Opoona
| Opoona | |
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North American box art
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| Developer(s) | ArtePiazza |
| Publisher(s) | Koei |
| Director(s) | Yukiko Sugimura |
| Producer(s) | Shintarou Mashima |
| Composer(s) |
Hitoshi Sakimoto Noriyuki Kamikura Masaharu Iwata Mitsuhiro Kaneda Kimihiro Abe Manabu Namiki |
| Platform(s) | Wii |
| Release date(s) | |
| Genre(s) | Role-playing |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
| Aggregate score | |
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| Aggregator | Score |
| Metacritic | 65/100 |
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| Destructoid | 7.5/10 |
| Edge | 7/10 |
| Eurogamer | 6/10 |
| Famitsu | 31/40 |
| Game Informer | 5.5/10 |
| GamePro |   |
| Game Revolution | C− |
| GameSpot | 6.5/10 |
| GameSpy |  |
| GameTrailers | 6.9/10 |
| GameZone | 8/10 |
| IGN | 6.8/10 |
| Nintendo Power | 7/10 |
| 411Mania | 1.5/10 |
Opoona (オプーナ Opūna?) is a role-playing video game developed by ArtePiazza and published by Koei for the Wii. The player follows the story of the titular Opoona as he attempts to find the location of his family from which he was separated after the occurrence of a mysterious accident during their travels. Former Dragon Quest art designer Shintaro Majima was the lead artist, with Sachiko Sugimura, who has also worked on Dragon Quest, as the planning director. Hitoshi Sakimoto, best known for composing Final Fantasy XII, produced the soundtrack, which was composed by him and his Basiscape musicians.
Throughout the game, Opoona will acquire a variety of licences for different jobs. Whilst some are mandatory for story progression, most are optional and add to the customization of the players game. The game can be played one-handed using just the Wii's Nunchuk attachment, but the Classic Controller can also be used. In battles, flicking the Nunchuk's analog stick will fire a projectile, the trajectory of which can be changed and adjusted according to the situation. The style of play is referred to in-game as the Active Bon-Bon Battle System and all actions occur in real time.
Before the events of Opoona, the planet Landroll was impacted by a large meteorite composed of crystallized dark energy. Half of the star, once lush and verdant, died from the impact, becoming the Deadlands. Life for the survivors changed drastically; the impact caused a shift in gravity, causing the sun to become tidally locked to the planet. Species died and vegetation withered in the heat; mysterious creatures, known as Rogues, emerged from the meteorite and began to attack people. Humans eventually built sturdy glass domes over Landroll's surviving cities. Sanctuary, an island floating above the northern pole, was unaffected and habitable areas outside the domes became the wild lands.
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