Monday, January 26, 2009

a sad wii story

Many gamers lament the lack of M-for-mature Wii games aimed away from the console's target demographic of families and casual gamers, which is why the story of Winter, the "lost Wii game" is especially sad. This game would have been a real showcase of Wii controls packaged into a beautifully animated survival horror game akin to Silent Hill. The main character is stranded in a mysterious blizzard filled with scary creatures, and keeping warm is an important aspect of your health, meaning you have to start fires to warm yourself up in addition to keeping safe from bad guys. Sadly, Winter has no publisher and no current plans to be finished. It's a real tragedy and you have to wonder why Nintendo doesn't see more value in getting this kind of game to market. This developer footage shows this innovative and extremely creepy game off quite nicely:

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