So Blonde: Back to the Island

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So Blonde: Back to the Island
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Developer(s) Wizarbox
Publisher(s) dtp Entertainment
Director(s) Julien Millet
Designer(s) Jérôme Britneff-Bondy
Steve Ince
Programmer(s) Benoist Malherbe
Artist(s) Natalia Renault
Writer(s) Steve Ince
Engine OGRE
Platform(s) Wii, Nintendo DS
Release
  • EU: March 12, 2010
Genre(s) Adventure
Mode(s) Single-player

So Blonde: Back to the Island is a point-and-click adventure game released for the Wii and Nintendo DS in 2010. It is not a sequel or spin-off, but a darker "what if?" [1] scenario based on the 2008 PC game So Blonde , which also precedes Captain Morgane and the Golden Turtle , which was released in 2012.

Contents

Gameplay

Plot

Sunny Blonde is a 17-year-old who has been spoiled by her rich parents. On a cruise with her parents who are celebrating their wedding anniversary, the ship is struck by lightning, and she is knocked overboard. [2]

She finds herself stranded on a beach of a remote “Forgotten Island” in the Caribbean Sea. [3] The dark side of the island, that is, where the pirates under command of Captain One-Eye have their hideout.

Development

So Blonde: Back to the Island was announced to be in development on August 23, 2008, a few months after the release of So Blonde . The game was explained to be a "What If..." scenario to find a balance between making So Blonde available to consoles while keeping it interesting for old fans at the same time. [4] Because it follows the original story in broad strokes, So Blonde: Back to the Island reuses models, backgrounds, and art from the original game where applicable. [5]

Voice recording was arranged by MAS Productions and took place in a two-week time span around October 2, 2009. [6] The trailer of the game debuted at Gamescom in 2010. [7]

Release

Reception

Being of a niche genre and only having an EU release there are very few reviews online. Almost all reviews of So Blonde: Back to the Island rate the game low-favorably, with the Wii version scoring mildly higher than the Nintendo DS version. The common opinion is that So Blonde: Back to the Island does well what it does, but all the same does nothing new.

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