You know it in your gut that Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief is going to be one movie that is worth missing, as the age old tale of a boy who discovers his latent power (in this case, being a demigod) and helps save the world with the rest of his friends from forces who are hell bent on causing a really huge inconvenience for everyone on this earth. Well, what better way for a movie to bulldoze itself into the mainstream consciousness of everyone else other than to release a video game? That’s what happened with this title as it heads for the Nintendo DS.

Players in Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief will adventure across America in search of Zeus’ master lightning bolt while assembling their best fighting team to go head-to-head against ruthless enemies. Joining Percy are his friends Annabeth and Grover, and plenty more allies each with “godly” abilities and battle advantages. Planning which team member to take into battle is key to survival – certain combinations of characters boost their effectiveness. Based upon the first novel in author Rick Riordan’s best-selling book series, Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief is set in a modern world where the twelve gods of Mount Olympus are alive, Percy Jackson, the teenage son of Poseidon, is suspected by Zeus of stealing his lightning bolt, the universe’s most powerful weapon. Percy must prove his innocence, save his mother, and avoid a devastating war among the gods.

Guess these deities never really heard of being innocent until proven guilty, eh? Perhaps there won’t be such a thing as a fair trial among them, but we could be very wrong. After all, the world’s still spinning on its axes, although the wheels of non-stop economic prosperity have fallen off for quite some time already. The beginning of the end, perhaps?

Press Release

You can leave a comment, or trackback from your own site. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Add to Del.icio.us