<s>
Dark	B-Application
Void	I-Application
Zero	I-Application
is	O
a	O
platform	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Other	O
Ocean	O
Interactive	O
's	O
Newfoundland	O
studio	O
and	O
released	O
by	O
Capcom	O
for	O
DSiWare	B-Device
download	O
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
made	O
as	O
an	O
April	O
Fools	O
parody	O
of	O
the	O
video	O
game	O
Dark	B-Application
Void	I-Application
and	O
was	O
later	O
decided	O
to	O
make	O
it	O
an	O
actual	O
title	O
;	O
it	O
was	O
promoted	O
as	O
a	O
game	O
"	O
found	O
"	O
in	O
Capcom	O
's	O
vault	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
April	O
2010	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
and	O
on	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
through	O
Steam	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Capcom-Unity	O
manager	O
Seth	O
Killian	O
stated	O
that	O
Dark	B-Application
Void	I-Application
Zero	I-Application
started	O
as	O
a	O
joke	O
after	O
he	O
had	O
heard	O
an	O
8-bit	O
rendition	O
of	O
Dark	B-Application
Voids	I-Application
main	O
theme	O
in	O
its	O
end	O
credits	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
song	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
the	O
soundtrack	O
of	O
Dark	B-Application
Void	I-Application
Zero	I-Application
,	O
was	O
produced	O
by	O
Battlestar	O
Galactica	O
composer	O
Bear	O
McCreary	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
beginning	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
players	O
must	O
blow	O
into	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DSi	I-Device
's	O
microphone	O
to	O
clear	O
the	O
dust	O
off	O
of	O
an	O
in-game	O
cartridge	O
,	O
similar	O
to	O
how	O
NES	O
cartridges	O
would	O
have	O
to	O
be	O
blown	O
into	O
at	O
times	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
fictional	O
story	O
of	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
Dark	B-Application
Void	I-Application
Zero	I-Application
is	O
given	O
in	O
the	O
official	O
trailer	O
as	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
year	O
198X	O
,	O
the	O
PlayChoice-10	B-Device
was	O
the	O
first	O
arcade	O
cabinet	O
to	O
feature	O
two	O
interactive	O
screens	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
ground	O
breaking	O
title	O
was	O
called	O
:	O
Dark	B-Application
Void	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unfortunately	O
,	O
the	O
PlayChoice-10	B-Device
was	O
discontinued	O
and	O
the	O
project	O
was	O
cancelled	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
year	O
20XX	B-Application
,	O
Capcom	O
found	O
the	O
project	O
buried	O
deep	O
inside	O
its	O
vault	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
concept	O
inspired	O
a	B-Application
new	I-Application
adventure	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
same	I-Application
name	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
this	O
story	O
contradicts	O
the	O
one	O
given	O
in	O
the	O
DSiWare	B-Device
Shop	O
summary	O
,	O
which	O
states	O
that	O
Dark	B-Application
Void	I-Application
Zero	I-Application
was	O
a	O
"	O
legendary	O
'	O
lost	O
project	O
 '	O
"	O
at	O
Capcom	O
,	O
recreated	O
for	O
the	O
DSi	B-Device
,	O
rather	O
than	O
being	O
forgotten	O
until	O
2010	O
and	O
being	O
a	O
port	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
DS	O
and	O
iOS	B-Application
versions	O
received	O
"	O
favorable	O
"	O
reviews	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
review	B-Application
aggregation	I-Application
website	O
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
2D-X	O
Editor-in-Chief	O
Jeffrey	O
L	O
.	O
Wilson	O
initially	O
criticized	O
Dark	B-Application
Void	I-Application
Zero	I-Application
as	O
being	O
exploitative	O
of	O
the	O
retro	O
gaming	O
genre	O
,	O
he	O
later	O
retracted	O
his	O
statement	O
after	O
playing	O
it	O
at	O
the	O
2010	O
Consumer	O
Electronics	O
Show	O
(	O
CES	O
)	O
,	O
commenting	O
that	O
it	O
felt	O
like	O
a	O
NES-era	O
title	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GamePro	O
editor	O
Dave	O
Rudden	O
called	O
it	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
coolest	O
games	O
at	O
the	O
CES	O
,	O
comparing	O
it	O
to	O
the	O
"	O
Metroidvania	O
"	O
genre	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
a	O
combination	O
of	O
the	O
styles	O
of	O
Metroid	B-Application
and	O
Castlevania	B-Application
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
video	O
games	O
such	O
as	O
Contra	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kombo	O
editor	O
David	O
Oxford	O
commented	O
that	O
Dark	B-Application
Void	I-Application
Zero	I-Application
was	O
better	O
than	O
its	O
parent	O
video	O
game	O
,	O
comparing	O
it	O
to	O
Bionic	B-Application
Commando	I-Application
Rearmed	I-Application
in	O
how	O
both	O
promotional	O
games	O
surpassed	O
the	O
games	O
they	O
were	O
promoting	O
.	O
</s>
