Coronation Street game coming to DS

via Eurogamer


A new game based on Coronation Street is in development for the Nintendo DS.

It's being published by Mindscape, previously responsible for titles such as Noddy and the Magic Clock, Omar Sharif 3D Bridge and Kookabonga Crazy Monkey Party. Not to mention Wild Horses - The Quest for the Golden Horse and Egypt 3.

The new game is said to feature "an adventure and task-based concept set within the theme of the famous fictional street", excitingly. A board game is also planned, titled Destination: Coronation Street.

Our foreign readers might like to know that Coronation Street is an inexplicably popular soap opera set in the north of England. According to ITV 78 per cent of the UK's television audience watched it last year, though that figure probably includes people forced to watch the Christmas special by visiting elderly relatives.

"We receive thousands of fan letters enquiring about the series every month," said ITV exec Aysha Kidwai, who did not say what proportion of those were written in green crayon by people who think Ken Barlow is a real person.

"We're responding to this huge demand by developing a range of exciting and innovative family targeted products inspired by the show."

Coronation Street DS will be released just in time for Christmas, astonishingly.