Dark Void Zero announced

Capcom have announced that {Dark Void Zero}, a 8-bit take on Airtight Games upcoming PC/PS3/360 title {Dark Void} is coming to DSi Ware.

Here is a bit of fiction to set the stage for the game (courtesy of the Capcom blog):

"As the ‘80s were drawing to a close, the developers at Capcom began work on a top secret project that aimed to set new standards for the platformer genre. That game was called "Dark Rift", and it blended the intense shooting action of Section Z™ with the latest innovations in platform jumping from Mega Man. In order to properly fulfill the producer's vision for Dark Rift (later renamed {Dark Void}), the hardware engineering team at Capcom was enlisted to design and produce an all-new chipset that would be included in every cartridge, enabling huge numbers of sprites and never-before-seen special effects to be displayed on the aging NES® platform and the PlayChoice-10 NES arcade cabinet.

Alas, time waits for no man and game developers are no exception. The dawn of the Super Nintendo Entertainment System® made the additional hardware requirements for {Dark Void} redundant. Capcom suspended development on {Dark Void} as it began to evaluate the SNES. Before long, the game was shelved and drifted into the annals of gaming history. Even the internal tape-based archives were lost due to an unfortunate magnet incident which even today is best left un-discussed. {Dark Void} became a legendary "lost project" at Capcom...until now.

Nearly twenty years later the next gen version of the game, {Dark Void}, is back on the Xbox 360, PS3, and PC! But to commemorate the game's humble origins, Capcom has commissioned this recreation of the original 8-bit classic, now re-titled "{Dark Void Zero}," on the DSi platform. You play Rusty, the first human born in the Void, who must take on the Watchers in a quest to stop their domination of Earth. With the aid of Nikola Tesla, and his state-of-the-art rocket pack, Rusty must take down the Watchers and their minions across three intense levels of action and intrigue."

{Dark Void Zero} will be available for 500 DSi points. Meanwhile, {Dark Void} is set for release on January 12 (North America) and January 15 (Europe).