Change The Dimensions With ‘Fractured Soul’

If you read our best of 2012 3DS and Vita article , you would have noticed a game called Fractured Soul made the list, a 3DS platform game that makes perfect use of the dual screen handheld.

made the list, a 3DS platform game that makes perfect use of the dual screen handheld. The good news is, after a few months tearing this up in the US, the Endgame Studios developed title will finally cross the borders into the UK and Australian eShop store this week.

Fractured Soul follows the usual mechanics of what it means to be a platform shooter, but with one significant difference. Both screens of the 3DS follow your hero across two different dimensions, each with its own set of platforms and obstacles. In order to avoid those pitfalls or dangerous areas you’ll have to switch between each dimension, which you can do at any time. Timing is everything though, since some platforms only appear on one screen whilst some enemies will swarm both at once.

There are five zones to battle through, each providing its own unique problems and enemy types. The gravity zone, for example, turns the top screen upside down whilst the water zone slows down your movement but increases your jump potential. There’s also a number of top-down shooter levels to break things up a little, where you can make use of the dimension hopping mechanic to avoid enemy fire.

Fractured Soul makes its UK and Australian debut on the Nintendo eShop this week, which normally updates every Thursday night/Friday morning depending on where you are in the world. For those of you in the US, you can buy the game right now too, it’s well worth your time. We’ll have more on the game in the coming days but for now, check out the gallery below and visit the official websitefor the latest leaderboards and news.