Hudson Japan's teaser page for Kagenotou doesn't give us much to go on. We know it's a Wii game, something Hudson calls a "shadow action adventure" in their link text.
It seems that the shadow of a boy is trying to ascend a tower. He tries only to interact with shadows, working to walk only on the shadows that objects cast. He'll even interact with shadows of items to control their real-life counterparts. A partner butterfly will help the shadow boy in his journey up the tower, assisting with light/shadow control.
Poking around the teaser page, we saw a few screenshots. You have to really look for the boy, as he's actually part of the shadows, and not in the foreground. There's also a grayed out link for a trailer, which we're sure will come soon. We noticed that you can control the butterfly with your mouse, and if you click on the shadow boy, he'll jump.
There's no release date or other details on this Tower of Shadow yet, but it definitely looks like something I'd play. What about you?
[via NeoGAF]
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9:20 AM on 08.07.2009
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Oh I'm definitely interested though.
Im all for rad gameplay but you need something pretty to look at!
...wow.
Do want x 1000
Seriously though, it looks like they took some of the level design directly out of ico and SotC and then made a platformer out of the shadow.
Interesting, nonetheless.
Well it would be pretty hard to play a Wii game without actually having the system anymore to play it on, wouldn't it? Anyway, back on topic. This game looks really interesting, it makes me wish that I had a Wii to play it on!
@Crabman
Strangely the forced cel shading is one of the things I love about the thing. There's nothing wrong with a bit more colour in games.
That being said, more games need to look like TF2 and The Wind Waker.
We need this kinda thing on the harcore consoles Hudson!
everyone and a dog owns a Wii mate...well apart from me now, i saw the light...i just nip on around to a mates house.
Anyway the idea of the game look really interesting and i hope and for all of the god of hyrule this game would be a good one.