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Linkup · Nov 27, 2008

Experience with ICARIAN: KINDRED SPIRITS the awesome story of Nyx, an enigmatic winged girl, that must descend from heaven in search of her missing friend Icarus.

Overfly the ruins of ancient Greece and avoid falling into blazing sands or perishing in the claws of cruel harpies and hydras.
You will need the help of Zeus and other benevolent Gods from Olympus to summon their powers. They will let you cast rays, modify the scenery and control winds at your wish...
With your own wrist movements and pointing to the game screen, you will be able to achieve these and many other feats in this new and enjoyable Wii platform game.

Fly, aim and shoot using the new and fullest potential of your Wii Remote.

FEATURES

- New gameplay mechanics taking full advantage of the Wii Remote. Use your hand movements to raise Nyx, flap her wings and fly over awesome ancient Greece scenery. ¡But that is not all! You will be able to invoke the powers of the gods and move platforms, cast rays and control winds while pointing your Wii Remote to the screen . An interaction as never seen before!

- A game for one or two players. Play with a friend and maximize your abilities, while one controls Nyx, the other will control the powers from the Gods.

- Charming graphics that take full advange of Wii technology.

- A fascinating story. ¿Will you be able to help Nyx discover what happened to her friend Icarus?

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Over the Top is the dev and I don't believe they have a pub yet.

small trailer
http://media.wii.ign.com/media/143/14333979/vids_1.html

batbeg · Nov 27, 2008

I can't decide if the screens are ugly or good, but it looks and sounds interesting at least.

EmCeeGramr · Nov 27, 2008

- A fascinating story. Will you be able to help Nyx discover what happened to her friend Icarus?

Matt Cassamassina would like to know, too.

[Nintex] · Nov 27, 2008

Wait for:

IGN: "Wouldn't it be cool if Nintendo made Kid Icarus like this!"

SilverLunar · Nov 27, 2008

I can't wait to see "why didn't Nintendo made something like this erlier?!?"

Fake Edit: beaten :lol

legend166 · Nov 27, 2008

Cassamassina redeemed, they are making a game with a word similar to Icarus in the title! He was right! Suck on it haters.

Seriously though, any platformers have my attention.

HK-47 · Nov 27, 2008

EmCeeGramr said:
Matt Cassamassina would like to know, too.

:lol

EmCeeGramr · Nov 27, 2008

Use your hand movements to raise Nyx, flap her wings and fly over awesome ancient Greece scenery.

Wait. Please don't tell me that you waggle to fly in a 2D platformer.

Semantic Continuum · Nov 27, 2008

EmCeeGramr said:
Wait. Please don't tell me that you waggle to fly in a 2D platformer.

Attach weights to the Wii Remote/Nunchuk and you're ready to roll the muscle enhancer program

freddy · Nov 27, 2008

New gameplay mechanics taking full advantage of the Wii Remote. Use your hand movements to raise Nyx, flap her wings and fly over awesome ancient Greece scenery. ¡But that is not all! You will be able to invoke the powers of the gods and move platforms, cast rays and control winds while pointing your Wii Remote to the screen . An interaction as never seen before!

Hmmm I dunno if I like the sound of this...

:Beaten:

speedpop · Nov 27, 2008

Reminds me of some Dali pieces, minus the surrealism.

Linkup · Nov 27, 2008

EmCeeGramr said:
Wait. Please don't tell me that you waggle to fly in a 2D platformer.

I figure it will control like LostWinds though there isn't a pointer on any of the screens, but they're bullshots anyway so it's wait and see.

Relix · Nov 27, 2008

I thought this was the new Kid Icarus game :lol

Haunted · Nov 27, 2008

I'm all for supporting small European indie devs, and the first screens got my attention.

Good art.

PolyGone · Nov 27, 2008

Graphics Horse · Nov 27, 2008

Linkup said:
but they're bullshots anyway so it's wait and see.

They don't look like bullshots... well the one on the right is I guess, but it's just an extended horizontal resolution.
Looks Giorgio de Chirico inspired, like the Ico art.

ivysaur12 · Nov 27, 2008

Nice art and screens, but the control sound... odd. We'll see.

Nuclear Muffin · Nov 27, 2008

Sounds promising, worth keeping an eye on at least.

AndyMoogle · Nov 27, 2008

PolyGone said:

Exactly what I was thinking about as soon as I clicked the link for the screens.

CrisKre · Nov 28, 2008

looks and sounds very interesting. hopefully its a bit more varied than lost winds.

Mejilan · Nov 28, 2008

Looks kind of cool.

JKBii · Nov 28, 2008

Why would they need a publisher for a WiiWare game?

Metaphoreus · Nov 28, 2008

I'm glad I'm not the only one that thought of both Disney's Hercules film and The Persistence of Memory by Dali when I saw the images. Well, maybe the only one that thought of both.

Mejilan · Nov 28, 2008

The winged lady's portrait kind of reminds me of the official artwork for the Harry Potter books. Especially the head in that close up.

rezuth · Nov 28, 2008

JKBii said:
Why would they need a publisher for a WiiWare game?

because they want money to live off while developing it?

DDayton · Nov 28, 2008

JKBii said:
Why would they need a publisher for a WiiWare game?

I'm a bit puzzled by that too, but I suppose it's to get enough cash to actually make the game... it's less "publisher" and more "guy who fronts the cash", I guess. There are a few other companies who have done the same thing.

Black-Wind · Nov 28, 2008

Interested . . . but Im waiting for vids.

Haunted · Nov 28, 2008

I approve of the SMG-styled co-op play, btw.

