Atari and Ignition Entertainment have announced today that they are working on Mercury Meltdown Revolution, a translation of the popular puzzle franchise to the Wii.

***Update***
Here's the first 11 screenshots too.

Mercury Meltdown Revolution is a brain-teasing puzzle game that challenges players to immerse themselves in a colourful world of sci-fi machines, crazy characters, and bubbling test tubes. Using the Wii Remote, Players guide a liquid mercury 'blob’, around traps, door switches, spikes, moving floors and other hazardous elements in order to complete the level.

Mercury Meltdown Revolution should be flowing with your Wii in Spring 2007

Date: 14th December '06

Atari and Ignition Entertainment are today pleased to announce Mercury Meltdown Revolution, the popular franchise’s first foray on Wii.

Mercury Meltdown Revolution is a brain-teasing puzzle game that challenges players to immerse themselves in a colourful world of sci-fi machines, crazy characters, and bubbling test tubes. Using the Wii Remote, Players guide a liquid mercury 'blob’, around traps, door switches, spikes, moving floors and other hazardous elements in order to complete the level.

"The unique control method associated with the Wii means that Mercury Meltdown Revolution will provide the ultimate Mercury experience," said Peter Rollinson, Product Manager, Ignition Entertainment Ltd. 'The mercury series was originally developed with a tilt controller in mind – the Wii has made this possible and the outcome provides the player with unprecedented control and accuracy."

Mercury Meltdown Revolution Features:

* Full interaction using the Wii Remote tilt sensor
* Support for the Wii Classic and Nintendo GameCubeTM controllers
* Advance rendering techniques for improved graphical quality
* 480p support
* Over 150+ challenging levels
* Hidden Labs to unlock.
* State of the art blob physics.
* Bonus features to unlock

Distributed by Atari in UK, France, Italy, Germany and the Nordic countries, Mercury Meltdown Revolution for the Wii is scheduled for release in Spring '07. For more information please visit www.igntionent.com or www.mercurymeltdown.co.uk