Shape of the future: the gorgeous cubes of WiiWare puzzler Kimi to Boku to Rittai
Right, well, there's my week made: every once in a while there's a game that seems to know exactly which of your buttons to press and before you know it you're smitten. This time it's Kimi to Boku to Rittai (You, Me and the Shapes), a new WiiWare game from former D2 creator and Newtonica collaborator Kenji Eno.
The gameplay? Deceptively simple: drop helpless and unpredictable people onto a series of ever-more-complex interconnected cubes and attempt to maintain some semblance of balance and harmony.
The hook? God, just look at that retro-future shiny vector style that sits so perfectly next to Newtonica's star-spheres. The game is expected to hit stateside WiiWare in coming months, and appears that it'll give Nintendo and Skip's own ArtStyle series a serious run for their money.
Kimi to Boku to Rittai home [Nintendo]
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Anonymous Anonymous
#1 – 8:38 PM March 31, 2009
I don't get it. You drop people on the cubes...why? Most Japanese game developers just don't seem to get the concept that you should be able to pick up a game and play it without having to figure out some convoluted set of rules.
flackboy
#2 – 3:58 AM April 1, 2009
Help! Brandon, I'm confused - and I can't get up.
I really, REALLY want this to be brilliant. I've no idea what the hell is happening, but it looks astonishing. Encore...
Tobi1Kenobi
#3 – 4:28 AM April 1, 2009
This looks great. I have a rough idea of what's going on, you have to have people have to be on all the cubes currently on screen. There also seems to be some sort of balancing thing.
Haven't powered on my Wii in ages but the recent glut of good WiiWare games seems to be tempting me back.
Ian70
#4 – 9:00 PM April 1, 2009
They need a mode that incorporates the Balance Board too.. and balancing the Wiimotes after you throw the people onto the cubes. Balance your hands while balancing your body while maintaining balance on the screen.