Capcom cracks open Hatchlings for iPhone

Capcom has announced the release of Hatchlings, a new game for the iPhone and iPod touch.

Cast as Echo The Gecko (no relation to the dolphin or Gex we assume), the player must help the cold-blooded protagonist maintain the Great Hatchery.

If all this sounds like a lot of responsibility, don’t worry, this is just another match-3 puzzler.

Lining up three corresponding hatchlings vertically or horizontally will cause them to disappear, and prevent the play area from becoming too crowded.

Have a look at the screenshots to get a good idea of how the game plays. There are 18 levels in total.

Alongside Capcom's cleverly self-referential Dark Void Zero, Hatchlings will feature full OpenFeint integration - the first of the company's games to do so - and both titles will feature in OpenFeint’s new Game Spotlight app for the next two weeks.