Today Ubisoft has announced Emergency Heroes, an arcade-style, Crazy Taxi-esque driving game that will be released on the Nintendo Wii this May. Featuring 16 "next-generation" rescue vehicles, 1 or 2 players can race through an open city, causing whatever carnage necessary to save someone's life. It could be fun. Enjoy the small gallery, then hit the jump to learn how you can be an EMT hero.

SAN FRANCISCO - March 31, 2008 - Today Ubisoft, one of the world's largest video game publishers, announced that it will publish Emergency Heroes exclusively on the Wii(TM) home video game system from Nintendo. Developed by Ubisoft Reflections and Ubisoft Barcelona, Emergency Heroes is an open world rescue driving game. Young rescuers can jump into 16 different variations of next-generation rescue vehicles as a police officer, firefighter or EMT and navigate through the sprawling streets of San Alto, keeping citizens safe along the way. Emergency Heroes will be available in North America in May 2008.

Key Features:

• Drive the next generation of rescue vehicles. Pilot and command numerous hi-tech rescue vehicles designed specifically for ultra-high-risk, high-speed navigation. Choose between police, fire and EMT vehicles.

• Explore and protect the entire city. As an emergency hero, your mission is to protect the peaceful city of San Alto. Drive through stunning free-roaming open environments, rescuing the city from imminent danger at every turn.

• Two Player Co-Op. Challenge your friends or combine forces to form the ultimate rescue hero team to protect your city.

• Fun for the whole family. Making full use of the Wii Remote(TM), everyone in the family can enjoy being an emergency hero.

• Fast-action gameplay. Take advantage of Hero Mode and play like you mean it - the faster you drive, the faster you rise and gain access to powers of invincibility.

 

so old.

From:http://kotaku.com/374136/ubisoft-announces-emergency-heroes-for-wii

Old news. This game sounds like a copycat of codemaster's emergency mayhem also due out for wii this year.

ubi had me there at crazy taxi

but ehm, nah

This is the start of Ubisoft's Nintendo-quality titles that we were promised!

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hahahahaha

They say it is aimed at the under 12 crowd, so I'm not getting my hopes up.
Not that I couldn't enjoy it, but that it is Ubisoft.

I think the emergency vehicles look pretty cool, won't be picking this up though.

Is it old? I just found it on IGN announced today. I think it's just old because some people are confusing it with Emergency Mayhem. Emergency mayhem is a hybrid of driving from point A to point B and minigames. It looks like both segments will be sub par. This however looks like it's getting some effort in to it. It's still to early to tell either way, and Nitrobike has left a pretty sour taste in my mouth. But looking at the screenshots, I'm expecting lots of jumping and stunts, and tons of different routes (also filled with jumps and stunts)  I can't help but think this game might end up with a bit of a San Francisco Rush vibe. And if that is the case, it'll be fan effing tastic. I loved the San Fran series.