Swedish indie developer Zoink Games AB began shopping around this video for its "Wii plush puppet game" recently, showing off its unique concept with the hopes of picking up publishing and distribution partners for Wiiwaa.
In the game, kids shove a Wii remote into a stuffed animal's mouth, moving the toy around like a puppet to direct their on-screen character. The ingenious setup has players waddling the plush toy to walk, rattling it to shake off enemies, and tossing it up to throw the game creature into the air.
Wiiwaa features more than a dozen different minigames and also asks players to take care of the virtual character by keeping it clean, feeding it, and making sure it gets enough sleep and recreation. Zoink plans to release more videos of the game through Youtube and its
"The Wiiwaa plush toy expands the game from the screen and into the living room," says Zoink's creative director Klaus Lyngeled, who came up with Wiiwaa's concept "Your hero and friend is right there with you, and you can continue playing with him even after the game console has been switched off."
[Via Technabob]
