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
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?" [3] scenario based on the 2008 PC game So Blonde , which also precedes Captain Morgane and the Golden Turtle , which was released in 2012.

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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. [4]

She finds herself stranded on a beach of a remote “Forgotten Island” in the Caribbean Sea. [5] 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. [6] 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. [7]

Voice recording was arranged by MAS Productions and took place in a two-week time span around October 2, 2009. [8] The trailer of the game debuted at Gamescom in 2010. [9]

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.

References

  1. ↑ "So Blonde". 4Players . Archived from the original on April 2, 2010. Retrieved March 29, 2024.
  2. ↑ "So Blonde prend du retard sur Wii et sur DS" [So Blonde is falling behind on Wii and DS]. Jeuxvideo.com . April 22, 2010. Retrieved March 29, 2024.
  3. ↑ Beulink, Astrid (6 January 2012). "So Blonde: Back to the Island". adventuregamers.com. Archived from the original on 15 May 2019. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  4. ↑ Talbot, Patrick (February 6, 2009). "So Blonde". Adventure Classic Gaming. Archived from the original on May 15, 2012. Retrieved March 28, 2012.
  5. ↑ Collins, Greg (January 19, 2009). "So Blonde". Just Adventure at Wayback Machine. Archived from the original on March 18, 2010. Retrieved March 28, 2012.
  6. ↑ Allin, Jack (August 23, 2008). "So Blonde gets radical Nintendo makeover". Adventuregamers.com. Archived from the original on July 14, 2016. Retrieved September 22, 2016.
  7. 1 2 Beulink, Astrid (January 6, 2012). "So Blonde: Back to the Island REVIEW". Adventuregamers.com. Archived from the original on July 15, 2016. Retrieved September 22, 2016.
  8. ↑ uncredited (October 2, 2009). "Au coeur d'un studio de doublage". Jeuxvideo.com. Archived from the original on May 18, 2017. Retrieved September 22, 2016.
  9. ↑ Allin, Jack (August 18, 2010). "Gamescom trailers now showing: So Blonde, Gray Matter, Black Mirror III". Adventuregamers.com. Archived from the original on July 14, 2016. Retrieved September 22, 2016.
  10. ↑ Loup Lassinat-Foubert (May 14, 2010). "TEST : SO BLONDE : RETOUR SUR L'ÎLE". Gamingkult. Retrieved September 24, 2016.[ permanent dead link ]
  11. ↑ uncredited (May 18, 2010). "Test : So Blonde : Retour sur l'Île". Jeuxvideo.com. Archived from the original on September 21, 2018. Retrieved September 24, 2016.
  12. ↑ uncredited (May 18, 2010). "So Blonde : Retour sur l'Ile (DS)". Jeuxvideo.com. Archived from the original on December 19, 2012. Retrieved September 24, 2016.
  13. 1 2 Sascha 'nufafitc' Pongratz (September 11, 2010). "So Blonde - Zurück auf die Insel". Adventure-Treff. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved September 24, 2016.
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