say, Ōkami. But platforming vets should look for something more frustrating." Metro gave the iOS version five out of ten and called it "The same beautiful, laidback 2D adventure as it's always been, but now almost ruined by fiddly and unresponsive touch controls." Addressing the short length of the Wii version, Frontier founder David Braben believed LostWinds stacked up favorably against some recent, full priced retail games which offer as little as between four and seven hours of gameplay. It was awarded Best Use of the Wii-Mote by IGN in its 2008 video game awards. IGN also nominated it for several other Wii-specific awards, including Best WiiWare Game, Best Artistic Design, and Best Platform Game. Sequel At the end of the game, a short epilogue is played as well as the words "to be continued...". Shortly after the release of LostWinds, Frontier Developments announced that a sequel was in development. On August 29, 2009, a feature in Edge magazine announced that the sequel would be named LostWinds: Winter of the Melodias. LostWinds 2 was released on October 19, 2009. References External links 2008 video games Adventure games Frontier Developments games IOS games Metroidvania games Platform games Side-scrolling video games Square Enix games Video games with 2.5D graphics Wii games WiiWare games Windows games Video games developed in the United Kingdom