Software:Last Window: The Secret of Cape West

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Last Window:
The Secret of Cape West
Last Window.jpg
Developer(s)Cing
Publisher(s)Nintendo
Director(s)Taisuke Kanasaki
Producer(s)Takuya Miyagawa
Designer(s)Rika Suzuki
Artist(s)
  • Taisuke Kanasaki
  • Keisuke Sakamoto
Writer(s)
  • Rika Suzuki
  • Yu Tominaga
  • Shunichi Nakagaki
Composer(s)Satoshi Okubo
Platform(s)Nintendo DS
Release
  • JP: 14 January 2010
  • EU: 17 September 2010[1]
Genre(s)Adventure
Mode(s)Single player

Last Window: The Secret of Cape West, known in Japan as Last Window: Mayonaka no Yakusoku (ラストウィンドウ 真夜中の約束, lit. "Last Window: Midnight Promise"), is an adventure video game developed by Cing and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS handheld game console. It is the sequel to Hotel Dusk, starring protagonist Kyle Hyde, and takes place one year after those events.[2] Set in 1980 Los Angeles , the Cape West Apartments, the story deals with a new mystery in a new location, but it also delves into some unanswered questions from Kyle Hyde's past.[3] Last Window was the last game developed by Cing before the company filed for bankruptcy on 1 March 2010. Unlike its predecessor, it was never released in North America. A successor titled Chase would be released in 2016 developed by Arc System Works with many former developers of Cing working on the game.

Gameplay

The Nintendo DS is held vertically, like a book. Last Window introduces an 'Ignore' feature which allows the player to let go the lines of questioning they don't find useful. Ignoring too many lines of questioning, as well as not ignoring enough, may cause an early game over. The player can also get a game over if Kyle says something that can get him in trouble, gets caught with something that isn't his, or is caught within a restricted area by the landlady.[citation needed]

A new story-based feature is the in-game novel Last Window. Every time a chapter of the game is cleared, a new chapter in the Last Window book is made available. The contents of the book complements the game's story, and they can be influenced by the decisions the player makes.[3]

The player can unlock a "Pinkie Rabbit Land" mini-game by either completing the story or by winning it in an optional in-game prize-contest. The game is in the style of a handheld electronic game from the time period of Last Window, based around fictional cartoon character "Pinkie Rabbit".[4] Post-game, the player also unlocks the ability to play the 9-ball mini-game whenever they want.[5]

Plot

Los Angeles, 1980. In Cape West Apartments, a soon-to-be-demolished apartment block owned by Margaret "Mags" Patrice, ex-detective Kyle Hyde is fired from his job at Red Crown for slacking and receives a mysterious letter. While everyone has secrets and parts of their past they would rather leave buried, for Hyde, the case is taking a more personal twist. As he investigates, Hyde uncovers a story that links his fellow residents, a priceless diamond called the Scarlet Star, and the death of his father. At one point, he reunites with Mila, a character from the original game. Additional discoveries include an incident on Cape West's closed off fourth floor, a crime ring called Condor that is part of the crime syndicate Nile, and a secret room owned by Condor that is accessible through Cape West's elevator via a secret code (which explains the elevator's technical issues). He also gets his job back at one point. In the end, Kyle finds the Scarlet Star and after having a long talk with Mags, who had found the secret room before, he sends the Scarlet Star to a museum.[6]

Reception

Reception
Aggregate score
AggregatorScore
GameRankings80%[7]
Review scores
PublicationScore
Adventure Gamers4/5 stars[8]
Edge7/10[9]
Eurogamer7/10[10]
Famitsu32/40[11]
IGN7.5/10[12]
NGamer84%[13]
Nintendo Life8/10 stars[14]
Nintendo World Report9/10[15]
ONM78%[16]
VideoGamer.com8/10[17]
The Daily Telegraph8/10[18]

