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I'll be honest, Lost Winds was one of the only WiiWare games I purchased. When I did, I was quite glad because this was a great game that made interesting use of the Wiimote. Now the game is coming to iPhone and Android, what I think? It's going to be great.
"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..."
"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."
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...
"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.
