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Lostwinds Might Come To 360, PS3
7:30PM Luke Plunkett | Lostwinds is pretty great, but because it’s only available on WiiWare, many people are—for whatever reason—ignoring it. Maybe a version on the 360 or PlayStation 3 would fare a little better. More »
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Lostwinds: Winter Of The Melodias Trailer
4:30PM Luke Plunkett | This is a trailer for Winter of the Melodias, sequel to the brilliant Lostwinds. Good to know that with Nintendo off doing… other things, there’s still someone around to do this kind of thing on the Wii. [via Offworld]
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LostWinds’ Wintry WiiWare Sequel Confirmed
4:00AM Owen Good | 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. More »
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Square Enix Brings LostWinds To Japan
4:00AM Mike Fahey | Square Enix’s newfound love of Western developers bears new fruit as European developer Frontier Developments announces that the Japanese publisher will be publishing their critically-acclaimed WiiWare title LostWinds in Japan and Asia. “Square Enix is a very successful, development-led organisation with a total commitment to quality,” said David Braben, Frontier’s Chairman and founder. “Frontier shares those same core ideals and we are very pleased to be doing business together. Square Enix’s strength in Japan will give LostWinds the chance to shine there, as it has done elsewhere.” More »
Interview: Frontier Hopes LostWinds Breezes In More WiiWare Innovation
5:30AM Leigh Alexander | The design philosophy of WiiWare launch title LostWinds appears to echo a broader industry trend favouring innovation on the usual mechanics. The peaceful platformer has a distinctly “indie” feel and a unique look, and seems to be getting the biggest share of the buzz among its fellows on the service. And as studios consider smaller, digitally-distributed formats as a lower-risk avenue for new game concepts, launching Wiiware with a title like LostWinds might herald further potential for the service and those like it. How are clean, compact ideas like these born? We spoke in-depth to developer Frontier about the possibilities for WiiWare and the inspiration for LostWinds‘ breezy world; hit the jump for the full interview. More »
Already, A LostWinds Sequel
10:00PM Luke Plunkett | Wow. That. Was. Fast. It’s been out for, oh, a day, and already a LostWinds sequel is on the way. If you pop on over to Frontier Development’s website, and scroll down to the bottom of the page, you’ll be greeted by the following message: Click here to REGISTER FOR ADVANCE INFORMATION on Frontier’s forthcoming LostWinds sequel containing amazing new gameplay as Toku and Enril’s incredible adventure to save Mistralis continues. Yes, OK, the “sequel” has obviously already been made (or is at least a good ways along), but good news is still good news, regardless of how surprising or unsurprising it may be. Frontier Developments [via Go Nintendo] More »
Talking Over LostWinds WiiWare
2:00AM Mike Fahey | WiiWare is here, and being the new, more financially responsible Mike Fahey I decided to limit myself to one of the launch titles. Since the Final Fantasy game had the words “Crystal Chronicles” after it, I opted for the charming little platform adventure LostWinds. Please note that a general lack of sleep is responsible for any random singing that might be heard in this video. More »
Here Are Your WiiWare Launch Titles
11:40PM Luke Plunkett | You want advance notice for your WiiWare games? You’re not getting any. The service is now up and ready for download (today being May 12 and all), and we’ve only just been sent the official list of launch titles from Nintendo. Interestingly, it differs slightly from the supposed list from late last week – which was based off Nintendo’s own promo video for the service – which showed Dr Mario as one of the launch titles. It’s not. There’s actually six games launching today, not five, and those six range in price from 500 Wii Points (Defend Your Castle) to 1500 Wii Points (Final Fantasy CC). The six titles are: Final Fantasy: 1500 Wii Points LostWinds: 1000 Wii Points Defend Your Castle: 500 Wii Points Pop: 700 Wii Points VIP Casino Blackjack: 700 Wii Points TV Show King: 1000 Wii Points
Dr. Mario Online RX Joins Initial U.S. WiiWare Releases
12:40PM Michael McWhertor | The newly launched in North America Nintendo Channel shows off the first batch of WiiWare titles to hit Western shores, revealing potential pricing on at least one of the debut games. The initial quintet of potential WiiWare releases—revealed by way of the “What Is WiiWare?” video—includes the following. More »