Last Window: The Secret of Cape West received "favorable" reviews according to the review aggregation website GameRankings.[7] In a Kotaku retrospective, Peter Tieryas described the game as one of the best murder mysteries in gaming and that "the narrative is much more organic and one reveal ends up being just one small glimpse through the window of their lives".[19] In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of one nine, two eights, and one seven for a total of 32 out of 40.[11]

References

  1. ↑ East, Thomas (14 July 2010). "Last Window UK release date confirmed". Official Nintendo Magazine. http://www.officialnintendomagazine.co.uk/article.php?id=18728. Retrieved 8 July 2016. 
  2. ↑ Ishaan (12 November 2009). "The Last Window Is A Sequel To Hotel Dusk". Siliconera. http://www.siliconera.com/2009/11/12/the-last-window-is-a-sequel-to-hotel-dusk/. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 The News Team (13 November 2009). "Last Window (Hotel Dusk sequel) details reveal the reason for the 'Last Window' name, and more". GoNintendo. http://gonintendo.com/viewstory.php?id=104178. 
  4. ↑ "Last Window: El secreto de Cape West". http://www.guiasnintendo.com/0_NINTENDO_DS/last_window_cape_west/last_window_cape_west_sp/minijuego1.html. 
  5. ↑ "Last Window: El secreto de Cape West". http://www.guiasnintendo.com/0_NINTENDO_DS/last_window_cape_west/last_window_cape_west_sp/minijuego2.html. 
  6. ↑ "Last Window: The Secret of Cape West" (in en-GB). https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/Nintendo-DS/Last-Window-The-Secret-of-Cape-West-271320.html. 
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Last Window: The Secret of Cape West for DS". GameRankings. http://www.gamerankings.com/ds/979371-last-window-the-secret-of-cape-west/index.html. 
  8. ↑ Beulink, Astrid (26 November 2010). "Last Window: The Secret of Cape West review". Adventure Gamers. https://adventuregamers.com/articles/view/18494. 
  9. ↑ Edge staff (November 2010). "Last Window: The Secret of Cape West". Edge (220). 
  10. ↑ Parkin, Simon (15 September 2010). "Last Window: The Secret of Cape West". https://www.eurogamer.net/last-window-the-secret-of-cape-west-review. 
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Brian (5 January 2010). "Famitsu review scores". Nintendo Everything. http://nintendoeverything.com/famitsu-review-scores-73/. 
  12. ↑ Wales, Matt (17 September 2010). "Last Window: The Secret of Cape West UK Review". https://www.ign.com/articles/2010/09/17/last-window-the-secret-of-cape-west-uk-review. 
  13. ↑ "Last Window: The Secret of Cape West". Nintendo Gamer. October 2010. 
  14. ↑ Stockdale, Henry (16 September 2010). "Review: Last Window: The Secret of Cape West". https://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/2010/09/last_window_the_secret_of_cape_west_ds. 
  15. ↑ Blundon, Matthew (11 October 2010). "Last Window: The Secret of Cape West". Nintendo World Report. http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/review/24254/last-window-the-secret-of-cape-west-nintendo-ds. 
  16. ↑ Scullion, Chris (17 September 2010). "Last Window: The Secret Of Cape West review". Official Nintendo Magazine. http://www.officialnintendomagazine.co.uk/19945/reviews/last-window-the-secret-of-cape-west-review-review/. Retrieved 9 July 2016. 
  17. ↑ Kelly, Neon (4 October 2010). "Last Window: The Secret of Cape West Review". VideoGamer.com. https://www.videogamer.com/reviews/last-window-the-secret-of-cape-west-review/. 
  18. ↑ Hoggins, Tom (29 September 2010). "Last Window: The Secret of Cape West video game review". The Daily Telegraph. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/video-games/8030888/Last-Window-The-Secret-of-Cape-West-video-game-review.html. 
  19. ↑ Tieryas, Peter (8 February 2020). "Last Window Is One Of The Best Murder Mysteries In Gaming" (in en-us). https://kotaku.com/last-window-is-one-of-the-best-murder-mysteries-in-gami-1841474413. 

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