Still, it's a new, small, unproven dev from Madrid. Best not to expect anything for now.

CaVaYeRo · Dec 22, 2008

New screens, details:

some things:
- 4 people working on it, started in May
- nothing to do with Kid Icarus, just Icarus story but gameplay more influenced by Lost Winds
- indeed, youhave some powers you use with the Wiimote, such as controling the wind, moving objects, stoping/sendind projectiles, etc

http://www.revogamers.net/noticias-3144-Las-influencias-y-poderes-de-Icarian:-Kindred-Spirits.html

M3d10n · Dec 22, 2008

I'm probably the only one who first thought it was Grandia-related. =(

The M.O.B · Dec 22, 2008

This is looking interesting.

titiklabingapat · Dec 22, 2008

More Lost Wind clones are always good, and im not even joking!

ivysaur12 · Dec 22, 2008

Sounds fantastic.

comedy bomb · Dec 22, 2008

I need to see a trailer.

Kilrogg · Dec 22, 2008

I really like the aethetics of the game, and I have a bias towards 2D gameplay.

That said, I'm kinda worried that the developers will stick too close to the Lost Winds formula. I hope they'll make it unique.

Must restate that I love the graphics though. WiiWare developers really put many retail developers to shame.

Hitlersaurus Christ · Dec 22, 2008

Nyx?
The Fall is already upon us!

OchreHand · Dec 23, 2008

The environments make me think of Salvador Dali...

GrotesqueBeauty · Dec 23, 2008

OchreHand said:
The environments make me think of Salvador Dali...

Looks more like Georgio De Chirico imo.

http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&safe=off&q=Georgio De Chirico&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi

OchreHand · Dec 23, 2008

GrotesqueBeauty said:
Looks more like Georgio De Chirico imo.

http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&safe=off&q=Georgio De Chirico&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi

Ah, that does seem closer. It looks like the concept art was influenced by some form of barren surrealism..

Amir0x · Dec 23, 2008

Hopefully it's Lost Winds without the sleepy lazy pace and do-nothing challenge, yet keeping the mechanics and really starting to explore what you can do with the concept when you push the player a bit.

Azure Dream · Dec 23, 2008

This is the first I've seen of this. I like the look of it. I just hope it plays well.

PolyGone said:

I had that same thought, actually.

Kilrogg · Dec 23, 2008

Amir0x said:
Hopefully it's Lost Winds without the sleepy lazy pace and do-nothing challenge, yet keeping the mechanics and really starting to explore what you can do with the concept when you push the player a bit.

Exactly what I meant when I said I hoped it wouldn't follow the Lostwinds formula.

I see Over the Top games is a new developer, and Icarian is their first project, so I hope everything will be fine for them, and that Icarian will be great.

Also, I can't get over how beautifully simple it looks for what is only a WiiWare game. Kudos to Over the Top, they've at least got the visuals right

.

Can't wait to see some gameplay videos to see if it's less faster-paced than LostWinds *fingers crossed*.

bdouble · Dec 23, 2008

Linkup said:
Over the Top is the dev and I don't believe they have a pub yet.

They don't need a publisher if its on Wiiware. :lol

Anyways looks good. Nice to see small devs take advantage of the online distribution these new consoles have brought to the table. If it is anything like LW I'll be all over it.

hemtae · Dec 23, 2008

bdouble said:
They don't need a publisher if its on Wiiware. :lol

Anyways looks good. Nice to see small devs take advantage of the online distribution these new consoles have brought to the table. If it is anything like LW I'll be all over it.

They probably need somebody to fund their game though...

PolyGone · Dec 23, 2008

Kulock said:
I had that same thought, actually.

the weird thing is, it reminded me of it right away and I haven't even watched Hercules. I've just seen trailers of it.

Flying_Phoenix · Dec 23, 2008

"Nyx"? That's the name of my animation company! :O

CaVaYeRo · Dec 29, 2008

comedy bomb said:
I need to see a trailer.

Late January.

We'll play it and have more details by mid-January, though.

CaVaYeRo · Mar 25, 2009

CaVaYeRo said:
Late January.

We'll play it and have more details by mid-January, though.

Well, nobody seems to update this!

First in-game video was released yesterday. There are a lot of old and new details since December, so feel free to ask:

- Price will be 1.000 or 1.500, Nintendo decides.
- First, it was a wax environment, referring to Icarians wings. Then they got to the Chirico style, great for story and WW limitations.
- Fragility is the main idea to tell. Its in Nyx, and she needs players help.
- 20K downloads will be a fine number to cover games development costs.
- Focus on finishing Icarian. Theyre open to sequels or bigger Icarian games with old ideas.
- First video in below link is Steven Gutheinzs music: 3 samples
- Second video in link is In-game footage, you may already have this.
- Family aids: aside from the 4 guys at Over the Top games, people around them tried the game. Nyx voice is from one of the members girlfriend. Animations refined by another friend. Free physics system.
- One day gameplay: as the night nears, the end approaches.
- They hope Nintendo helps them to get to the Japanese market, same as with World of Goo. They already have the game localized into 6 languages for Eur/US markets.

Arts, in-game video, music samples

More art/screens/devs photos here

You know, it lpays great. With the SDHC solution, nobody can say the usual "if I had space on my fridge..."

It'll launch around May.

Phife Dawg · Mar 25, 2009

Looking good. I guess that's the tutorial level?

Ikael · Mar 25, 2009

This game is the very first game that my country has produced that looks remotely interesting since Tzar, so I will support it with my hard earned money

also, the gameplay looks awesome and it has very, very good art to boot.

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