Wii Spot Podcast from WiiSpot.com

Koei announced that they’d be releasing an original title for the Wii called “Opoona” - From Koei’s past, as much as I love their games, I wonder how ‘original’ we’re talking here. You too? Well, let’s find out what 1up has to say, shall we?

First, the setup. Opoona is not only the game’s title, but the name of the main character, as well. Opoona, a descendant of the brave Cosmo Guards, is visiting the planet Landroll with his family, when he’s separated from them and find his parents in the hospital for series injuries and both his brother and sister completely missing. What happened? In Opoona, it’s your job to earn a license to travel to other colonies and find out. These licenses are different jobs — rescuer, idol, detective — and players pick and choose what they’d like to become.

Sounds pretty interesting, no?

It gets better. You play this game without the Wii Remote at all. This is a heavily based nunchuk game… Attacks both melee and ranged are used using the nunchuk’s motion sensing abilities. More at the break.

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