C’mon in: The water’s fine in this newest version of Endless Ocean.
Want to go deep-sea diving? How about getting up close to a massive whale and its one-month-old calf? Even if you’re a licensed diver, you’ll enjoy the underwater adventures and the attention paid to detail in Endless Ocean: Blue World.
| ENDLESS OCEAN: BLUE WORLD Nintendo for Wii, Rated E10+ for Everyone 10 and Older  Graphics: 8.5 Gameplay: 8.0 Sounds: 7.0 Replay Value: 8.0 Overall Score: 8.0 Pros: Good story line and quests, multiplayer via WiFi connection, tons of sea creatures. Cons: Characters don’t talk via audio, just text; petting wild animals such as bears makes it seem unreal; not enough weird undersea creatures. Official Web Site: www.endlessocean.com |
You’ll like Blue World even if you didn’t care for the first version of this game. That’s because Blue World is not just about exploring the sea and its creatures (which is pretty cool in itself). It’s about completing quests and becoming involved in a story that’s almost as deep as the ocean is blue.
GETTING YOUR FEET WET
Before you can begin, you have to complete a system update. This takes longer than usual, about five minutes. But then you’re ready to jump in.
Right away, you’re introduced to the sea during a scene at a long wooden dock leading to a tropical island. You hear the soft splashing of the sea. Then you hear a kind of sappy opening song sung a little too seriously. Thankfully, it doesn’t last long.
As you watch the opening, you discover an undersea building. Who knows? Maybe it’s part of the lost city of Atlantis. You’re also introduced to tough Captain Louvier, who reveals that he can no longer dive because he got a bad case of the bends during an adventure. It’s a warning to you that the sea is not always kind to adventurers.
You also meet Oceana, the captain’s cute daughter. This independent-minded girl will be your undersea guide during expeditions. You’re also asked to customize your character, but there’s not much here. Choose male or female, skin color and a couple of facial features. That’s about it.
The captain and Oceana tell you about the mysterious Song of Dragons, bit by bit. As you journey to solve the mystery, you go from coral reefs to the rivers of the Amazon filled with sharp-toothed piranhas. In the Arctic, you find penguins and polar bears you can pet. In the distant Pacific, a scientist helps you find Okeano’s Treasure.
Unfortunately, you must read the characters’ words and scroll through the text with the ‘A’ button. But you get used to it pretty quickly. It’s the diving that you want to be exciting, and it really is.
DIVING IN
What’s it like to dive? It’s pretty easy. The game starts you off much the same way a real-life instructor would if you were just starting out in open water. The water’s no deeper than 13 feet. You see a magical paradise full of tropical fish, some a few inches, some a couple of feet long.
To check out a fish, point your Wii remote at one and press ‘A’ to focus in on, say, a goby or clown fish. Press ‘A’ again, and you get a pretty detailed story about the species, including some cool trivia.
You can feed and touch some of them, too. (Some don’t want to be fed or touched, though.) You have useful tools at your disposal, including the Pulsar device, which helps you cure sick creatures and slow the more aggressive ones that might come after you. The Underwater Pen lets you mark locations in case you need to go back and search more carefully. With the Camera, take and save pictures of any of the 300 forms of wildlife you encounter.
Eventually, you’ll come upon a smart dolphin. You’ll be able to teach the mammal tricks and marvel at his jumping. Then you can latch on to his fin for some super-fast swimming. (You can also latch onto the whale at the beginning of game.)
You can explore these new worlds with a friend via your WiFi broadband connection. And since the game comes bundled with the WiiSpeak microphone, you can chat as you check out the reefs and caves.
ON A QUEST
It’s the story and quests that keep you curious. What is that underwater civilization all about? (You’ll eventually check it out. Just don’t run out of air in the maze of ruins.) And what’s the meaning of those coins that you find along the way?
Of course, the aquatic lover in you will constantly check out the various rays, sea turtles and more.
As you complete your quests, you’ll level up and be able to dive deeper into the sea. You might even see an oarfish or a 30-foot-long giant squid, something real-life scientists rarely find. This beast has giant eyes, the biggest of any living animal on the planet. I won’t tell you the trouble he gets into. It’s pretty awesome, though.
Be careful of that shark. Swim away as fast as you can if he decides to head your way.
As you root around underwater, you’ll come across salvage items. Keep them and take them to a trader named Nancy on Nineball Island, your home on land. In exchange, you’ll get new wetsuits, masks and the like.
Finally, Endless Ocean: Blue World has a nice price. Compared to other Wii games, it’s about $10 less. If you’re willing to take a chance on a game that isn’t full of crazy action every second, you’ll be rewarded with a truly memorable experience.
I rented the game and my mom bouht it AND I CANT HAVE IT TILL MY BDAY
love this game my sister became addicted to it
im getting stuck on the part where Jean-Eric tells you to go to cavern of the gods and that you might find something new. any answers?
click on the mural then one of the people go missing then go east and look for an entrence to a room then click on a sparkly things
THIS GAME IS AWSOME!!!!!! I finished it in 1 month!!!! though i am stuck at finding all the legendary creatures, including the Leather Back Turtle. I cant find it! I saw the clip, but i DO NOT know where Gamtmas Navel is! Help!
its around cake rock
it’s SO much fun! i get scared sometimes like swimming over places where i can’t see the bottom or shark attacks or looking at deep places. hey does anyone know how deep the blue cliff is in gatama atoll? and does anyone know how you get the telescope?
oh and bring your dolfhin with you whean you go down their cuz thiers a rock that you need to push and is a tunle :> 0.0
can you help me i cant find the wey out of the cavern and i only have 10:00 so i need help plz help .
well first you have to go out the way you came. then John Eric will give you a crackly message. he tells you to go to the pillar room( room where oceanina is) swim down to find a mural with gods on the picture(on one of the walls). click on it and then find the sparkly thing DIRRECTLY right! click on that and BOOM! you are out of there!
i want the pelago treasure but every time i use the multisensor, it’s red but i can’t find the sparkling circle to press A on
Look for it around cake rock its there trust me i beat the game entirely.
