Atari and Ignition Entertainment have today announced the upcoming release of Mercury Meltdown Revolution, which will arrive as the popular franchise’s first foray on Nintendo Wii. This doesn’t come as a huge shock to anyone given that the style of gameplay inherent in the series is absolutely perfect for the Wii—actually, wasn’t this Mercury Meldown Revolution rumoured to have tilt sensitivity on the PlayStation Portable prior to its release?

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 Wiimote, players guide a blob of liquid mercury safely around traps, door switches, spikes, moving floors, and other hazardous elements in order to complete the game’s levels.

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

Mercury Meltdown Revolution’s features include: Full interaction using the Wii Remote tilt sensor; Support for the Wii Classic and Nintendo GameCube controllers; Advance rendering techniques for improved graphical quality; 480p support; Over 150 challenging levels; Hidden Lab levels to unlock; State of the art blob physics; and other bonus unlockable features.

Mercury Meltdown Revolution for the Wii is scheduled for release in Spring ‘07.