Potpourrii

Potpourrii (WiiWare)

The story behind Potpourrii evolves around a once peaceful forest that one day gets disturbed by an evil wizard who found a way to manipulate the order of seasons. The magical oak, providing life to the whole forest starts decaying rapidly. Without your help the forest and all its inhabitants don’t stand a chance. It’s up to you to restore the order of seasons, the oak and ultimately free the forest from this evil threat.

The game will feature a co-op mode where two players can help each other out.

Status

OFLC/ESRB/USK rated

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Potpourrii (Trailer / Video)

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1. Big=Sexy United States 15 May 2008, 17:41 GMT

This looks like Bust-A-Move (Puzzle Bobble) but with a circular board. Could be fun, and at 800 points could be worth it - considering if Taito ever released the SNES Bust-A-Move it would go for the same price.
Seems like WiiWare's going to have quite a stable of puzzle games.

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2. KnucklesSonic8 Canada 15 May 2008, 17:54 GMT

Yeah, and that's great to hear for a puzzle fan like myself. :)

But yeah, I can see where you're coming from. I can't help but think that Potpourii looks a bit like Ristar... which, coincidentally, is your Avatar. xD Either that or Dewy.

I don't think I'll go for this though, but who knows. Hopefully we'll hear more interesting info in the coming weeks.

3. sailingtheseaoffools United States 15 May 2008, 21:20 GMT

Ah that is Starfi. It's a character in a series of Japan only games.

4. Starwolf_UK United Kingdom 16 May 2008, 18:02 GMT

I can't help but think that Potpourii looks a bit like Ristar... which, coincidentally, is your Avatar. xD Either that or Dewy

Personally, its Dewy in Orange and not transparent:
http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/wii/image/938142.html?box=87583

AS for Bust-a-move coming out on VC. Well, there is a Wii Retail game (I've heared its not much good featuring lame waggle controls) but it seems like the kind of thing that would be suited to WiiWare (the Gamecube version weighed in at less than 40MB so its can fit).

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5. Big=Sexy United States 18 May 2008, 11:50 GMT

Good eye, sailingtheseaoffools! It is Stafy, star of a fun platformer (Densetsu no Stafy) by the same team that brought us Yoshi's Island. There are 3 for GBA and I think only one on DS.

@KnucklesSonic8:
I could see it being mistaken for Ristar, which was also a wonderful platformer. Refuse to buy it for VC as I spent far too much time unlocking it for Sonic Mega Collection Plus to pay for it a second time, though. XP
But the art style really DOES resemble Ristar's. Didn't notice that before.

@Starwolf_UK :
The new Bust-A-Move for Wii has great Wiimote controls - it's actually much easier for precise shots than a tradional joystick/pad. The real problem comes from a lack of a true competitive mode, as it shoves all multiplayer games (2 or 8, doesn't matter) in a "Time VS", where you share the same board and try to clear chains for score. It was a pass for me, as VS was the reason I fell in love with the series. This new multiplayer is hardly any fun.
It has the strongest single player to date, though.

Edit: Lol, Dewey. Didn't think about that, either.

6. sailingtheseaoffools United States 26 May 2008, 20:44 GMT

Bust a Move Bash 2 on the wii should be better. Then again who knows what a developer will do sometimes.

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7. strade32 United States 24 Jun 2008, 03:31 GMT

this game sounds like Ratatouille, except it is about a pot and not a rat.

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8. Mickeymac United States 04 Jul 2008, 17:28 GMT

This game doesn't sound like it's for me.

From reading all the posts here, it looks like I'll be adding more games to my list of stuff I gotta get before I get a 360. Is Dewey a Wii or DS game, or if it's both, which version is probably better? I don't really feel like trusting reviews at the moment, so I'd just like to hear someone's honest opinion. Also when's Bust-a-Move 2 coming out?

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9. MoneybagzX Canada 12 Jul 2008, 21:16 GMT

dam it another puzzler i hate puzzles im into shooters and action like that new game comeing out in 09 "the conduit" its called

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10. Mickeymac United States 19 Jul 2008, 03:24 GMT

Love puzzle games and Shooters. In fact, there's almost no genre I don't have an interest in. I used to say I hated puzzlers until I played some good ones. Now I can't remember why I hated them.

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11. Big=Sexy United States 28 Jul 2008, 01:39 GMT

@Mickeymac:
Unfortunately, I haven't played Dewy's Adventure. It's a Wii game, and from what I hear it suffers from the same problems that Billy Thatcher has - the game starts out fine, but a little later on the challenges really show some of the issues with collision that should have been sorted out during development, making it more frustrating than it needs to be.

I also fall into to the play pretty much anything category. If I find it fun to play, I'll play it. I felt the same way about Tetris the first time I played it, but I later learned how fun it was. (mainly because I was too stupid to understand it initially) The thing that bothers me a bit about Potpourii is that there hasn't been an announced VS mode. Shame, but maybe the single player and co-op modes will make up for it.

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12. Corbie United States 01 Aug 2008, 00:57 GMT

They just released the second DS Stafy game. And it's fantastic! I own all the Stafy games and they're some of the best platformers you'll find.

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13. Objection_Blaster United States 01 Aug 2008, 01:23 GMT

@Corbie I assume you had to import it? WIsh we got the Stafi series.

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