LostWinds

LostWinds is a video game that consists of 2 releases

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Ride the wind to new heights in this downloadable platformer for WiiWare. It was released in the US on May 12th, 2008 and in Europe on May 20th, 2008 for 1,000 Wii Points. It was a launch title for the WiiWare service.

Overview

LostWinds is an original game developed for the Wii's new WiiWare service by publisher Frontier that was released on May 12, 2008. It was a launch title for Nintendo's new WiiWare service. It was released to largely positive reviews and was priced at 1000 Wii points.

Plot

In LostWinds, the player takes control of Toku, who is a young boy living in the world of Mistralis. At the beginning of the game, Toku finds the winds spirit Enril, who lends it's power to Toku which lets him drift up to great heights, float down without falling to his death, and float across large valleys. It is Toku's job, with the help of Enril, to remove the curse that has been placed on Mistralis by the evil spriit Balasar.

Gameplay

This is a 2-D platformer presented in a 3-D world. Toku is controlled by using the analog stick on the nunchuck to move him left or right, and flicking him with the Wii-mote to jump high, float across gaps, and drift down large holes without dying. While exploring the world, Toku finds 5 different abilities to help enhance his wind powers. These abilities are found in chests scattered across Mistralis, mostly in caves.

The enemies of LostWinds are fairly tame, and only latch onto Toku when he gets too close. They are easily defeated by using the wind powers to smash them into the ground. The real challenge and gameplay of LostWinds comes from the interesting platforming while exploring and the light puzzles.

Using the Wii-mote the player can create drafts of wind to control Toku.

Whenever the wind blows through trees or an enemy is defeated, little blue spirits are released into the air. To collect them, the player must simply point at them using the Wii-mote, much like how star bits are collected in Super Mario Galaxy. There is a meter on the ingame HUD which which slowly fills up three symbols as you collect the blue floaters. If the player ever runs out of health, you simply shake the Wii-mote and you life get fully replenished at the cost of one of the three symbols.

Awards

LostWinds won the best new IP award at the Develop awards in Brighton UK on July 31st, 2008.

Frontier Development Team

The award was accepted by the team who were dressed in Toku hats.

Sequel

The end of LostWinds clearly points to a sequel that has since been confirmed by Frontier to be in development.

General Information Edit

Game Name	LostWinds
Platform(s)	Wii Shop
Publisher(s)	Frontier Developments Ltd.
Developer(s)	Frontier Developments Ltd.
Genres	Add a new genre Action Adventure Platformer
Themes	Add a new theme Fantasy
Original US Release	May 12, 2008 need a fuzzy date?
Original US Release	know the real date?
Aliases
ESRB	ESRB: E
PEGI	PEGI: 7+