Lost in Blue

by Konami

Product Features

• Search and obtain items by utilizing the innovative Nintendo DS touch panel
• Numerous activities such as fishing, hunting, trapping and cooking make living on the island fun - while also providing innovative mini-games
• Survival depends on sharing responsibilities between the main character and NPCs - each character's actions will affect the dialogue and events in the game
• Dual Phase System - After clearing the game as the hero, the player can play as the heroine and gain a completely different gameplay experience
• Multiple game endings depending on the two players' lifestyle, relationship, dialogue and their manner of escape

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00092A720
• Product Dimensions: 5 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: September 8, 2006
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (56 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,951 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #53 in Video Games > Nintendo DS > Puzzle
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

This innovative RPG takes players on a journey of survival, adventure, and mystery. After a disastrous incident at sea, the hero of the game awakens to find himself on a seemingly uninhabited island. After meeting another survivor, a 17-year-old girl who has also drifted ashore, the two must work together to survive. While planning their escape, the two will learn survival skills, such as hunting, searching, and building while uncovering the island's many mysteries

Features:

• Survival game based on two main characters trapped on an island
• Activities such as hunting and cooking make living on the island fun
• Dual Phase System: two characters, two completely different experiences
• Multiple endings depending on the actions of the two main characters

Product Description

This innovative RPG takes players on a journey of survival, adventure and mystery. After a disastrous incident at sea, the hero of the game awakens to find himself on a seemingly uninhabited island. After meeting another survivor, a 17-year old girl who has also drifted ashore, the two must work together to survive. While planning their escape, the two will learn survival skills, such as hunting, searching and building while uncovering the island's many mysteries.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

83 of 91 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Great Adventure, September 28, 2005

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Matthew Marko "Matthew Marko" (Omaha, NE USA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Lost in Blue (Video Game)

Lost in Blue is an amazing game, one of those that makes full advantage of the unique opportunities the Nintendo DS affords.

A sequel to the game Survival Kids, Lost in Blue puts you in the role of a young man shipwrecked on a tropical island. It is up to you to hunt, gather, survive, and create in ways that will help you live in comfort and perhaps even make your way off of the island.

Joining you is a female character, who creates furniture and tools from the items you bring to her. The game really takes advantage of the setting, as sticks and stones and vines and shells can all be brought together to form new items. Attack a sharp rock to a stick and you have a spear. String a vine on a stick and you have a bow. It's things like these that make this game great.

The adventure is vast, and you can travel at your own pace in exploring the island, so this game will last as long as you want it to, really. With a whole world to explore, and two characters to take care of, it can extend into a long, enriching experience. Very highly recommended!

56 of 63 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars lost in blue, a first impression., September 28, 2005

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H. D. Nichols (huntington, wv) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Lost in Blue (Video Game)

well, i just finished playing the first two hours of this game, and here's my opinion:

as of now, i'm still struggling to get by day-to-day.. and i do mean struggling. this basically means that i eat, drink and sleep just enough to get by to the next day. i'm still experimenting with food to find out what's poisonous and what tastes better cooked or raw (orange, white and brown mushrooms appear to be no-nos, but then again, it could be a matter of cooking or seasoning them properly instead of just gobbling them up as soon as i find them!!) fortunately, poison only lasts a few minutes, but i have already died once from lack of water before i discovered the "watering hole" just to the south of our cave. you can't get by on the water in coconuts for very long!!

i've made my first spear, which i use to gather as much fish as possible before i get tired and have to go back to the cave. digging for clams and shaking the coconut trees keeps me pretty busy too! i've found some spices, but not enough to do anything with yet.

firemaking and fishing utilize the special DS features -- the microphone and the touchscreen. once you've steadily tapped L and R to get the fire started, you have to blow in the microphone to get the fire to catch. you've also got to be quick and jab the stylus at the screen to nail fish with your spear. just like any real-life survival skill - tricky at first, but fairly easy once you get the hang of it.

one thing that irks me is how hard it is to keep up your stamina. i could spend a whole day resting and still not be 100% rested. ditto goes for the girl... i leave her in the cave all day, and instead of resting, she just stands there and ends up being tired when i get home with all of the food. seems like the only way to get her to rest is to drag her along with me and make her rest when i do.

another thing i don't like is how unforgiving the game is during the learning curve. once you find an item, the directions they give are clear enough, but you have to rely on your own good luck to blunder onto some of the items or areas that you need to find to move onto the next phase of the game. they should have given more hints by way of suggestions or conversations between the characters. that would have been helpful.

overall, i'm pleased with the game. for the price and the enjoyment i've gotten from it already, i'm happy. it has the potential to get a little tedious if i'm doing the scrabbling-for-my-next-nap-and-meal thing for too long, but i'd definitely say this is one of the better titles offered for the DS. based on another review posted on here, it sounds like i've got a lot to look forward to as the game progresses!

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fun game despite skye (spolier alert), January 1, 2006

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Harley Quinn "Broken Halo" (New York) - See all my reviews

= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Lost in Blue (Video Game)

This is a very good game but it could have been a great game if it weren't for a few things. My main problem is with Skye. Sometimes you are on the other side of the island but have to come all the way back to give her food and water because she hasn't eaten or drinked anything since you left even though there is a ton of food and water in the cave and you told her you would be gone for a few days.

She is very useful however because she makes many necessary things for you such as baskets, rope, jerky, and she cooks for you if you ask her. But on the other hand many times I left the cave and her only task was to keep the fire going by throwing twigs on it and she couldn't even do that. I returned to the cave only to find that the fire was out and she was complaining it was too cold for her to do anything. But there were 30 twigs in the corner for her to use!

When you capture certain animals in the game such as a chicken or a goat, you get to either eat them or domesticate them. I trapped both at two different periods in the game. All Skye had to do was domesticate them so that we could get milk and eggs....but they both died!

My other problem with her is that it is a pain to travel with her because she has very bad eyesight and Ketih broke her glasses. So you have to pick her up, pull her up, hold her hand to guide her, and push logs that she can climb on top of in order for her to overcome obstacles .

I played Ico which was similar in that you had to lead the female character around to the point that it seemed as if she was completely brainless and helpless. But I loved the game nevertheless. However Skye's character is just frustrating. Its even more frustrating to have to be nice to her so that she and Keuth maintain a good relationship even though she is the dumbest AI ever!

One other minor problem I had was when I was hunting I went into the menu to pull out a large trap but when I came out of the menu the animal had moved to another spot or disappeared, it only happened twice thankfully but save your game before using a large trap just in case. Also when I killed a small animal I had a hard time finding it in the grass then I hard a harder time finding the carcass.

Despite this I love the game! It is innovative and challenging having to keep your characters alive by hunting, fishing, and gathering food. You also get to invent new weapons, tools, and furniture to put inside your cave. It is very hard at first but as you make tools and come upon new materials that you can make into various useful objects it gets easier and more fun.

But if you do not like games where you have to almost babysit helpless characters then it is not for you. I was able to overlook it because of the nice graphics activities. For example, if i want to catch fish I can go to the river with my spear which is harder but much more fun or use a fishing rod. I can also make different kinds of fishing rods or spears that last longer, are more durable etc Also when you build furniture there is a mini game. I do not recommend this game for anyone without patience.