Game News - Konami Lines Up Dewy's Adventure And More Wii, DS, PSP Games

Game News - Konami Lines Up Dewy

   Our previous story about Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles was just the tip of Konami's playful iceberg drifting into 2007. That title alone may have been enough to get our utmost attention, but they also have a lot more in store for this year's portable and Wii releases. Dewy's Adventure, for starters, is a new (working) title they annonced for the Wii, coming this year from the same producer behind Elebits - or Eledees in Europe. Being based on a similarly weird idea, Dewy's Adventure will see you control a cute water droplet, on a quest to save its colorful world from the evil Don... well, why don't you just read Konami's story:
"The game is set on a world where pure water and green forests have flourished, and which once enjoyed centuries of peace and prosperity under the careful watch of the Elder Tree. However, the evil Don Hedron has seized control of the Elder Tree and transformed the world into a gloomy world smothered by Black Water. Using the last of its remaining power, the Elder Tree has created a small droplet of water (the titular Dewy) and granted it the power of the elements with the hope that it could eradicate the Black Water and restore peace to the world."    You'll be able to do all sorts of crazy elemental things in the game, with the help of the Wiimote: shake it to cause an earthquake, wave it to create a windstorm, or become a rain cloud to summon bolts of lightning upon your enemies. Furthermore, the game will also feature an edit mode, "wherein users can create play areas for friends to enjoy and swap with others", Konami tells us. Feel free to inspect this first batch of screenshots, and get more details about Dewy's Adventure in our gamespace.

   Regarding Konami's other console / portable titles planned for release in 2007, the company outlined around 15 more games at last week's Gamer's Day in San Francisco. Gamasutra has a more detailed report, but we summarized them in the list below:
- Winning Eleven Pro Evolution Soccer 2007 (Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, DS, PSP, PC) - February 2007
- Hellboy (PS3, Xbox 360, PSP) - 2007
- Dance Dance Revolution Universe (Xbox 360) - February 2007

- Dance Dance Revolution Hottest Party (Wii)
- Wing Island (Wii) - Q2 2007
- Kororinpa: Marble Mania (Wii) - Q2 2007

- Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles (PSP) - Q4 2007
- Brooktown High: Senior Year (PSP) - Q2 2007
- Coded Arms: Contagion (PSP) - Q2 2007

- Death Jr. and the Science Fair of Doom (DS) - Q1 2007
- GoPets: Vacation Island (DS) - May 2007
- Konami Classic Series: Arcade Hits (DS)
- Lost In Blue 2 (DS) - Q2 2007
- Lunar Knights (DS) - February 2007
- Honeycomb Beat (DS) - Q2 2007
- Time Ace (DS) - Q2 2007    From these, Lunar Knights deserves a special mention, since it will be the first one to be released - tomorrow! - in the US, and it now boasts a fresh new official webiste. This Action-RPG is developed by Kojima Productions, and it features animated cinematics made by Studio 4 Degrees (The Animatrix, Memories). So yeah, it's a pretty big deal.

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