By Brian Perry

First Person Shooters on the Wii are like the Philosophers Stone to alchemy. Everyone wants one but no one seems to have gotten it right, possibly, until now. High Voltage software’s “The Conduit” has been a back burner game in our mind space here at Life Inside the Box, but that is going to have to change. After hands on time with the game in both single and multiplayer modes, High Voltage Software has built a solid Wii FPS that manages to control well and look impressive on the Wii’s limited hardware.

The first attempt at a Wii FPS Red Steel’s downfall was it’s lack of responsiveness and the horrible turning via scrolling along the screen edges, the folks at High Voltage appear to have taken this to heart amplifying the turn speeds and more importantly allowing the players to adjust the sensitivity themselves.

While the game shows it’s excellence in spades, the limitations of the Wii’s hardware in graphics and the perceived casual domination of the Wii market are working against it being the mass market hit it could potentially be otherwise.

If you are looking to put your Wii through a whole new set of paces and possibly have a lot of fun along the way, The Conduit is releasing today in North America.