Geist's Gone Gold

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Geist, Nintendo’s attempt at a solid, exclusive first-person shooter, has officially gone gold, according to the developer’s web site. In Geist, you play as a spirit who has to kill to [insert generic shooter storyline here]. The gimmick is your power to possess other characters - from soldiers to dogs to (if I recall the E3 demo correctly) dog bowls. It has all the features of a game that might help Nintendo with the older crowd – blood and gore, partial nudity, multiplayer. Then again, games like Killer 7, Resident Evil 4, and Metroid Prime haven’t helped much. Either way, this is a unique twist on the overused stealth games; hopefully the game quality will fall somewhere between Splinter Cell and Batman Begins.

Joystiq