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So Blonde: Back to the Island
Developer(s)Wizarbox
Publisher(s)dtp Entertainment
Writer(s)Steve Ince
SeriesSo Blonde
EngineOGRE
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.

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

Reviews
Publication Score
Adventure Gamers 3 of 5[5]
Jeuxvideo.com 14 out of 20 (Wii)[8]
13 out of 20 (NDS)[9]
Adventure-Treff 74 of 100 (Wii)[10]
69 of 100 (NDS)[10]
Gamekult 3 of 10[11]

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. ^ Beulink, Astrid. "So Blonde: Back to the Island". adventuregamers.com. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  2. ^ Talbot, Patrick (February 6, 2009). "So Blonde". Adventure Classic Gaming. Retrieved March 28, 2012. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  3. ^ Collins, Greg (January 19, 2009). "So Blonde". Just Adventure at Wayback Machine. Archived from the original on March 18, 2010. Retrieved March 28, 2012. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. ^ Allin, Jack (August 23, 2008). "So Blonde gets radical Nintendo makeover". Adventuregamers.com. Retrieved September 22, 2016.
  5. ^ a b Beulink, Astrid (January 6, 2012). "So Blonde: Back to the Island REVIEW". Adventuregamers.com. Retrieved September 22, 2016.
  6. ^ uncredited (October 2, 2009). "Au coeur d'un studio de doublage". Jeuxvideo.com. Retrieved September 22, 2016.
  7. ^ Allin, Jack (August 18, 2010). "Gamescom trailers now showing: So Blonde, Gray Matter, Black Mirror III". Adventuregamers.com. Retrieved September 22, 2016.
  8. ^ uncredited (May 18, 2010). "Test : So Blonde : Retour sur l'Île". Jeuxvideo.com. Retrieved September 24, 2016.
  9. ^ uncredited (May 18, 2010). "So Blonde : Retour sur l'Ile (DS)". Jeuxvideo.com. Retrieved September 24, 2016.
  10. ^ a b Sascha 'nufafitc' Pongratz (September 11, 2010). "So Blonde - Zurück auf die Insel". Adventure-Treff. Retrieved September 24, 2016.
  11. ^ Loup Lassinat-Foubert (May 14, 2010). "TEST : SO BLONDE : RETOUR SUR L'ÎLE". Gamingkult. Retrieved September 24, 2016.
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