Enviro-Bear & Sway’s Lizzie coming to Minigore
Fans of the oh-so terrible Enviro-Bear 2010 might want to start brushing up on their MiniGore shooting skills. The badly drawn bear will be one of two iPhone gaming stars crossing titles to join John Gore’s hunting party. Lizzie, one of the stars of Secret Exit’s Sway, will also be added to the survival shooter’s roster within the next few updates. This mash-up of original iPhone stars seems to be the latest trend on the iPhone AppStore, with every indie developer loaning out their creations to boost colleagues and their own sales.
The iPhone crossover trend started when Ooga of Pocket God fame was added to Doodle Jump as a hidden playable character. PG devs Bolt Creative returned the favor in late July when it added a DJ style mini-game in Episode 23: Ooga Jump. The little green star of DJ even showed up to stir some trouble for the pygmies. Somewhere in between jumping through the skies of DJ and being tortured on their own island, the characters of PG even managed to show up in Super Squawk’s awesome The Creeps! as tower defence enemies. PG’s last episode, Bait Master, pays homage to Harbor Master, another iPhone best seller. It may be starting to get a bit confusing, but AppStore purchase numbers have shown that having these little cameos and easter eggs are actually benefitting sales for everyone.
Most of these cameos are fun to see but the fact still remains that if a game sucks, throwing in a character from a better game isn’t going to fix it. Thankfully, most of the aforementioned titles already rock. Except Enviro-Bear 2010, there’s no fixing that one. I’m holding out for the day that all of these characters come together for the megaton Super iPhone Brothers Brawl. It’s still a ways off, but I’m going to go ahead and put a twenty down on one of the Rolandos in that one.
Minigore: Enviro-Bear in Minigore!.
