"Players are able to instantly transform Mistralis between Summer and Winter, harnessing the brilliance of nature: frozen Winter ponds and waterfalls become deep, teeming Summer pools and chambers in which to dive and unlock secrets, enemies can be frozen or doused, and the very air itself used to form snowballs or moisture-laden clouds. Other amazing new abilities include the cyclone, which can be used to transport Toku, smash powerful enemies and even drill through the rocks of the Mistralis..."
Is your wallet getting fat? Have you recently come into the possession of some more money? Or do you simply want a new WiiWare title? If you answered yes to any of these questions you might want to check out IGN's list of games on WiiWare that you should download. The list features titles such as World of Goo, Lost Winds, Megaman 9, Final Fantasy IV: The After Years, and others and gives a brief explanation of why they warrant your purchase.
"Oh the Wii, the poor old Wii. It is doing so well for a company that in terms of home consoles was on the brink of doom after the slightly lacking Gamecube, yet it receives a lot of slack for its casual line up although at times it can be a little deserving of its negative praise (need I mention countless amounts of shovelware?). But today we honour those that went by with a bit of a fizzle, some promising that didn't quite meet the standard set by themselves, some fantastic games that didn't..."
"Square-Enix has announced their 2009 line-up of titles. Some of these have not been nailed down for a North American or European release as of yet, but given their track record it is only a matter of time.
The Line-Up:
Dragon Quest IX: Hoshizora no Mamoribito (DS)
Dragon Quest Monster Battle Road II (Arcade)
Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days (DS)
Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep (PSP)
Kingdom Hearts Coded (Mobile)
Kingdom Hearts Mobile (Mobie)
Lost Winds (Wii)
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicle..."
"For Square Enix this news represents the second big international deal for the firm this week. Earlier in the week, Square Enix announced that it was forming a partnership with America's Gas Powered Games that will give birth to the realtime strategy game Supreme Commander 2."
NintenDojo had the chance to speak David Braben, the executive producer of the WiiWare title LostWinds. LostWinds is easily one of better WiiWare titles and NintenDojo wanted to know how Frontier Developments, who obviously developed the game, went about making it.
Check out part of the interview below!
Industry newssite GamesIndustry.biz's Phil Elliott recently had the opportunity to sit down with Frontier Developments' head honcho, David Braben to talk about the studio's latest hit, LostWinds, and about WiiWare in general. In this short interview, Braben discusses LostWinds's origin and impact, about WiiWare's pending TV advertisement push and impact on the mainstream market, and on the Wii in general and how Sony and Microsoft will respond. At the end, Braben teases more WiiWare games f...
Developed by Frontier Developments in Europe, WiiWare's LostWinds caught the attention of many gamers when it was released a couple of weeks ago alongside the WiiWare service in North America. Game Focus decided to review its first WiiWare and they weren't disappointed.
"Packing a launch portfolio containing some surprisingly compelling titles, WiiWare, as the new service is called, certainly has all the right ideas behind it. It's intended to support smaller developers in much the same way as competing services on the Xbox 360 and PS3. Distributing games directly to consumers via digital download services cuts out both publisher and retailer, meaning developers can afford to take more risks, and -- in theory -- give consumers like us a better deal.
Try it..."
"Australians did not have to wait long after their overseas cousins for Nintendo's WiiWare service, with the first downloadable games available on the Wii Shop Channel from today.
Whereas Nintendo's Virtual Console service allows consumers to download classic games from systems like the SNES, N64 and Megadrive, WiiWare offers brand new titles and is an opportunity for video game developers to create innovative new games."
After first launching in Japan, and two weeks ago reaching North American shores, WiiWare, Nintendo's new development platform now makes its way to European shores, bring it six games available at launch, with all of the games drawing from Nintendo of Europe's released list of launch window games.
The six titles made available for European WiiWare are the following:
It's been no more then a week since the launch of WiiWare, and the release of Frontier's atmospheric quasi-3D platformer LostWinds, and the company has already confirmed a sequel. The follow-up to WiiWare's highest rated game will feature "amazing new gameplay" as Toku's quest to save Mistralis continues.
WiiWare, Nintendo's new development platform, is now available. Much akin to the Xbox Live Arcade and the PlayStation Store, WiiWare allows developers and teams with smaller budgets to bring their unique ideas for the Wii to fruition. WiiWare has already launched in Japan.
There are six titles available at launch for WiiWare: