Scram means scratch in Welsh, but the unique name is only the beginning.
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The game's bizarre title does aptly describe the game. In Scram Kitty, you control its buddy, who must travel on a rail-bound vehicle battling through a mech and mouse-infested space station. The game is sort of a shooter, but you can also jump from rail to rail and gravity will pull you toward the nearest structure.
Through you can only travel in 2D, you fully use those two dimensions skating left, right, up, down, and around various snaking rail structures that make up the game. You must navigate various levels, avoiding obstacles, and destroying onslaughts of enemies. You can shoot in front of you, side-to-side, or diagonally.
You can also pick up different weapons that will let you break through similarly colored barriers to complete your mission. That mission is to collect sets of keys in order to unlock the door to escape. You can approach this in multiple ways, going for speed (there are special speed-run keys) or taking more time to explore and deal with enemies.
Scram Kitty uses the Wii U features to display slightly different views on each screen. The GamePad view is meant for the player, while the TV view is meant for an audience, as it shows a wider view. The Scram Kitty itself pops up on the TV screen to show his reaction -- happiness when you collect a new weapon, horror when you're hit.
I can't think of any other game like it, though there are elements of shooter games like Bangai-O, Somer Assault, and Tempest, with a bit of Mario Galaxy gravity effects thrown in and a graphical style similar to Drill Dozer. The game's developer worked on Star Fox Command and PixelJunk games while at Q-Games. After completing a couple PlayStation Minis, Scram Kitty is Dakko Dakko's first Wii U game.
Scram Kitty is the most unique game I played at E3, and while only two levels were available, I see lots of potential for the fast-paced rail and gravity-based shooter-platformer.
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