When did Opoona come out?

Opoona was released on 1 November 2007 for Wii.

Opoona (2007) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Opoona

While on an interplanetary family vacation, the young boy Opoona crash lands on Planet Landroll after his spaceship is involved in a mysterious accident. Separated from his family, Opoona is forced to live…

60 1 November 2007

What Opoona is

Opoona is a platform game developed by ArtePiazza and released in 2007. It was published by Koei. It is available on Wii only. It runs on In House Engine.

The premise, in the publisher's words

While on an interplanetary family vacation, the young boy Opoona crash lands on Planet Landroll after his spaceship is involved in a mysterious accident. Separated from his family, Opoona is forced to live alone. On the planet, Opoona must find a job, search for his siblings, and defend himself and the people of Landroll against creatures known as the Dark Rogues. Luckily for Opoona, he is the descendant of a long line of warriors known as the Cosmo Guards. Thus, Opoona’s adventure begins as he struggles to establish a new life and reunite his family. The game’s action-oriented battle system lets players use powerful “Energy Bonbons” against their enemies. Using just the Nunchuk, players…

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, comedy, fantasy and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

Opoona holds a critic score of 60 out of 100. That places it above 15% of the 2,372 rated platform games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2007 averaged 64, so it scored 4 points below the year average.

What it launched against

Opoona launched on 1 November 2007, within three weeks of Super Mario Galaxy, Mass Effect, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and Uncharted: Drake's Fortune. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Super Mario Galaxy, Mass Effect, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Uncharted: Drake's Fortune.

Official trailer