The MBoard

As some of you might know, WiiWare hit monday. Out of the selection, I bought Lost Winds and played it to the end (was only about 3 hours long).

But my God... What an excellent 3 hours.

Buy it, buy it now, it's a must have if you own a Wii.

http://www.frontier.co.uk/games/lostwinds/

I bought it last night. I was playing it for about 30 minutes before I switched to my nightly dose of Seinfeld and hit the sack.

I really liked what I played so far, and I mean a lot. It's got that amateur-feel to it, but the very warm, friendly kind. Great graphics and art style, wonderful atmosphere, and obviously intuitive controls. I'll play some more later tonight.

Keep in mind I've played nothing but MegaMan for the entire month so this is like, a breath of fresh air. Not that MegaMan isn't fresh air, but too much can be a bit problematic in my case.

They're already planning a sequel:

"... forthcoming LostWinds sequel containing amazing new gameplay as Toku and Enril's incredible adventure to save Mistralis continues." -FRONTIER

I'm right her- uh..


*leaves thread*

I keep making water spew out of this plant thing.

I haven't even, like, done anything and I'm already impressed. Thanks for recommending it.

I've had my eyes on it since they first announced the launch titles for WiiWare.

Pop and Defend Your Castle look decent, too, but not anywhere near Lost Winds.

'Defend your Castle' can be played online anyways.

Exactly. I'm just a sucker for the art style they used, all arts-and-craftsy. Look up the screenshots, you'll see what I mean. I love stuff like that.

I have no idea what this is and am slightly interested, but I'm quite busy playing Metal Gear Solid anyway. I'll check it out in the future.

*goes back to playing*

The game may be fun as what the people in here in here said it is, but 3 hours? Sorry, but I can't waste $10 on that.

It looks great, but WiiWare ain't out here til next week.

Funnily enough, the style of it reminded me of you, Morg.

The game may be fun as what the people in here in here said it is, but 3 hours? Sorry, but I can't waste $10 on that.

Tons of people pay $20 for new-release DVD's every day with less than 3 hours of video on most.

tons of people pay $20 for new-release DVD's every day with less than 3 hours of video on most.

Yeah, but I don't.

Which is why I didn't specifically insinuate that you did.

I'm just saying that a game like this is a sweet deal despite what you're thinking.

I recently bought Superbad and Knocked Up for nearly 40 bucks each, but I do think 10$ for a 3 hour game is a bit pricey. You can't compare the two really, movies and games. There's just no workable common ground for a decent comparison.

That said, I might check this game out.

Funnily enough, the style of it reminded me of you, Morg.

Yeah, I eat up that kind of #####.

Wii needs games with more style.

I recently bought Superbad and Knocked Up for nearly 40 bucks each, but I do think 10$ for a 3 hour game is a bit pricey. You can't compare the two really, movies and games. There's just no workable common ground for a decent comparison.

That said, I might check this game out.

Think about it this way:

If they release, say, 3 more Lost Winds installments, each $10.00, that's only $40.00 you've spent.

That's $10.00 less than the average Wii game. You're paying to play a game in sections.

...

Or paying to play "early."

I hate the idea of paying to play a game in sections but at least that's not a horrible price like the stupid .hack// games. But only 12hours of play for 40$ isn't great.

Well, they'll no doubt take the length criticism on board.

They must just have wanted it out for WiiWare launch.

Regardless, I still haven't beaten it yet, so I can't talk much about replay value. I can still only just say that it's very unique, stylish, and fun, so until it ends I can keep advocating it without bringing up the short length.

Well, they'll no doubt take the length criticism on board.

They must just have wanted it out for WiiWare launch.

Keep in mind, they only have 43MB to work with.

:: does not like digital only distribution ::

Limitations such as size and lack of secure physical media are major turn offs.

:: does not like digital only distribution ::

Limitations such as size and lack of secure physical media are major turn offs.

It's only $10.00...

And you can always back up the game and your save on an SD card and burn them to a CD.

bahh wiiware

you know a games terrible when...

When...?

when its too underfunded to be put in a store

That's not really how WiiWare works, actually.

:: does not like digital only distribution ::

Limitations such as size and lack of secure physical media are major turn offs.

Yep.

when its too underfunded to be put in a store

A lot of good things never appear in stores.

Anyway:  Learn to capitalise and punctuate.