Taito details Space Invaders pricing

The Space Invaders are preparing for their reverse invasion on WiiWare later this month. While not yet ready to finalize a release date for Space Invaders Get Even, Taito was good enough to share the title's pricing structure today.

Get Even will be available as a starter pack and three stage packs. The starter back will include just the first stage of play and will be required to get the stage packs A, B, and C, which include, respectively, levels 2 and 3, levels 4 and 5, and levels 6 and 7.

The stage packs have rising difficulty. Stage Pack A is a bit harder than the Starter Pack. Stage Pack B features gas tanks, search lights and other gimmicks. Stage Pack C features increasing enemy attacks.

Purchasing the stage packs will also give players a few extra bonuses. In addition to being able to fully take part in a stage-separate online ranking mode by buying all three stage packs, each stage pack purchased will unlock one of three new UFOs: Classic UFO, Silver Hawk (from Darius), and R-GRAY1 (from Ray Storm).

These ships have added functionality. The Classic UFO offers slightly improved performance over the standard UFO type. Silver Hawk attacks using waves and bombs. R-GRAY1 attacks with lock-on lasers.

The ships will be unlocked in the order listed above, regardless of which pack you download.

The starter pack and each stage pack will sell for 500 WiiPoints each.