Are you sure, because I’ve looked around there before and i havn’t found it yet.
Alright, I need some help, I need to know how to do dplphin requests because my brother erased my entire file.
For squid!2255, a way to get the thanatos go right up to him, let him whack you, then when there is no danger sign scan him. You will also get the title “lone shark”.
I need some help finding the coins associated with the zodiac
i want the polar bear!!!!!!!!!!
The polar bear is in the arctic. Iwould say about c3.
i will get the game this week soo pumped, looks awesome.
im trying to find the sea serpent and i cant find it anywhere!!! what do u have to do in order ot find it? ive hears rumors about it and even seen a video of it. help me!
You have to complete over three maps then talk to oceana. Keep talking to her about it and then she will tell you where to look.
how do u find the turtle?!?!?!
Ok you to buy a campfire from nancy. Then you have to get a dog in the northeast island of gatama atoll. Once snorkel ( The dog ) is by the campfire, pet him, and a little cutscene will appear. You have a little talk with jean eric. Then you abviously go to the west of cake rock, then you must surface. You can take it from there.
i love it but i cannot find the cave in southwest gatama atoll
You find the cave at the blue cliff.
games coolio just stuck on the part right after the dolphin trainer shows up idk who to befriend?help?
ok i have finished the game but jean-eric keeps saying “why dont you go back to the cavern of the gods maybe there is something you missed before” does anyone know what i may have missed?
Can someone help me with this question too. I can’t find the treeasure of pelago.
I have another question. I don’t know how to find the legendary leatherback sea turtle. PLEASE! I’m beggin for someone to help me!
you have to buy a telescope from nancy and place it on the island look through it at night or on the night of a full moon and you will see a large shadow in the water jean-eric will say something to you about where he thinks it is then you go dive and find it
I was talking about the legendary leatherback turtle. And the info that you gave me didn’t really help at all. I know because I tried it.
If you have found the dog it barks at a dissapearing island, near cake rock.
do you mean cocha maujuha? go to gatama atola at night and look near atola gate or dought rock plese reply if it works that is how i got it
Good guess, but that’s not it, heres how to do it, you need the campfire and dog. Pet the dog by the campfire, then there’s a cutscene with the dog barking and Jean-Eric. You go to cake rock and surface at the west, go to Gatama’s Navel so you get to see him. No offense, and I hope you don’t take this in a rude way, but you spelt most of the letters wrong. What did you mean by dought rock, don’t you mean “Cake Rock?”
find dog pet him by camp fire and he will point you were it is
I love this game but diving deep and facing the sharks TERRIFY me, not for the faint of heart…. that’s for sure.
It is cool but the shark costum to hard to get
I meant sea serpent
to see the serpent complete over 3 maps. Ask oceana about a shaded part on the cieceros strait a few times and she’ll tell you where the serpent is
What I really so badly want to know is where is the serpent
I already have the game (I got a long time ago and my mom really likes it) and I have already found a bunch of legendary creatures.
This game is the best I play it every day
Does anyone know how to get through the river without being eaten alive by piranhas or the alligator thing?
swim trough the piranas
You can sometimes just swim right through them, sometimes they will attack, they won’t attack as long as they have a good food supply so it is best to give them some food.
Sometimes you can just swim right through the caiman. But remember, sometimes they can be aggresive, especially with young, so just to be safe, you should always have your pulsar out when near them.
The game is great but i dont agree with the cons if you really get far in the game there are some weird creatures
I agree
I want it bad!
Who knows how to befreind animals?
If you find a dolphin or any other animal you can heal it and then you can befriend it so you can taake it along with you in dives.
I can’t befriend animals does anyone know how??? Does finly have to come first????
Who knows how to find Thanatos, the Kraken jr, and the Sea Serpent?
idont know what to do since i beat the game
The thanatos is in ciceros strait on the far right down corner of your map. It will take him awhile for him to get there. If you don’t know where this is, go to your marine encyclopidia, go to other fauna, go through the pages until you find a big black shark that takes up the whole page. Click on it, (This won’t give you any info on it) it will show all the maps you have already been to, go to the ciceros map, and there you will find some orange squares, this shows where the animal you were looking for is.
When i go to thanatos i cant press A on it.
The kraken jr. is in the cavern of gods, I can’t quite explain the squres he is in. So do the same thing as last time, go to your marine encyclipidia, go to other fauna, go through the pages until you find it (It will appear to be all black shaped like a giant squid and take up the whole page) click on it, and go to your last map, the cavern of gods, and find the orange squares it is in.
kraken jr is in the altar of isis swiming near the ceiling. Hint: he is not as big as you think he is, i swam right under him without even noticing.
The sea serpent will not be in your marine encyclpidia at first. This is what you must do first: Complete over three maps, then talk to oceana, she will give you a reward then mention a shadow on the map of ciceros, keep talking to her about it and she will tell you all about it. After you have found it, it will automaticaly be in your marine encyclopidia at the end of other fauna.
find triton ruins at midnight and you should find gg he will get very scared and go awey and then thantoes will pop up
what is the best or most weirdthiing u have found while scavenging please tell me my best is the same as my weirdest it was 9550p and was a jar of king tuts organs p.s i am the brother of tate tate
i want this game bad