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LostWinds’ Wintry WiiWare Sequel Confirmed

By Owen Good on August 31, 2009 at 4:00 AM

The latest issue of Edge Magazine takes a long look at LostWinds: Winter of the Melodias, which is the sequel to last year’s WiiWare hit LostWinds. No release date was announced.

When it arrives, Winter of the Melodias will allow you, as the game’s protagonist Toku, to change the seasons from summer to winter and back, which will be useful for solving different puzzles. According to the preview, excerpted by N-Europe, Toku has other elemental powers too, including generating cyclones. He can swim as well.

LostWinds, by Frontier Developments, arrived in May 2008 to strong critical acclaim and sales. In it, Toku was controlled like a standard adventurer, but with one addition: the Wiimote could be used to draw a path on the screen to provide wind gusts that aided Toku’s jumping and battles against enemies.

Winter of the Melodias will also incorporate an in-game map and a hint system, according to the preview.

LostWinds: Winter of the Melodias Confirmed [N-Europe]

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  • gencid
    September 02, 2009 at 7:23 AM

    LostWinds and NyxQuest are the only 2 WiiWare games that I've downloaded. Glad to have LostWinds 2 join the club soon.

  • 716
    September 01, 2009 at 8:55 AM

    @InHumanGamer: "2-3 hours is ridiculous considering I dropped around 10 bucks on it."

    That's the same ratio as a 12 to 18-hour game for $60. I got more value out of LostWinds than Prince of Persia.

    716

  • 716
    August 31, 2009 at 4:19 PM

    @The Cap'n: The original was ten bucks for about three hours of the most laid-back, serene, happiest gaming I've experienced in recent memory.

    It's up to you if that's worth the price, but for me, reading this announcement made me do a stupid little happy dance around the apartment.

    716

  • Polite Society
    August 31, 2009 at 2:41 PM

    @floppylobster: And so now you are completely burnt out on platformers forever? Despite this having lovely graphics and a unique gameplay hook? Did you actually enjoy all those platformers you played?

  • Cridia
    August 31, 2009 at 2:30 PM

    @Ueziel: Unfortunately, you are absolutely right. I thought we would be past the "now I can finally turn my Wii on after " talk now, but apparantly I was wrong.

    Cridia

  • Polite Society
    August 31, 2009 at 2:26 PM

    Nice nice! I really enjoyed lost winds, except that the lack of a map made things kind of annoying towards the end. Still pretty awesome.

  • EmeraldStorm
    August 31, 2009 at 2:02 PM

    @EternalStar: I've been waiting for this for a long while. Lost winds wasn't too long, so I was expecting a sequel a lot sooner and had thought maybe something happened to prevent it. But ingenuity takes time. I'm definitely buying this when it comes out. In fact this reminds me to replay Lost Winds.

    I hope they've managed to fit in more gameplay this time around. After beating that boss in the first installment I was really hungry for more game.

  • LionheartAce
    August 31, 2009 at 1:51 PM

    @Pult|Ost - Not Backwards Compatible: I say you play it, it's got tons of charm - if you like Okami this is in that category of artistic and charming, to me anyways.

  • EternalStar
    August 31, 2009 at 12:59 PM

    AWESOME. I can't wait, this was an amazing piece of game and its a shame MOST of the Wiiware games can't even hold a candle to this which came out right when WiiWare became first available.

  • Crash__Man
    August 31, 2009 at 12:55 PM

    @Hooded_Robin: and what has your blind hatred added to this website?

    Crash__Man

  • floppylobster
    August 31, 2009 at 12:41 PM

    @Pult|Ost - Not Backwards Compatible: I would say no. But I played a MILLION platformers back on the Megadrive (genesis) and SNES and I didn't really feel this was doing enough to make it feel fresh. But if you're not as old as me you might like it. Everyone else seems to.

    floppylobster

  • Herabek
    August 31, 2009 at 12:31 PM

    Skip to 3:57 seconds

  • Hooded_Robin
    August 31, 2009 at 12:29 PM

    Too bad for the devs that after I finished playing this i sold my Wii because every other game on the system was absolute drivel. Bought a PS3, haven't regretted it since.

    Hooded_Robin

  • sweetie55
    August 31, 2009 at 10:52 AM

    I was wondering what happened to the sequel. Well I enjoyed the first one(although it was pretty short) so I'll have to keep tabs on this.

    sweetie55

  • That mop mutant from NES.
    August 31, 2009 at 10:16 AM

    @The Cap'n: No, not really. It's a decent, very short game.

    Trine+Eternity's Child=Lost Wind.

  • nworobes
    August 31, 2009 at 8:44 AM

    @enderx: While you exaggerate the brevity of the game, I agree with your overall point. I expected the game's release schedule to be pretty continuous, maybe like the Strong Bad games (ok, well not every month like the Strong Bad games, but definitely no more than 6 months). The fact that it's taken over a year for the sequel to even be announced seems crazy.
    Especially since the story implies that the first game isn't even close to half of the overall quest. I can't remember if the mythology of the game specified or not, but I think I got the impression that the series could have anywhere from 4 to 6 games, given that the entirety of the first game is pretty much equivalent to "beat the first dungeon in a Zelda game."

    nworobes

  • nworobes
    August 31, 2009 at 8:38 AM

    Wow, I had pretty much written this game off as vaporware, since the plot of the first was a huge "To be continued...", but then instead of a quick sequel there was absolutely no word about the sequel for over a year.
    Seriously, how long does the sequel to a 3-5 hour WiiWare game take to develop?

    nworobes

  • excel_excel
    August 31, 2009 at 7:30 AM

    hoorah! Hopefully it'll be a lot longer, I'd love a full lenght disc based release of it.

