August2022
Out Now Bear-And-Bloke Platformer 'Timberman: The Big Adventure' Chops Its Way To Switch
If you go down to the woods today
If you are looking to return to your Nintendo roots with a good old-fashioned platformer then you may need to look no further than Timberman: The Big Adventure, which lands on the Switch eShop today. This retro-style side-scroller sees you playing as either a heavily-bearded lumberjack named Timber Man or an...
October2020
First Impressions Jurassic World Evolution: Complete Edition On Switch
Our thoughts on a hands-off demo with developer Frontier
It's rare that a game launches these days without a dreary, ill-defined subtitle hanging off the end, and that's doubly true of Switch ports. 'Definitive', 'Enhanced' and 'Special' Editions are ten-a-penny, and it generally takes some digging to find exactly what makes them so. Frontier's...
September2020
News RollerCoaster Tycoon 3: Complete Edition Confirmed For Nintendo Switch
Update: It's happening!
Update: It's official! Frontier Developments has now officially announced RollerCoaster Tycoon 3: Complete Edition for Switch. The game is said to be "packed full with enhanced visuals and optimised controls" and will include both the Soaked! and Wild! expansion packs. It launches on 24th September. While returning players...
April2014
News LostWinds Now Available For Wii to Wii U Transfer
FoundWinds
The Wii to Wii U system transfer may not be the most flexible or easy process, but we should be pleased that it is available, allowing those anxious for access to their WiiWare, Virtual Console and Wii save data to carry on with their shiny new system. The excellent LostWinds was an anomaly, however, as it was a game that could not be...
November2013
Video Nintendo UK Interview Shows Off GamePad Controls in Coaster Crazy Deluxe
"If you've got the GamePad and your finger, you can create a Coaster"
Coaster Crazy Deluxe arrived on the Wii U eShop in North America and Europe this week, the first download title from Frontier since the popular LostWinds and LostWinds: Winter of the Melodias on WiiWare. The development studio does have plenty of experience in theme park settings...
May2013
News Frontier Would "Very Much Like" To Make Another LostWinds Game
Developer says mobile and console markets are becoming "blurred"
Frontier currently has a couple of games in development. First up there's Elite: Dangerous, which is coming to PC and Mac after amassing over $1.5 million in a Kickstarter campaign, and then there's Coaster Crazy Deluxe, which will soon be available on Wii U via the eShop. Of course,...
November2010
News Frontier Preparing to Blow You Away With More LostWinds
Good news, everyone
LostWinds and its sequel, LostWinds: Winter of the Melodias, have been two of WiiWare's most notable hits, so it's good to hear that David Braben's Frontier team is preparing to release more titles in the series Braben confirmed to Eurogamer that the series was "far from done and dusted", saying: There are still many...
August2010
News European Developers get Their Games Nominated for Milthon Awards
The 4th Milthon Awards has selected four titles on Nintendo systems across four categories
With the BAFTA Video Game Awards done and dusted, gamers hoping to see their favourite titles get some sort of golden trophy need only wait a few more weeks as this September marks the fourth annual Milthon Awards; recognising European video game studios and...
December2009
Nintendo Download 22, 24 December 2009 (Japan)
WiiWare catch-up and more MSX games for the Virtual Console.
The Wii gets the lion's share of Japanese downloads next week with four new WiiWare and three new VC titles. DSiWare gets a couple of games and two more Rurubu travel guides to round things out. Note that the DSiWare releases will be on Thursday the 24th rather than Wednesday due to the...
News Square Enix to Publish LostWinds: Winter of the Melodias in Japan
Impressive British downloadable title keeps the attention of the big guns of Japanese RPGs.
The LostWinds WiiWare games from Frontier have gotten loads of praise around the gaming industry and are two of the strongest selling titles on WiiWare. Noteworthy for containing boatloads of character, great design and compelling play mechanics which take...
Feature For Your Consideration - LostWinds: Winter of the Melodias
Why Toku and Enril need your vote!
As part of our Game of the Year Awards, Nintendo Life is inviting you to choose one game as your Reader’s Game of the Year. You can vote for anything released on a Nintendo platform in 2009, be it WiiWare, DSiWare, Wii or DS, but you only get one vote, so use it wisely! To remind you of some of the stellar titles...
