Interview – LostWinds: Winter of the Melodias

Today, we have a new member of the Newb Review team making his debut. Joe "Joefeesh" Finn kicks off in fine style and brings us an interview with Frontier, the developers of Lost Winds, Winter of the Melodias ann intriguing new title available on WiiWare. So without further ado, I'll hand over to Joe - ed

Joefeesh: Can you briefly explain what LostWinds is about for the readers who haven‘t played the first game?

Frontier: LostWinds is a game that was designed specifically to take advantage of the Wii’s controller and offer fresh new gameplay ideas.

With the Nunchuck you control Toku, a young buy who is relatively powerless. With the Wii Remote you play Enril, a once powerful Wind Spirit who needs Toku’s help to gather back her amazing powers in order to save the magical land of Mistralis Balasar, one of Enril’s fellow Spirits who has decided he wants to rule the whole lot for himself.

It feels very natural to play as two characters – as Enril you have to power Toku’s jumps and glides through Mistralis, and bash enemies. Although the Wind Spirit has all the power, she needs the physical presence of the young boy Toku in order to be carried around and interact with the physical world. So the symbiosis works very well for them both.