the original, meanwhile, will be adapted for the DS but presented in their entirety.
Syberia is currently scheduled for release in December.
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