Through an interview with IGN, Codemasters revealed their latest effort on the Wii, Overlord Dark Legend. The original title Overlord was released on all of the competing home consoles, including PC.

Overlord Dark Legend will star a brand new, younger Overlord, as well as many returning characters from the prior game including halflings, trolls, elves, and dwarves. Starring alongside the old standbys are a slew of new characters of fairy tale influence. The game will us these characters as a part of a tongue-in-cheek plotline from the creative mind of Rhianna Pratchett, known for her work in the previous title as well as Heavenly Sword on PS3.

Codemasters didn't feel porting the original Overlord was worthwhile, "when the Wii gives you an opportunity to make something that works very differently." Players will be able to have a "very literal connection" with the controls where "you point, and the minions go and break and kill things." In one particular case the player can "pluck a minion from the horde, hold him by the neck and shake him around." The creature then becomes a "manic minion missile," exploding on contact with enemies.

Overlord Dark Legend will be appearing on Wii sometime in 2009.

Alongside Codemasters' announcement of Overlord Dark Legend for Wii, they revealed a DS spin-off titled, Overlord Minions. The game will differ from the mainline Overlord entries and be focused more on action puzzles than commanding minions in a Pikmin-esque style.

Four minions (Giblet, Blaze, Stench, and Zap) are at your disposal and are commanded through use of the touch screen. Commands for attacking enemies and solving puzzles can be accomplished with a simple flick of the stylus.

Not much more is known about Overlord Minions due to it being in early development. Regardless, Codemasters is scheduling the title for a 2009 release.