Actor Will Wheaton has been cast as President Abraham Lincoln in upcoming Nintendo 3DS game Code Name S.T.E.A.M.
Nintendo's official Twitter account confirmed the news tweeting:
.@wilw spotting! Wil Wheaton lends his talents to #CodeNameSTEAM for #3DS as the voice of the great Abe Lincoln. pic.twitter.com/hpFVuPofVj
— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) March 5, 2015
In the turn based strategy game, Lincoln creates screct organisation S.T.E.A.M. (Strike Team Eliminating the Alien Menace) to battle extraterrestrial foes. Agents of S.T.E.A.M include the likes of Tom Sawyer, The Wizard of Oz's Cowardly Lion, and Peter Pan's Tiger Lily.
Developed by Fire Emblem and Advance Wars studio Intelligent Systems, Code Name S.T.E.A.M. launches on March 13th for Nintendo 3DS.