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Tornado Outbreak is an action-adventure video game developed by Loose Cannon Studios and published by Konami Digital Entertainment for the PlayStation 3, Wii and Xbox 360. The game was announced at the Electronic Entertainment Expo in June 2009. The game was later re-released on the Xbox Live Marketplace on December 6, 2011.
As Zephyr continues his search for Fire Flyers, he begins to question his own morals. He consults and expresses his doubt about his mission to Nimbus, who reminds him to lead his team without doubt. On the second extraction of Omegaton's orb, Zephyr, Nimbus, and the Wind Warriors are ambushed and attacked by the Fire Flyers, leaving Nimbus incapacitated. He passes the L.O.A.D. STARR onto his protégé and urges him to continue the mission without him. As the Fire Flyers surround Nimbus, they capture and relocate him into an underground tunnel to prevent him from the sun's exposure. He removes a piece of his clothing and instructs the Fire Flyers to place them in various locations to give Zephyr a sign of life.
Zephyr first discovers Nimbus's shoulder pads left on the ground. He then finds Nimbus's cape pinned beneath a rock at an amusement park, where he meets a new ally who calls himself a Stone Stomper. The Stone Stomper teaches Zephyr how to perform powerful stomps with the hope that Zephyr can rescue his sleeping brothers who are trapped on Earth. The fourth extraction of the orb results in a powerful earthquake, trapping several Wind Warriors below ground. The Wind Warriors, suffering from the lack of rest and sleep deprivation, experience partial exhaustion, prompting Zephyr to offer them paid vacations and holidays off. This encouragement initially seems to work, but one soldier, suffering from exhaustion during flight, bumps directly into Zephyr as he drops the L.O.A.D. STARR, leading to a life-or-death situation. Focused on carrying on the mission, Zephyr and his team swiftly recover the fifth orb, and then he orders the squad to rest in an underground village. Working alone, Zephyr repairs the L.O.A.D. STARR.
As they set out to retrieve the sixth orb, Zephyr encounters an elemental ally named the Water Whirl, who teaches him how to dash around using his tornado. Similar to the Stone Stompers, the Water Whirl's relatives are trapped on Earth, and they encourage Zephyr to use his powers to assist them when possible. After retrieving the sixth orb, Zephyr finds the tunnel where the Fire Flyers had captured Nimbus. Nimbus, barely conscious, warns Zephyr cryptically about the universe being backwards before passing out. With Nimbus rescued, Zephyr and his army of Wind Warriors head to their next destination where another earthquake occurs. Nimbus once again tries to warn Zephyr and convince him to stop, but he passes out. Believing that the Fire Flyers had harmed Nimbus, Zephyr captures the remaining batch of Fire Flyers in preparation to retrieve another orb belonging to Omegaton.
As Nimbus recovers, the squad prepares to retrieve another orb within the center of a fishing village. During the destruction of the second Totem, Omegaton reveals himself and claims the last orb for himself. It is here, where it revealed that Omegaton originates from an anti-matter universe where everything is in reversed. A hero in Omegaton's dimension is a villain in Zephyr's. Feeling appalled that Zephyr was aiding a monster, Zephyr seeks out to defeat Omegaton within the fishing village. His plan backfires when Omegaton makes his way towards the center of Tokyo, leading to a final confrontation between the Wind Warriors and Omegaton. The game ends with Zephyr shattering Omegaton's orbs of power, thus defeating him once and for all. With Omegaton defeated, Nimbus explains to Zephyr about the truth about the true purpose of the Fire Flyers and the Totems. The Totems, initially believed to be causing the causing earthquakes that Zephyr and his team were encountering were actually made to keep Omegaton at bay. In reality, the earthquakes were caused by Omegaton becoming more powerful with each reunited orb. The Fire Flyers were an elite squad sent to Earth to ensure that Omegaton never regained his orbs of power, something that Zephyr and his team were unaware of during their initial plans of supposedly aiding Omegaton.
The primary cast featured American voice actors, with Mike Vaughn providing the voice for Zephyr. Actor and musician Lev Liberman voiced Nimbus, the Wind Warriors, and the Stone Stompers. Although not typically active in voice acting, Darci Morales, the game's producer, voiced the Water Whirls.
After completing all three zones, Zephyr must participate in a Vortex Race to create a powerful tornado capable of destroying the Totems. The race begins slowly but gains momentum over time. Completing a full circle around the map concludes one lap; after three laps, Zephyr engages in a Totem Battle.
During Totem Battles, players steer Zephyr's tornado through a moving maze of clouds while defending his Wind Warriors from any fireballs launched by the Totems. When Zephyr gets close enough to a Totem, a button-mashing mini-game is triggered, leading to the Totem's arm being destroyed. Upon the destruction of all Totems, Omegaton's orb is revealed, unlocking the next level.
Loose Cannon would go defunct without producing another game by 2010, with Dev Madan and Matthew Scott moving on to PopCap Games and Ricci Rukavina to found Kung Fu Factory.
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