Fans of Ori and the Blind Forest will be pleased to learn Ori and the Will of the Wisps has gone gold. One of the most prized Metroidvania-style 2D action platformers published by Microsoft Studios, Ori and the Blind Forest originally released on the PC and Xbox One back in 2015, with a port of the game coming to the Nintendo Switch back in September of 2019.
Developed by Moon Studios, Ori and the Blind Forest tasks players with controlling the titular Ori, a white guardian spirit, who must restore the “light” of the forest by gaining powers of the the main elements which make up the game’s universe. Like many Metrovania-style games, players explore, fight, and solve increasingly difficult platforming challenges and puzzles while occasionally being interrupted by boss battles and the introduction of new special moves or ability points throughout their journey. The game received high marks from critics and a sequel, Ori and the Will of the Wisps, was announced during 2017’s E3 conference.
After a small delay which pushed the game’s official release date to March 11, 2020, it’s now been officially announced that Ori and the Will of the Wisps has gone gold, meaning the final coding and tests of the game are done and it is ready to be duplicated and shipped out to distributors. The official Twitter page for Ori and the Will of the Wisps shared this news earlier today, while also giving out a hearty (and likely well-deserved) congratulations to both Moon Studios and the entire development team. Check out the full message below:
After at least three years in development, fans are surely excited to see just what new moves, levels, and tricks the game has in store for them. The most recent E3 trailer for Ori and the Will of the Wisps not only featured far superior graphics to the original but also felt just as brutal and somehow even more magical than the previous game, hopefully offering fans a variety of both location and gameplay types with which to play with.
Although Ori and the Will of the Wisps’ release date was pushed back to March of this year, a final product with a high enough quality is almost always enough to alleviate any pre-existing concerns about development time. Judging from the high standards and technical prowess which was on display in Ori and the Blind Forest, developer Moon Studios knows what they’re doing, and if everything goes as planned fans will likely be jumping, dashing, and zapping enemies in no time.
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Source: Twitter
