Endless Ocean: Blue World

by Nintendo

Product Features

• The ocean is teeming with life. Hundreds of real-life species are there to be discovered, from seahorses to giant whales.
• Are the local fish sick or agitated? Players can view their health status and then use a tranquilizer-like tool to zap the ones in need of rehab with healing energy.
• The game also includes a storyline that players can follow as they choose. The plot involves Oceana, a woman who investigates the ?Dragon?s Song,? which her father, a prominent ocean explorer, was searching for just before his death.
• While at Nine Ball Island, players can become friends with a dolphin and teach it some new tricks. When ona dive, players can even bring along the dolphin, which players can hold onto for extra fast swimming.
• For the first time in the series, friends who have broadband Internet access can connect and dive with one another via Nintendo® Wi-Fi Connection, while using the Wii Speak? microphone to converse.

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B002BS47L2
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches ; 5.4 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: February 22, 2010
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (98 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,449 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #8 in Video Games > Wii > Simulation
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Journey into the blue once again with this Wii game where players get to explore the ocean and interact with its sealife. Endless Ocean: Blue World builds on the ocean experience first introduced with Endless Ocean™.While the last game emphasized relaxation, this one is designed with more adventure in mind. Divers might find themselves escaping from or calming down attacking sharks, exploring shipwrecks or finding treasure. Endless Ocean: Blue World also has more creatures and improved graphics designed to fully immerse players in an ocean environment that they can freely explore at their own pace.

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Synopsis Dive back into the Blue again! Endless Ocean 2 will take you on a relaxing adventure where you'll discover ancient ruins, treasure, exotic reefs and much more. Not only will you get the benefits of an enhanced graphical look, but you'll also have the opportunity to meet more marine life and even run into dangerous situations. Best of all, this time around you wont have to do it alone! Nintendo's Wii Speak technology allows you to connect online with a friend or family member to communicate and dive together. So don't forget your diving buddy! Key Game Features: The ocean is teeming with life. Hundreds of real-life species are there to be discovered, from seahorses to giant whales. Are the local fish sick or agitated? Players can view their health status and then use a tranquilizer-like tool to zap the ones in need of rehab with healing energy. The game also includes a storyline that players can follow as they choose. The plot involves Oceana, a woman who investigates the “Dragon’s Song,” which her father, a prominent ocean explorer, was searching for just before his death. While at Nine Ball Island, players can become friends with a dolphin and teach it some new tricks. When ona dive, players can even bring along the dolphin, which players can hold onto for extra fast swimming. For the first time in the series, friends who have broadband Internet access can connect and dive with one another via Nintendo® Wi-Fi Connection, while using the Wii Speak™ microphone to converse. Players: 1, 2 via Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection

Product Description

Dive into the beautiful and fascinating undersea world of Endless Ocean: Blue World! Travel across the globe--dive in exotic locations, enjoy interacting with over 350 different species of marine life, and explore sunken ruins for clues as you unravel the mysteries of an ancient underwater civilization and search for its legendary hidden treasure. Dive the World! Explore the unique and breathtaking underwater environments and marine life of multiple exciting dive spots around the world. From dolphins, sharks, and whales in the South Pacific, to piranhas and electric eels in a tributary of the Amazon River, there’s never a dull moment exploring the endless blue world beneath the waves. Escape into Blue! Witness the majesty of the sea up close and personal from the comfort of your living room. Relax and explore the ocean at your leisure while you discover exotic underwater species, interact with them to learn fun and interesting facts, and take stunning photographs of anything and everything that catches your eye. Explore shipwrecks and ancient ruins while you search for sunken treasure and adventure through the main story, or even expand and cultivate your own private coral reef! Share the Seas! Go online with Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection to meet up with family and friends to explore the oceans together. Take advantage of the Wii Speak accessory (sold separately) to communicate in real time as you’re diving together!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

154 of 159 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars IT' S A BLUE PLANET - AND IT' S ALL YOURS TO EXPLORE!, February 22, 2010

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NeuroSplicer (Freeside, in geosynchronous orbit) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Endless Ocean: Blue World (Video Game)

Ever since I watched those old 80's Jacques Cousteau documentaries, the idea of one day snorkeling myself never left my mind. So far I never had the opportunity to dive but I often catch myself daydreaming about underwater excursions. Until I can add a check-mark beside that item on my before-I-turn-forty-list this game offers an excellent substitute.

Dive & Relax. Leave the world behind you and become on with the underwater realm.
The locales are beautifully designed, the fish, whales, dolphins and the rest of the marine life move in a very realistic fashion. The missions are pretty simple and most have an educational parameter but it is mostly about exploring at your own pace. Well, you do have to mind the oxygen level...
The underwater sounds are very well made and placed whereas the background music is a soothing companion. All in all ENDLESS OCEAN: BLUE WORLD is an excellently designed and produced diving-simulation game.

