Product Description

The evil Don Hedron has descended upon the peaceful forest and it's up to Dewy, a small droplet of water, to eliminate the terrible scourge and save the towering Elder Tree. Take control of Dewy using the Nintendo Wii Remote, rolling him around the environment and using special elemental powers with unique gesture-based controls to take on the dastardly forces of Don Hedron. Use heat and cold to transform Dewy into ice and steam to solve puzzles and restore peace to the world!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #11624 in Video Games
• Brand: Konami
• Model: 40055
• Released on: 2007-09-18
• ESRB Rating: Everyone
• Platform: Nintendo Wii
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: .50" h x 5.25" w x 7.50" l, .22 pounds

Features

• An original game for the Nintendo Wii from the producer that created the acclaimed Elebits
• Move Dewy around the world by tilting and twisting the Nintendo Wii Remote
• Unleash special elemental powers with the Nintendo Wii Remote to take on enemies and solve puzzles- shoot bolts of lightning, create earthquakes and more.
• Heat or cool Dewy down to turn him into ice and steam for even more choices in battle
• Create your own levels with a variety of customization options and play them alone or with friends.

Customer Reviews

an underrated, inventive platformer
Dewy's Adventure bombed (sales wise) in Japan, and Konami is quietly releasing it here a week early with absolutely no advertising. Reviews have just begun to trinkle in, a week after the release, and word of mouth is next to none. I went to five different stores for this game, and finally came across it after a two day search. I also got a Dewy plush toy with it, although I don't care much for it.

The main thing that surprises me about this is how surprisingly good this platformer is. It can be summed up in just a few words: Super Mario 64 + Super Monkey Ball. That's it. Of course, the controls are not as tight as either title, and as such it's a bit frustrating at certain points, but this is easily one of the year's finest platformers. At least until Super Mario Galaxy comes out.

In this game, you control Dewy, a droplet of water. He's beyond adorable, and to be quite honest, a bit beyond someone like myself -- I don't really care for the baby-ish persona of this character, although I'm sure there are many others who will (not to mention little kids). The story, while simple and absolutely standard, is augmented with rather nice illustrations and storybook sequences, reminiscent of Elebits. It would be pretty easy to already be put off by the whimsical nature this title presents, but wait until you start playing this thing.

You hold the Wiimote like a NES controller, and tilt it to move the stage in which Dewy inhabits. Press the D-Pad up to raise the temperature, down to lower the temperature. Doing so results in Dewy's multiple forms: the standard, water-like one, where he can jump the best and control easily; warmer for the mist form, in which he becomes a cloud and is able to strike down any nearby enemies with lightning; and colder for the ice form, in which he can slide across pools of now frozen water and do some awesome attacks.

The main complaint about this game thus far is how "average" it is. I honestly can not agree -- while it is basically a simple platformer game, the ability to modify your surroundings via temperature is a stroke of utter genius. In the ice world, you can lower and raise water levels, for example, and this creates obstacles within obstacles. The controls do take some use getting to, and they are never really quite as tight as they should be, but they work overall.

Besides that, the presentation is fantastic. The graphics in this game are some of Wii's best yet... absolutely beautiful at certain points. The music is just fine, and the level design is both clever and fun.

On top of all that, the game will last you a long time. There are many levels, and each level takes about 10-30 minutes to beat.. and that is not including doing the levels perfectly, as you are graded based on your performance. As you can imagine, the re-play factor is quite high.

I haven't even gotten to the solid multiplayer yet, not to mention the option to design your own multiplayer levels and send them to anyone with Nintendo's WiiConnect24 service.

I highly recommend this game for a couple reasons -- firstly, it's a great third-party effort (which Nintendo can always use) that oozes innovation and originality but also happens to be excellent. Second, although I'm not certain, you can count on this game being out of print within a year or less. There seems to be not many copies to begin with, and the fact that absolutely no one is talking about it a week after its release is a bit sad. I have a feeling this will be one of those forgotten classics, that sometime in the near future people will be profiled by some magazine as one of the best games you've never played.

So if you're a platformer junkie and love a good challenge, pick Dewy's Adventure up right away.

Fun + Unique = High Quality Wii Adventure
Dewy's Adventure for the Wii is really a breath of fresh air. Many early wii games have been unoriginal, rushed, sloppy titles meant to cash-in on Nintendo's new found popularity. That's not the case with Dewy's Adventure, which Konami has made from the ground-up specifically for the wii, and they've made a quality title here. Dewy is a droplet of water, you control him by tilting your wiimote around. You actually tilt the level to move him, very similar to monkeyball. But this isn't monkeyball, the game is an adventure, more along the lines of mario. You'll be freeing friendly creatures, fighting the baddies, solving puzzles, and having a blast. Dewy has a bunch of cool powers to use, such as causing an earthquake, creating gusts of wind, and changing the temperature of the world. Changing the temperature turns dewy from water into ice or into a cloud, both giving him unique powers. Ice dewy can smash bad guys more easily, cloud dewy can float up and shoot lightning. The levels also change with the temperature, so flowers will sprout when you make the temperature high, or everything will frost when you make it go down. This adds a beautiful variation of detail to each world, and makes the game cooler. It also helps you solve puzzles, for instance, if you make the temperature go up you'll melt a block of ice to access a new area. The puzzles and game get harder as you progress, but it's never too frustrating.

The controls are responsive and well implemented, you'll be using the wiimote in a variety of ways. Most importantly, you tilt the controller to tilt the level and move dewy around. At first i was a bit sloppy, so dewy would fall off a ledge here and there. But after playing and getting used to the control, i'm now moving dewy around very precisely (there's also a controller sensitivity adjusment in the menu). You'll be wagging the wiimote left & right to cause earthquakes, or up & down to create gusts of wind. Against bosses you also have to shake the wiimote around at certain parts, and it's always fun. The game has a beautiful art style, and the graphics are a step-up from most wii games. The sound effects and music are also very good, and definitely fit well with the game. There's a lot of replay vaule too- between the mutliplayer, the level creator, and finishing each stage with 100% you'll be playing for a while. The main story is fairly long & starts off easy but gets more challenging. There's also a lot of variation between the worlds, characters, and bosses. Dewy's adventure was designed specifically for the wii, it's very unique, has beautiful graphics, excellent sound, lots of fun to play for people of all ages, and great replay value. Overall it's a stylish, high-quality title for the Wii, and it's well worth picking up.

It's o.k.
It's cute, it's keeps you playing(wanting to see the next levels), but personally, I don't like not having definite control over the character. Basically, you move Dewey by tilting the Wiimote and he glides all over. You're always on the verge of falling off of the edge of something. I just find games like that, more stressful than fun, but that's just me.