Capucine - Wii

Capucine is an exploration / adventure game, formulated as a tale and based on shadow and light opposition.

This game takes place in a fantastic universe where everything is dead. The player controls a child who holds a “capucine”. This flower enables her to survive in this desolated world. The little girl can hand on her own life to the surroundings thanks to a beam of light she can cast from her hand. To maintain life, water will be vital. However, the player must be careful not to animate the shadows of the surrounding elements. Indeed, animated shadows will try to steal the flower in order to prevent the child from accomplishing her destiny: revive the World.

~ Give life rather than take it.
~ A unique gameplay element: the beam of light.
~ Build your own path.
~ The player creates his own enemies.

• What kind of game is it?
  Capucine is a third person exploration/adventure game formulated as a tale. The main character, Capucine, must reanimate the surroundings. Nevertheless, the player must be careful not to create shadow enemies.
  
• Where does it take place?
  The game takes place in a fantasy world where everything is dead. The sky, covered with shadows, immerses the world in a slight darkness, like on a full moon night.
  
• Who is the main character we play?
  The main character is an eight-year-old little girl. This child, called Capucine, can cast a beam of light from her right hand. In her left hand she holds a capucine flower (the French name for Nasturtium).
  
• What is the main aim?
  The aim is to cross the dead world to reanimate it thanks to the child’s power. The player must explore the surroundings, solve riddles and fight enemies.
  
• What makes Capucine different from other games?
  Contrary to most of the current market games, Capucine offers the player to give life rather than take it. Based on a simple gameplay focused on the multiple uses of the heroine’s ray of light, the game also uses a dynamic enemy creation system: shadows generated by the light beam are the enemies. Consequently, the way to play induces the frequency of the fights: if he doesn’t pay attention, the player may put the main character in danger.