Prerelease:Fatal Inertia

This page details pre-release information and/or media for Fatal Inertia.

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Fatal Inertia was the first game developed by Koei Canda. It was originally planned to release on the PlayStation 3 in 2006, but instead ended up being released for the Xbox 360 on September 6, 2007.

TGS 2005

The game was first revealed at TGS 2005, with a pre-rendered cinematic and some very early test gameplay.

• Flamethrowers were cut.
• Magnets were cylindrical in shape.
• Forward and rear machine guns were cut.
• Checkpoints are circular and float in the air.
• Environmental destruction was much more abundant.
• Cable weapon was shown, but then cut, before being re-added.
• A possible underwater section was shown, but never made it into the final game.

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TGS 2006

A year later at TGS 2006, the first gameplay footage was shown off.

• The chevron barriers are different.
• Smoke pickup had a different icon.
• The pickup icon was at the top of the screen.
• Crashing would result in your ship blowing up.
• Magnets could stick ships together. This was changed into the cable weapon in the final game.
• The shield was an oval that covers the entire craft and could physically collide with objects & racers.

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Demo (2007)

Additional gameplay footage was shown. Also, a demo was released on the Xbox Marketplace on August 2, 2007, one month before the game's release.

• Crafts were floatier physics wise.
• Countdown timer pitch was lower.
• The brake boost bar was slightly different.
• Some environments were still unfinished, with missing scenery and vegetation.