New piratey adventure titles for the DS and WiiWare download service! Full details and screens inside...

Oxygen have today announced Pirates: Duels on the High Seas for the DS and Pirates: Key of Dreams for Wii's WiiWare download service. Gamers can look forward to battling sea monsters, fighting pirates, discovering buried treasure and performing many feats of daring on the High Seas. The DS title in the series will launch June in Europe, while the WiiWare game is also set for a summer release.

The series begins like any pirate tale must - with a chance encounter with an old sea-dog and the legend of a fantastic treasure. Set in an era when Britannia ruled the waves and pirates terrorized the oceans, the legend of Blackbeard's treasure and the Seven Keys has seen many a pirate to an early grave with their fabled curse and tales of agonising death for those that dare to pursue them. Faced by the prospect of such a death should you fail, and with the allure of untold riches should you succeed, your adventure begins!

Gamers must face the might of the Royal Navy, the legendary and deadly Kraken, a Witch Queen and Blackbeard himself. Collect weapons, recruit crewmen, amass great riches and journey through unchartered waters on your quest for the fabled Keys. The two titles will include naval battles, running blockades, battling sea monsters, encountering supernatural forces and discovering treasure.

The first details on the DS version reveal it will include 70 unique levels � 35 single player and 35 multiplayer, plus skirmish levels, a single player 'Story' mode and 'Skirmish' mode with players battling 2-3 AI opponents plus a 'Salty Sea Dog' multiplayer mode for 2-4 players, playing single-cart or multi-cart play.

You'll be able to choose from different types of ship, sail to Porto Bello in South America, Port Royal in the Caribbean, The Bermuda Triangle, the China Sea and the Persian Gulf, hire crew members, uncovered buried treasure and Inca gold, rescue castaways and fight naval battles with classic pirate ship weaponry.

Below are some shots from the DS version. N-Europe will be getting more details on the WiiWare version soon. Stay tuned!

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