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Ivy the Kiwi Nintendo Wii

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Format:
Nintendo Wii

Genre:
Platforming

Written on:
12/07/2010

Further reading:
Let's Catch
Yoshi Touch and Go

Ivy the Kiwi continues Prope's relationship with childhood trauma. This time it's in fairy tale form with their inventive new platform game.

Ivy the Kiwi not only looks like a hand drawn fairy tale but addresses similar themes - loss, loneliness and abandonment. Dropped in a forest estranged from her parents and alone Ivy sets off on her platforming journey. It reminded us of Prope's previous game Let's Catch that had a similar sideways glance at unsettling childhood themes through the dialogue of each catching partner.

Players guide Ivy by drawing vines with the Wii-mote or DS stylus to create a safe passage through the 2D maze of platforms. Use alone or in combination, they can be used to solve puzzles as well as propel Ivy through the environment.

Each of the 100 levels challenges players to traverse pits, spikes, rats or even monstrous raindrops. The vines can be drawn to stop Ivy falling to her death, but also to slingshot her to out of reach platforms.

The game comes from Yuji Naka, creator of Sonic the Hedgehog and looks to include action from that style of platform game along side a New Zealand Story aesthetic and Yoshi Touch and Go's platform drawing play mechanic.

Written by Andy Robertson

Andy Robertson writes the Reporting Gamer column. "The problem with video game news is that there is so much of it. I've made it my task to sift out the noise and bring you news about games I think you should be excited about."

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