Comics publisher Valiant have teamed up with Cinefix for a unique way of launching their new title, Unity, by releasing an 8-bit trailer setting up the series' plot. This isn't the first time Valiant have had an 8-bit cover as earlier this year they used the same style to promote their Harbinger Wars titles, however the 2 and a half minute video (which can be seen below) is their first fully animated variant cover. A code will appear on issues of Unity #1 that, when scanned by your smartphone, will play the video. The trailer, which takes its visual cue from the NES classic Super Mario Bros. 3, features the superhero cast of X-O Manowar, Toyo Harada, Eternal Warrior, Ninjak, and Livewire as they prepare for the crossover story Unity. The series concept is summarised as:
To kill a king...he has created an army. The world's most dangerous man, Toyo Harada, has been struck by the one thing he never thought possible fear. Halfway across the globe, a new power threatens to topple modern civilization and, to preempt the cataclysm that is to come, Harada will unite the most unforgiving team the world has ever known UNITY. Their mission: defeat the threat responsible for the destruction of MI-6, the decimation of an alien world, and the occupation of Eastern Europe... Unseat the warrior king armed with the universe's most powerful weapon... Kill X-O Manowar!
Unity #1 by Matt Kindt and Doug Braithwaite is out on November 13th in both digital and print. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q798YvcTBik