Online distribution made LostWinds work Comments by Rob Fahey

Shame that Lost Winds is just about the only off-beat "high-risk" game available on WiiWare.
There should be more of those types of games in there, and not re-re-re-remakes of existing games.

Download services are the way forward for me, lots of great stuff to be had.

Brick & Morter shops can die a horrible death

The game was made over four months by 12 people

bout time you had a sequel out then innit? been gagging for some more lost winds, i loved it!

I want to hear more about The Outsider, please.

LostWinds isn't just the best game of all the WiiWare titles, it's also the only one worth buying. Which is not to put it down: If it's not the best new IP I've played this year it's in the top 5.

as seems to be a pattern with my wii purchases at the moment, i bought it but haven't played it yet

Paulf: A lot of my games suffer the same fate. However Lost Winds can be easily completed in one evening, it shouldn't take longer than 3 hours, which is actually quite nice.

The game is really good because of how much the developer cared about details. The sound (both the music and especially the wind sounds) are very relaxing and it's also charming that all the bushes, flowers and trees move when you move the cursor. It makes the whole game feel very natural and alive and thus very, very enjoyable. I just wished that there were a few more areas - not necessarily more but maybe the extisting ones with a more distinctive look. I fear this was a space/budget constraint that came with the decision to publish it on WiiWare but I hope it won't be an issue in the next games. That said, a sequel couldn't hurt.

Lovely little game, and my only WiiWare purchase. My only Wii purchase since Zack and Wiki, in fact.

LW was such a great little game, set the standards impossibly high for other WiiWare stuff.

Yeah, if only Okami had gone down the downloadable route. Maybe it wouldn't be dying.

Hey what if the Wii had a HD! Surely Nintendo are working on one?

Oh.



Anyway, I didn't get on great with LW. Completed it but felt no great compulsion to get all of the dolls. It did feel very 2 dimensional if you'll pardon the pun. I also hated the first bit that told you to go to something Falls but didn't say what direction you had to go in! Anyway... yeah, great use of remote but just didn't captivate me like I hoped it would (and most other games do).

a fantastic way of de-disking publishing

fixed.