Title: Never Alone (Kisima Ingitchuna)
\nPlatform: Wii U
\nGenre: Puzzle Platformer
\nPlayers: 1 or 2 (local co-op)
\nRating: E10+ (Mild Violence)
\nLaunch Date: June 2015
\nPublisher\/Developer: E-Line Media \/ Upper One Games
\nURL: http:\/\/neveralonegame.com<\/p>\n
On over 50 “Best of 2014” lists, from Eurogamer to Kotaku, from the L.A. Times to the New Yorker. Nominated for awards from DICE, GDC, SXSW, BAFTA, Games for Change, IndieCade, and more. The whole world has discovered and fallen in love with Never Alone (Kisima Ingitchuna) \u2014 the first game developed in collaboration with the I\u00f1upiat, an Alaska Native people. Nearly 40 Alaska Native elders, storytellers and community members contributed to the development of the game. Play as a young I\u00f1upiat girl and an arctic fox as they set out to find the source of the eternal blizzard which threatens the survival of everything they have ever known.<\/p>\n
Guide both characters in single-player mode or play cooperatively with a friend or family member as you trek through frozen tundra, leap across treacherous ice floes, swim through underwater ice caverns, and face numerous enemies both strange and familiar in the journey to save the girl\u2019s village.<\/p>\n
In this atmospheric puzzle platformer, you will explore awe-inspiring environments, perform heroic deeds, and meet legendary characters from I\u00f1upiaq stories \u2014 all narrated by a master storyteller in the spoken I\u00f1upiaq language.<\/p>\n
Key Features:
\n\u2022 Local co-op puzzle platforming with two characters (Nuna and Fox) that play in unique ways:
\no Fox scrambles up (and jumps back from) sheer vertical walls, and reveals the world of Helping Spirits
\no Nuna can move heavy objects, climb ladders, and throw her bola to solve puzzles
\n\u2022 Gameplay is narrated by an I\u00f1upiat elder in the spoken I\u00f1upiaq language
\n\u2022 Over 30 minutes of video interviews with elders, storytellers, and other members of the Alaska Native community<\/p>\n
Wii U specific features:
\n\u2022 All new Cultural Insights: In addition to the documentary-quality video interviews, the Wii U version features all new “Contextual Insights” \u2014 fascinating detail about the history, culture, and lives of the I\u00f1upiaq people, presented on the Gamepad during the player’s journey
\n\u2022 Off-TV play for gameplay and Cultural Insights
\n\u2022 Over 40 unlockable stamps for Miiverse<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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