  • Ueziel
    August 31, 2009 at 7:21 AM

    @The Cap'n: Of course it disappeared. It was an excellent title for WiiWare. That's like a double no-no for your average gamer to admit to so they had to pretend it didn't exist.

  • CockroachMan
    August 31, 2009 at 6:27 AM

    Finally! I've been waiting for this since the first one!

  • Gondito
    August 31, 2009 at 6:12 AM

    LOVED the first one, this will be the only reason i bring my wii out of its 2 year hibernation. and after I finish Lost Winds 2, It will likely go back into hibernation forever

  • enderx
    August 31, 2009 at 5:30 AM

    How in the hell is a five minute long game so many years in development? I thought it was supposed to be episodic - that's what I got from the 30 second adventure. (Great adventure, but c'mon. TWO YEARS?) gimme a break.

    enderx

  • Pult|Ost - Not Backwards Compati
    August 31, 2009 at 5:25 AM

    @dowingba: Dammit!

  • BlooQKazoo
    August 31, 2009 at 5:19 AM

    Although I found the aesthetic and control scheme of lost winds enjoyable I did have one gripe. The puzzles never really required much thinking to complete. Although the buliding blocks were there from which great puzzles could emerge the designers never really took full advantage.

    Icarian/NyxQuest is an example of a similar wii ware title that does a much better job of squeezing every last morsel of innovation out of the basic components of the game.

  • salaminizer: Fact
    August 31, 2009 at 5:16 AM

    @InHumanGamer: like Braid then?

    salaminizer: Fact

  • HELLSRIDER is doing stuff
    August 31, 2009 at 5:13 AM

    Yay, I had been wanting the sequel for a long time after I tried the first one at a friend's house, I recently played it again, didnt buy it because he said it was short and because kotaku had posted news about a sequel being made.

  • ledzep177
    August 31, 2009 at 4:53 AM

    Theres something about winter/snow levels in games thats awesome. Don't quite know what, but they are.

    ledzep177

  • abort_user
    August 31, 2009 at 4:44 AM

    @Killer7: my only complaint was it was too short. but i enjoyed more than most my disc-based wii games.

  • Badmofo
    August 31, 2009 at 4:39 AM

    @Kenzo287: If you have winds as well, that pretty much sums up the game doesn't it?

  • namesRhard
    August 31, 2009 at 4:39 AM

    @Hindesite: I think you must've been, I've heard nothing but good about it. :p
    The only problems I had was it was a little too easy and it ended.

  • dowingba
    August 31, 2009 at 4:38 AM

    @Pult|Ost - Not Backwards Compatible: Lost Winds requires the Wii to have a power supply, yes.

  • Turael
    August 31, 2009 at 4:35 AM

    I agree with getting lost all the time. And sometimes I felt a bit slow at realizing what i was supposed to be doing.

    Turael

  • Killer7
    August 31, 2009 at 4:22 AM

    The original Lost winds is a good game in my opinion.

    The graphics and art style, music, controls and gameplay are very well done. However, the gameplay length and lack of replay value in my opinion, are the game's only real issues.

    There's honestly just not much to go back to once you beat the game for the first time.

    I'll definitely be picking up Lost Winds 2.

    Killer7

  • Hindesite
    August 31, 2009 at 4:21 AM

    Was I the only one who didn't like the original? I got it very soon after it came out in eager anticipation, but found the controls fustrating and the game overall somewhat uninteresting.

    I only gave it about a half an hour before I gave up, so maybe I didn't give it enough time to really shine, but for the most part I was just too fustrated with the controls to press on any further.

  • This user was banned
    August 31, 2009 at 4:19 AM

    @Pult|Ost - Not Backwards Compatible:
    Yes.Yes.Yes.Yes.

    I could go on but you get the picture.
    For story's sake you should get it if you plan to get the sequel.

    It is sort of like Kirby Canvas Curse...

  • melonpans
    August 31, 2009 at 4:18 AM

    @InHumanGamer: I wasn't anywhere near completeting it in 2-3 hours.

    Maybe I'm just slow though.

    melonpans

  • InHumanGamer
    August 31, 2009 at 4:15 AM

    The first one was WAY WAY WAY too short.

    2-3 hours is ridiculous considering I dropped around 10 bucks on it.

    Mabey a DLC dungeon or two to tide us over would be cool.

    InHumanGamer

  • Falsoman
    August 31, 2009 at 4:15 AM

    @Pult|Ost - Not Backwards Compatible: It's a great little game. It's kinda short, about 3 hours long, or about the same that you get with the Rachet and Clank DLC game on PS3.

    It was a little gem with a lot of potential, but ended up abruptly.

  • The Cap'n
    August 31, 2009 at 4:09 AM

    @Pult|Ost - Not Backwards Compatible: I was just about to ask this question, too. This game looked really great before it came out, but it seemed to vanish from the public eye pretty quickly.

    Either way, the sequel seems to have a few good ideas up its sleeve.

  • Kenzo287
    August 31, 2009 at 4:06 AM

    In game map! About time! the only reason I haven't beaten Lost Winds yet is cause im lost!

  • Pult|Ost - Not Backwards Compati
    August 31, 2009 at 4:02 AM

    So does the original warrant a purchase and me finding my Wii power supply after 8 months?

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