Lost Winds (wiiware)

[EvilBoris]

Lovely looking downloadable game coming out in May in the states. It's being made by Frontier Developments.

[EvilBoris]

I can't believe there is isn't a single reply!
It sounds cool, you use the Wiimote to draw gusts of wind to blow your character across the screen.

[abigsmurf]

nice art style but I could see it's tech demo style concept getting old fast or proving frustrating

[ne0star]

I think this looks great, and i'm really hoping WiiWare allows developers to really show off some crestive ideas. The main problem with most 3rd party games on the Wii is they are bogo games with a control system tacked on.

[ne0star]

How nice is this looking now

http://uk.wii.ign.com/dor/objects/14236589/lostwinds/videos/lostwindswii_040808.html

[MikeRox]

dunno how this one slipped me by, that looks stonking! If they get a sub £10 price tag on that I'll be downloading it. Can you put this stuff on SD cards? I don't really wanna delete any of my VC Roms, but my Wii memory is getting full

Looks like a cross between Yoshi's Touch & Go and Kirby Canvas Curse on for ya TV screen. Both those were excellent platformers IMO.

[MattyD]

You can back up anything you download AFAIK, or else you can just re-download it later.

I can't help but think this looks mechanically similar to Kirby's Canvas Curse on the DS, but it does look good and the music's really nice.

[Lyris]

The environments remind me of Rayman 2 - looks great!

[1P_King]

Quick question I have a US Wii so does that mean I can download this when it get released in the US during May or do i have to wait for the Pal release sometime later.

[Keith]

If you have a US Wii then you only download US games, so yes you'll be able to download this.

[1P_King]

awesome thanks Keith

this looks such a wonderful little game can't wait to play it

[ne0star]

Very promising review over at eurogamer

http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=139532

Looking forward to this next week

[Dezm0nd]

Nabbed from Eurogamer.

Nintendo will add Frontier's LostWinds: Winter of the Melodias to WiiWare tomorrow. The sequel will cost 1000 Wii Points (approx. £7/€10).

[mekanor]

serious??

didnt think it was coming out for ages. the first was one of the best games, downloadable or retail, ive played in ages.

[H-Man]

serious??

didnt think it was coming out for ages. the first was one of the best games, downloadable or retail, ive played in ages.

Agreed. The first part has been a highlight of this gen for me - can't wait for the 2nd