PREVIEW: Trailers and teasers

It’s an obvious truth that Android Market is growing at an unmeasurable rate and every time is more difficult to highlight a certain app on this bloody arena Market has become. Websites as ours do their best to spotlight what we think it’s better, though it sometimes may be an arduous task. Anyway, that’s a story that deserves to be told at some future time.

What I was about to say is that, as it already happened on console and computer videogames, developers and their PRs have started to promote their games not only before their releasing, but also in more spectacular and, why not tell it this way, in a more movie-like way. That’s why we’re talking about trailers and teasers and, for our beloved little green robot’s sake, these trailers have nothing to envy to portable handheld games’. In fact, mobile developers in general and Android developers in particular are showing their wits off to amaze us with their creative and original teasers. If this is the best way so far to have us awaiting expectantly for their releases, be welcomed. PRs have a major role here, as they are who use to urge developers to carry trailers out.

I’d like to show you three trailers and a teaser I like much. There are many more around, but I hope you enjoy these I’ve picked out, because they’re great well done works, each by their own reasons.

Whether you remember Brain Cube game or you prefer to wait for the upcoming Brain Cube 2, a good and well thought trailer doesn’t need to be spectacularly hollywoodesque. A good trailer my be that which makes you don’t forget it. For example, telling somehow an unexpected love story.

We never got tired of talking about those games we like most. Do you remember the interview to The Pixelizers a couple of weeks ago? They made profit of their awesome design to create a trailer of their Open Sea! game. Here’s the result. Doesn’t it invite to play?

Let’s move on to something else. If there was someone expecting some action, here’s more than you can chew. Anomaly Warzone Earth not only came to warp and twist and blow up “defense” games at all, but also brought an absolutely a.w.e.some trailer.

Last but least, the teaser I promised. Dark Legends might not have been released yet, but I’m sure that those darker of you will be pretty lured by this brief teaser. Even if you are not in a bloodthirsty mood, relax enjoy the music.

Peter’s AndroidZoom’s Editor-in-Chief, which is fine enough for someone who grew playing with a ZX Spectrum.