I spent a portion of my night going down a Wikipedia hole. I started by looking into Woah Dave! I really enjoyed that game. I got it in a Humble Bundle of Wii U and 3DS games. I then checked on the developer of that game Choice Provisions (formerly known as Gaijin Games). I learned that they are the people behind the Bit.Trip series which made a lot of sense. I also saw that one of their first games was an iPhone/iPad game that was also ported to Wii Ware called Lilt Line.
I don’t have an iPhone or an iPad and, as we all know, Nintendo has shuttered the Wii Shop forever. This put me in a bad position because I would like to play this game but there is nothing that I could play it on. Who knows if it is even still compatible with modern Apple devices?
The game is a very straight-forward arcade game. The player tilts their phone or Wii-mote with the on-screen line. The line will travel through zones where the player is tasked with pushing a button in time with an excellent soundtrack done by 16bit. All of this seemed like a really fun way to spend a few hours and throw down a few bucks to support the developer of this game.
At first, I started to research if this could be played on the Dolphin emulator. It looks like it can be done. I could go out and buy an iPhone or an iPad to play this game but that isn’t really financially feasible. So, I’m stuck between a rock and hard place…for pirates.
I did find a Let’s Play on YouTube and decided that that was probably the easiest way to see what this game is all about. I lucked out with this Let’s Play too because the person does no commentary over the video which means that I am able to get a good idea what the soundtrack, the thing I was most interested in, is all about.
I really liked this track.
But, some of the other tracks were really well done as well. This one has some real insanity to it that I really enjoyed.
I guess I was satisfied this time after finding this Let’s Play but I decided to write this blog because it is one more instance of the need for game preservation. I am a staunch defender of the people out there who are doing the work to make sure these small titles are preserved for people to find years from now. I hope that people find this blog and hopefully remember this game or hear about it for the first time and do some digging themselves.