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Code Name: S.T.E.A.M. 3DS Game's Spring 2015 Date, Trailer Unveiled

Nintendo of America's director of product marketing Bill Trinen announced via a Nintendo Direct presentation last week that the Code Name: S.T.E.A.M. 3DS game is slated for spring 2015.

The game stars members of a steam-based fighting force, S.T.E.A.M. ("Strike Team Eliminating the Alien Menace"), created by Abraham Lincoln to defend the Earth against a space invasion. The game will take place in London, and will feature alien creatures that satirize creatures from Lovecraftian lore.

The game itself is a campaign that is divided in to missions, each which has several maps. The game also includes elements from shooters to "enhance both movement and attacking," but will be a turn-based strategy game. The fighters in the game run on steam by using boilers, and the fighters have to use a limited amount of steam to perform attacks. As players progress through the game, the boilers, weapons, and characters available will increase.

The characters each have specific main weapons, but players can equip a sub-weapon for each character. Each character also has a special ability that is unique and they can use it only once per map.

The character design itself is inspired by silver age American comic books, specifically by artists like Jack Kirby and Bruce Timm.