Frontier’s LostWinds Launches with WiiWare

May 12, 2008

Frontier’s LostWinds Launches with WiiWare

As of 5 a.m. PST today, millions of families now
have LostWinds available in their living rooms – an enchanting adventure
bursting with new gameplay ideas that embrace the innovative controller of the
Wii.

That’s when Nintendo of America launched WiiWare,
a brand new way of delivering games over the Internet straight to your Wii
console, with LostWinds as a launch title.

LostWinds puts the power of the wind in the palm
of your hand – from raging tornados to the gentlest breeze – as you wield your
Wii Remote to guide and protect Toku, a young boy who is the only one who can
help you in your quest to release a curse placed on the stunningly presented,
magical land of Mistralis. You’ll power Toku’s jumps and glides through
different regions, suspend and smash enemies, meet friends and solve puzzles to
progress through the game’s environments, which have been designed to encourage
and reward exploration using LostWinds’ novel, intuitive and playful control
system.

"LostWinds has a great new control mechanic that
makes the game feel really fresh – I think the quality of the game and the fact
it’s a WiiWare launch title are things we can be really proud of " said David
Braben, Frontier’s Chairman and founder.

LostWinds can be downloaded for 1000 Wii Points,
is rated E for Everyone [mild fantasy violence] by the ESRB, and has been
created especially for Wii by Frontier, who are the developers behind
RollerCoaster Tycoon 3, which was a USA #1 game and is part of the second
biggest selling PC game franchise of all time, and Thrillville, which was the
USA’s #1 original kids game in 2006.