If your days are spent yearning for a game in which you play a bald kid with an orange orb hovering over his head, circle March 25th on your calendar, the date Opoona, that other Wii-exclusive epic RPG, makes its stateside debut. Then you can put a happy face in that circle, draw a smaller circle above the face, and, will you look at that, you've got a picture of the game's titular hero!After a spaceship-wreck interrupts his family vacation, Opoona finds himself stuck on Planet Landroll, forced to begin a new life in the strange world while searching for his siblings and parents. Opoona's hardships range from trying to find a job to fighting against the Dark Rogues terrorizing Landroll's people. We assume he also has to deal with the self-esteem issues that often come with balding at such a young age.
As with the entire game, combat during the turn-based battles is handled with just the Wii's nunchuck -- you can fire projectiles and direct the trajectory of your attacks with different nunchuck movements. Without having tried the single-hand controls out ourselves, we're still not sure about them yet, but it won't be long before we'll get that chance! Hit the gallery below for Opoona's packshot, artwork, and a huge pile of screensshots from the US release.
[Via press release]
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2-07-2008 @ 12:55PM
Shadow31 said...
Bad move. Just over two weeks after Brawl? They're gonna kill their sales. Didn't this game do bad in Japan too? Well, definitely gonna be overlooked here...
I'll pick it up a few months after it comes out, when the price drops drastically because nobody bought it at launch.
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2-07-2008 @ 1:03PM
Nigeria said...
I love that you control the character with only the nunchuck, it's such a simple idea. I wish more Wii games would embrace this simplicity. As well as this, the character design looks amazing. I really hope this gets a Pal release.
The Wii really needs more RPGs. As well as more Light Gun games and Platformers(???). But definitely more RPGs.
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2-07-2008 @ 1:20PM
Ghaleon said...
The only way this would sell here would be if Nintendo published it themselves. It'll prob sell as poorly as it did in Japan.
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2-07-2008 @ 2:14PM
Mr Khan said...
Oh yeah, this is going to be tank-o-rama, especially in North America. The characters look like they're straight outta playmobil
I like the idea, but i'm always a little iffy on RPGs. Plus the fact that i'll still be slave to Brawl at that point
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2-07-2008 @ 2:29PM
Don-Don said...
I remember buying some one-handed PSX controller to mindlessly grinded my characters in FF7. It was quite useful.
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