Wanda to Kyozou
Interestingly, I have already written about this game as I replayed it fairly recently on the PS3 HD remaster. I think that is the best version.
That post is here(click the picture):
To précis:
The "games as art"[1] movement is fairly weak if using the kinds of blockbuster games at the top of sales charts, whether that be at the accessible end with Mario and Pokemon, or at the age restricted end such as Call Of Duty. One of the games regularly mentioned as evidence is Wanda to Kyozou (or Shadow of the Colossus[2] as it is known in the west). It is memorable because of its beauty and evocative atmosphere. And, that you never forget your first kill - along with the guilt that goes with it.
3 other W titles that might be interesting:
Wipeout 3: Special Edition - Fast, stylish and coherent - not sure zero-G got better than this.
Wonderboy - It always felt like a pre-Sonic rival to Mario. Platform games on Sega.
Wii Sports - Waggle-o-mania, but wirelessly.
1. What art represents is hugely open to interpretation anyway. If art is meant to make you feel, or be moved, then what hasn't done that? And the idea that games cannot be art because of certain games is as nonsensical as saying paintings cannot be art as some rubbish drawings have been produced. Isn't it? And, anyway, my favourite art exhibition - Digital Revolution at the Barbican drew so heavily from games that it would be nonsense to take them out. As we all know though, conservatism can be a strange thing - blind to reason and thought sometimes, just protecting themselves.↩
2. W is the correct letter for this and is not a cheeky way of getting away from S as the Bare Knuckle entry may have been. I was in Japan when this was released and I always knew it by this name which means Wanda and the Colossus (although Japanese, linguistically, has no "the" and is ambiguous as to whether there is one or many).↩
Interestingly, I have already written about this game as I replayed it fairly recently on the PS3 HD remaster. I think that is the best version.
That post is here(click the picture):
The "games as art"[1] movement is fairly weak if using the kinds of blockbuster games at the top of sales charts, whether that be at the accessible end with Mario and Pokemon, or at the age restricted end such as Call Of Duty. One of the games regularly mentioned as evidence is Wanda to Kyozou (or Shadow of the Colossus[2] as it is known in the west). It is memorable because of its beauty and evocative atmosphere. And, that you never forget your first kill - along with the guilt that goes with it.
Wipeout 3: Special Edition - Fast, stylish and coherent - not sure zero-G got better than this.
Wonderboy - It always felt like a pre-Sonic rival to Mario. Platform games on Sega.
Wii Sports - Waggle-o-mania, but wirelessly.
1. What art represents is hugely open to interpretation anyway. If art is meant to make you feel, or be moved, then what hasn't done that? And the idea that games cannot be art because of certain games is as nonsensical as saying paintings cannot be art as some rubbish drawings have been produced. Isn't it? And, anyway, my favourite art exhibition - Digital Revolution at the Barbican drew so heavily from games that it would be nonsense to take them out. As we all know though, conservatism can be a strange thing - blind to reason and thought sometimes, just protecting themselves.↩
2. W is the correct letter for this and is not a cheeky way of getting away from S as the Bare Knuckle entry may have been. I was in Japan when this was released and I always knew it by this name which means Wanda and the Colossus (although Japanese, linguistically, has no "the" and is ambiguous as to whether there is one or many).↩
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