Software:So Blonde: Back to the Island

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Short description: 2010 video game
So Blonde: Back to the Island
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
EngineOGRE
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.

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

Reception
Review scores
PublicationScore
Adventure Gamers3 of 5[7]
Jeuxvideo.com14 out of 20 (Wii)[11]
13 out of 20 (NDS)[12]
Adventure-Treff74 of 100 (Wii)[13]
69 of 100 (NDS)[13]

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 prend du retard sur Wii et sur DS". April 22, 2010. https://www.jeuxvideo.com/news/2010/00042218-so-blonde-prend-du-retard-sur-wii-et-sur-ds.htm. 
  2. ↑ "So Blonde". http://www.4players.de/4players.php/spielinfo/NDS/8941/So_Blonde.html. 
  3. ↑ Beulink, Astrid (6 January 2012). "So Blonde: Back to the Island". https://adventuregamers.com/articles/view/18635. 
  4. ↑ Talbot, Patrick (February 6, 2009). "So Blonde". Adventure Classic Gaming. http://www.adventureclassicgaming.com/index.php/site/reviews/445/. 
  5. ↑ Collins, Greg (January 19, 2009). "So Blonde". Just Adventure at Wayback Machine. http://www.justadventure.com/reviews/SoBlonde/SoBlonde.shtm. 
  6. ↑ Allin, Jack (August 23, 2008). "So Blonde gets radical Nintendo makeover". Adventuregamers.com. http://www.adventuregamers.com/news/view/20581. 
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Beulink, Astrid (January 6, 2012). "So Blonde: Back to the Island REVIEW". Adventuregamers.com. http://www.adventuregamers.com/articles/view/18635. 
  8. ↑ uncredited (October 2, 2009). "Au coeur d'un studio de doublage". Jeuxvideo.com. http://www.jeuxvideo.com/news/2009/00037606-au-coeur-d-un-studio-de-doublage.htm. 
  9. ↑ Allin, Jack (August 18, 2010). "Gamescom trailers now showing: So Blonde, Gray Matter, Black Mirror III". Adventuregamers.com. http://www.adventuregamers.com/news/view/20977. 
  10. ↑ Loup Lassinat-Foubert (May 14, 2010). "TEST : SO BLONDE : RETOUR SUR L'ÎLE". Gamingkult. http://www.gamekult.com/jeux/test-so-blonde-retour-sur-l-ile-SU00005843t.html?pf=nintendo-wii-160034. 
  11. ↑ uncredited (May 18, 2010). "Test : So Blonde : Retour sur l'Île". Jeuxvideo.com. http://www.jeuxvideo.com/articles/0001/00012803-so-blonde-retour-sur-l-ile-test.htm. 
  12. ↑ uncredited (May 18, 2010). "So Blonde : Retour sur l'Ile (DS)". Jeuxvideo.com. http://www.jeuxvideo.com/jeux/nintendo-ds/00026373-so-blonde-retour-sur-l-ile.htm. 
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Sascha 'nufafitc' Pongratz (September 11, 2010). "So Blonde - Zurück auf die Insel". Adventure-Treff. http://www.adventure-treff.de/artikel/tests.php?id=230. 

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