I downloaded Lost Winds, an hour in and I am finding it to be very enjoyable. Its a sidescrolling platformer/puzzle game. Its not broken into levels or anything, its more like a Metroid like world with many paths to go, many which are blocked off until you gain new abilities. You wont get lost but I wish there was a map cause that way i can keep track of where I have been to find hidden secrets (statues hidden in the world).
The game is easy to control, stick moves the character and the wiimote is basically the wind. Hold A down and make a motion and you will create a gust of wind. You move the character up cliffs, across long jumps or guide him down from a long fall all with the wind. The wiimote works perfect in this game, it's a breeze (pun intended.
) to manipulate the character and the game world. It starts off simple, you exploring a cave and soon after a town, complete with NPCs. Soon you start to see all sorts of obstacles around the world and places you can just get to. Puzzles start off simple like water a plant to make it grow so you can catapult higher, or use wind to push fire into a bush blocking your path. Later you will have to guide a boulder to a switch so it can hold it down. The puzzles start building and building up, its still easy but this new ability I have now is really starting to mix things up. There are also enemies, very simple creatures that you can launch into the air and watch them splat on the ground, or guide the boulder onto them, or guide fire to burn them.
Possibly the best aspect of this game is how soothing it is. Its a quiet game, very soft oriental Okami like music plays in the background. The graphics are beautiful, very colorful and stylized. You constantly hear the woosh of the wind as you control it, you will hear it brush through trees and such. I found the game to be very relaxing and enjoyable so far. I heard it may be really short but so far its a great start to Wii Ware.
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