LostWinds

Wield the awesome powers of Enril the wind spirit to guide and protect young Toku through this unique platform adventure.

85 12 May 2008

Adventure Puzzle Action

LostWinds is an adventure developed by Frontier Developments, released 12 May 2008 on Wii, iOS and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What LostWinds is

LostWinds is an adventure game developed by Frontier Developments and released in 2008. It is available on Wii, iOS and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

LostWinds is a 2008 platform video game developed by Frontier Developments and published for the Wii as a launch title for WiiWare. In LostWinds, the player controls a young boy named Toku and the elemental wind spirit Enril as they travel Mistralis in order to rescue it from the antagonist Balasar, a vengeful spirit.

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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 11 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

LostWinds holds a critic score of 85 out of 100. That places it above 82% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2008 averaged 65, so it scored 20 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Dual-core CPU (2x2GHz), 2 GB RAM and Intel HD Graphics 3000 / AMD HD 6320. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 1GB.

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What it launched against

LostWinds launched on 12 May 2008, within three weeks of Grand Theft Auto IV, Valkyria Chronicles, LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures and Boom Blox. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4.

Released around the same time: Grand Theft Auto IV, Valkyria Chronicles, LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures, Boom Blox.

Cheats and codes

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Official trailer

Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

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Quick answers

LostWinds — frequently asked questions

When did LostWinds come out?

LostWinds was released on 12 May 2008 for Wii, iOS and PC (Microsoft Windows).

What are the minimum PC requirements for LostWinds?

At minimum, LostWinds needs Dual-core CPU (2x2GHz), 2 GB RAM, Intel HD Graphics 3000 / AMD HD 6320 graphics, 512 MB available space of storage.

How many GB is LostWinds?

The PC version needs about 0.5 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("512 MB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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