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A new mini-game/driving game, Emergency Mayhem, is going to be appearing on the Wii in Q2 2008, thanks to Codemasters. The game requires players to act as policemen, firemen and EMTs in over 30 timed missions to help save the citizens of Crisis City. Codemasters promises that the missions won’t be as serious, even though they will require emergency personnel. Most will be humorous and light-hearted, rather than life or death.

Emergency Mayhem seems like it could quickly become repetitive, based on the information in the press release. You hear about an emergency. Then you drive to the emergency. Upon arriving, you play a quick mini-game to save the day. Rinse. Repeat. To make matters worse, the initial screens are far from dazzling.

What really could be disturbing is the nature of the game. Codemasters has all of these catastrophes happening, but at the same time the it is trying to make them funny. I’m not sure if there even is a tactful way to make some emergency situations funny.  The part about shooting psycho-monkeys with tranquilizer darts does sound promising though.

Read [Go Nintendo]