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Review: LostWinds Is Sweet, but Very Short

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2008-05-23 10:18:00 by Chris Kohler in Wired: Game|Life
LostWinds is a great little WiiWare game. Emphasis on the little Arguably the premiere title for Nintendo's recently launched games-on-demand service for Wii, LostWinds is in most every respect a model Wii game: It's fun, it's novel and it uses the Wiimote's controls in a unique and fun way. Only problem is, about two hours in -- just as I was...
 
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Wii Fanboy Review: LostWinds

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2008-05-13 14:00:00 by David Hinkle in Nintendo Wii Fanboy
...LostWinds is like finding a diamond-encrusted Hummer in your box of corn flakes. Sure, the WiiWare launch line-up hasn't been as boring as corn flakes, but there are some titles we could do without. And, LostWinds is so good, we're wondering if there'll be anything besides Alien Crush that can stand up to it this year on Nintendo's download...
 
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Review - LostWinds (WiiWare)

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2008-05-20 08:12:33 by Mark Brown in British Gaming Blog
...LostWinds is instinctually effortless to grasp, allowing immediate gratification. The game plays like early Nintendo DS title, Kirby: Power Paintbrush, except much more relaxed and calm Although LostWinds features enemies, and forgetting to fan wind under your falling protagonist can hurt him, there is no game over screen, no lives and no...
 
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Design Lesson 101 - Frontier's LostWinds

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2008-05-29 08:00:04 by Manveer Heir in GameSetWatch
...LostWinds , created by the David Braben-helmed UK developer Frontier Developments Original IP is always a tough sell in this industry. According to the NPD, in 2007 the only original IP to break the top ten in sales in the United States were Wii Play and Assassin's Creed . It's debatable whether or not Wii Play even classifies as original IP....
 
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Our First Look At A WiiWare Game The Unexpected Beauty Of LostWinds (GDC 2008)

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2008-02-20 15:44:39 by Stephen Totilo in MTV Multiplayer
...LostWinds , a promising platformer from British game studio Frontier Developments. And I saw it just yesterday Patrick Klepek and I checked it out together, settling in with Frontiers top designer David Braben to look at a laptop presentation in the crowded lobby of the W Hotel right near all of the major Game Developers Conference halls....
 
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LostWinds WiiWare review

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2008-06-06 10:06:04 by michelewhite in Adrenaline Vault
...LostWinds is easily the most ambitious LostWinds is a pseudo three dimensional 2D platform puzzler, but while the action occupies the traditional two-dimensional plane that is this genres stomping grounds, the characters and environments are given three dimensional depth through the increased polygons afforded by todays monster consoles....
 
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EIF 2008: Braben and Burgess cagey over LostWinds sequel

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2008-08-11 20:15:05 by Jehan Ranasinghe in Wii Wii
LostWinds creators David Braben and Steve Burgess have stated they are not making any announcements on the recently confirmed LostWinds sequel, but nevertheless offered a number of hints about the future of their windswept WiiWare hit Speaking at a LostWinds-centric Frontier Developments presentation at the Edinburgh Interactive Festival today,...
 
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LostWinds Sequel In the Works

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2008-05-13 08:48:54 by Susan Arendt in Wired: Game|Life
...LostWinds has only been available in the U.S. for a day now, but you can already look forward to the sequel The web site for the game's creator, Frontier Developments , includes an option to "register for advance information on Frontier's forthcoming LostWinds sequel containing amazing new gameplay as Toku and Enril's incredible adventure to...
 
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LostWinds Blowing Onto WiiWare

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2008-02-20 23:42:05 by Se Ajala in That VideoGame Blog
...LostWinds today, their very first WiiWare title The game will have you dive into the land of Mistralis, and take control of Enril the wind spirit so you can guide and protect Toku - a young boy on a quest to break a curse set on Mistralis by a baddy named Balasar. The game promises to use the Wii-mote by letting you put the power of the wind...
 
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Joystiq hands-on: LostWinds (WiiWare)

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2008-04-15 00:00:00 by Zack Stern in Joystiq
...LostWinds is a stylish, creative take on platforming. The Nunchuk analog stick moves your small character over obstacles from a side-view. But the the character can't jump or climb very high; he needs the wind to push him up and over pits The Wii Remote fills this role naturally. A pointer swipe and button push gusts the wind into the world,...