Last Window: The Secret of Cape West has yet to be announced for a US release, but hit Japan in January this year and lands in Europe on 17th September, 2010. Cubed3 has the first online review of the sequel to the seminal Hotel Dusk: Room 215 for the Nintendo DS. How does former detective Kyle Hyde's second adventure hold up? Read the exclusive review to find out!

Back at the start of 2010, some terribly sad news befell the world; developer CiNG was in the throes of insolvency, with the company declaring itself bankrupt. After churning out hit after critical hit for Nintendo, starting with Another Code: Two Memories on the DS, followed by the highly praised and commercially successful Hotel Dusk: Room 215, it looked like no wrong could be done by the Japanese firm. However, following lower than expected sales of its Wii debut, Another Code: R - A Journey into Lost Memories upon its domestic release, the game never appearing in the US and only mustering up a moderately strong showing in Europe, matters appeared to become slightly more shaky for CiNG. In Japan, even signing a deal with Tecmo for the detective mystery AGAIN did not improve things, with that game struggling to even hit four figure sales there, and receiving a subsequently limited distribution for its US launch; the European release still hangs in the balance to this day. Now, though, with what appears to be its final roll of the die, CiNG’s second adventure for Hotel Dusk’s Kyle Hyde is about to land in Europe after a tepid reception in Japan back in January 2010. Cubed3 takes an early look at Last Window: The Secret of Cape West in this in-depth - but spoiler-free - review.

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