November2009
News LostWinds: Winter of the Melodias Takes Top Spot
Highly-rated platformer goes to No.1 in both Europe and North America
Frontier's LostWinds: Winter of the Melodias has stormed to the top of the North American and European WiiWare charts. This is hardly an unexpected achievement, when you consider how fantastic the game is. Our very own Marcel Van Duyn gave it a well-deserved 9/10 in his review...
October2009
News LostWinds: Winter of the Melodias Coming to North America on Monday
It seems the wait for a North American release wasn't as long as expected.
Frontier has just announced that their brand new WiiWare sequel LostWinds: Winter of the Melodias will be released on the North American WiiWare service on Monday, October 19th for 1000 Wii Points. You can check out the official press release detailing the game's release...
News LostWinds: Winter of the Melodias Blows in on 9th October
Frontier's latest opus set to become the 100th WiiWare release!
We've just received word from Frontier that their follow-up to the critically-acclaimed LostWinds, subtitled Winter of the Melodias, will become the 100th game to launch on the WiiWare service when it hits on October 9th. Here's the official press release letting you know all about the...
September2009
News Braben: Many Wii Owners Don't Realise They Can Go Online
LostWinds developer admits that the situation is improving, though
Frontier boss David Braben has stated that he believes many Wii owners aren't even aware of their console's connectivity. Braben, who is currently putting the finishing touches to the LostWinds sequel Winter of the Melodias, had this to say: With online on Wii, it is gradually...
Interviews LostWinds 2 - Frontier's David Braben
The big boss man talks to Nintendo Life about LostWinds: Winter of the Melodias
It's hard to believe that LostWinds was a WiiWare launch title. It still effortlessly overshadows much of the content being published on the service and remains a deliciously playable slice of video gaming that puts even full-price retail releases to shame. The game was...
News LostWinds: Winter of the Melodias Teaser Trailer Appears
Footage of WiiWare sequel hits the net
The original LostWinds was rather good, by all accounts. For the record, we absolutely adored it and it quickly became WiiWare's first "must have" download. Therefore it should come as no surprise to learn that we're rather excited about the upcoming sequel, Winter of the Melodias. The recent...
News Frontier Officially Announces LostWinds Sequel
A wealth of new information on the highly-anticipated WiiWare sequel.
We just recently featured news on the upcoming LostWinds sequel LostWinds: Winter of the Melodias, but Frontier have decided to unleash a barrage of new information on the upcoming title, including some gameplay and story line information that you can check out in the official...
August2009
News LostWinds: Winter of the Melodias Announced
The amazing WiiWare launch title is getting a sequel.
Anticipation for a sequel to Frontier's WiiWare launch title LostWinds has been building for a long time now. We knew the announcement was coming, we just didn't know when or what to expect. In the most recent issue of Edge magazine, Frontier unleashes a rather in-depth preview of their...
June2009
Feature Frontier Boss: Wii Reviewers Are The Problem
Says writers are appealing to their own audience, not a game's intended crowd.
The issue of review scores for casual games rumbles on. David Braben, head honcho of Frontier Developments, the folks behind the critically acclaimed WiiWare title Lost Winds, doesn't find it wise to discount Metacritic scores for Wii, unlike a certain Mr. Moore recently...
December2008
News WiiWare World - Best of 2008
This year brought Wii owners the WiiWare service and with it some great and affordable downloadable game titles. While we've seen our fair share of awful titles on the service, we've also seen some outstanding releases, a few that approach even some of the better Wii retail releases.
As 2008 comes to a close, we at WiiWare World thought it might be...
November2008
News LostWinds Coming To Japanese WiiWare In December
While the US, Europe, and Australia have been enjoying Frontier's amazing WiiWare launch title LostWinds for quite some time now, Japanese gamers have had to sit back and wait in anticipation that eventually the game might see a release in Japan.
Now thanks to famed rpg giant Square-Enix, the game will finally see a release in the land of the rising...
August2008
News Could Elite 4 Be Headed To WiiWare?
About Time
While it's certainly no Duke Nukem, Frontier's Elite 4 title has seen its fair share of delays and supposed project cancellations since development on the game began back in 2000. After a successful run on the various personal computers of the 80's, Frontier was all set to take their hit franchise into the modern era of video gaming,...