This is a game that will bring you home early, it will put a smile in your face and it will relax you like no other game.
I cannot emphasize this enough: this game is DIGITAL MASSAGE. It soothes your nerves, relaxes your body and puts you in a very easygoing mindset.

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!

77 of 79 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great underwater adventures, February 24, 2010

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Michael - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Endless Ocean: Blue World (Video Game)

I'd love to go diving someday, but I'd probably not get to do more than a day of diving on a vacation. This game is about as close as I'll ever to living a worldwide underwater documentary.

This is a game that builds your underwater imagination and gives you true adventures. Movies and video games teach our kids that there is no adventure without stuffing every moment with action and explosions. Instead of shoving entertainment down a kid's throat, this game brings back memories of exploring the woods behind my house when I was younger and creating my own experiences. Those who've already been brainwashed into modern movie ideology might find it too dumb because of it's lack of violence or their type of "action", but imaginative kids will have exciting trips into underwater worlds!

It's fun to play, and the only violence is when a shark or something attacks (and you subdue them in a non-violent way). I could swim for a few hours in the area I'm in now and not cover the same ground twice! The little bad I can say about the game is really irrelevant compared to the good!

The good:
-large areas to explore with lots of stuff to find.
-goals and freedom. A better non-violent sandbox game than animal crossing! (ok, low violence)
-while the graphics won't knock your socks off, they're great wii graphics.
-I like the relaxing music. A lot of people say it's new-agey, but I think of new-agey being all synthy and blobus. But it just seems to be relaxing music that fits the pace of the game.
-$30. I mean really, this is a full game being released at a budget price.

The bad:
-The story isn't so amazing.
-No spoken text.

The not sure yet:
-There's some fantasy in the special tool you have to heal and calm fish and the story has some supernatural influences. At first I thought I thought the stuff took me out of the reality of the game, but the story and the tool are starting to grow on me.
-You don't swim very fast. But this both relaxes you and adds more tension to when you're low on air (even though there isn't much of a penalty to run out of air).
-Haven't had time to try the multiplayer, but I hope to soon! I'm sad that you can't complete the game co-op online, but it still sounds cool.

A small note is that I was concerned because the box's ESRB rating says "mild suggestive themes" for playing with my nephews and nieces. I looked it up on the ESRB website and the mild suggestive theme is: "And a collection book containing information about constellations and legendary Greek gods includes the following passage: 'Apollo, god of the sun, was deceived by the raven, who acted as his messenger, into believing that his lover had been unfaithful to him.'" So there seems to be no real "suggestive themes".

I've only had this for today, so I know my review is only based on the beginning of the game. I promise to update in a week or so when I'm much deeper into it. But, I do suggest you pick this up while it comes with the free wii speak since the wii speak is currently $16 alone. $30 for both is a steal!

Had the game for a few weeks now. I'm still playing and enjoying it. My 2 1/2 year old boy loves watching me play. He seems to especially like sharks and whales. I got it for my nephews and nieces too and they just excitedly told me about the sunken castle they found... I will do multiplayer online with my my relatives soon and let you know how that goes.

52 of 53 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Improves upon the original, March 1, 2010

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Seth Dewey (Nashua, NH USA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Endless Ocean: Blue World (Video Game)

I thoroughly enjoyed the first Endless Ocean, but found that once I had explored all the areas on the map, the game became a bit repetitive. The sequel corrects most of the gripes I had about the original. Improvements include:
- No more having to repeatedly "touch" or feed new creatures in order to have their names appear. Simply hitting the 'A' button when a creature is selected focuses on the creature and shows its name.
- A more expansive storyline. Still a bit simplistic, but more interesting than the original.
- A much larger world to explore. I am several hours into the game, so I don't know just how much more there is to be revealed, but already there are far more diving locales, than the single one in the original. You can also go exploring on the shoreline. This is how you discover new marine mammals, as opposed to having them randomly pop-up on your boat in the original.
- More to do. There are side quests, and special requests that are separate from the main storyline.
- Some dangers are present. Diving is an inherently dangerous pursuit, something not apparent in the original. It took forever to run out of air in the original, and there were no creatures that posed any danger. Now you need to plan your dives more careful, as air doesn't last as long (though you can earn money to upgrade your gear and get longer dive times). There are encounters with dangerous creatures that you can calm with your "pulsar" tool. Coming into contact with them hastens the use of your air. This adds some more excitement value.

I have not yet tried the Wii Speak feature, nor cooperative online play. I don't believe either feature is necessary to enjoy the game, though they may be nice extras.

In summary if you liked the original, I expect that you will like the sequel even more. If you like role playing and quest driven games, you will probably enjoy this. It is a nice way to unwind, as opposed to the typical more frantic game. This is a single player game that all ages can enjoy.