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Ivy the Kiwi Reviews

VideoGamer

11/2010

7.0/10

Ivy the Kiwi Review

I saw a fair few kiwis when I was trekking about New Zealand with a backpack. Endearing little things they were, with abnormally long beaks and strangely proportioned bodies (I mean the birds, of course; not the local population). Their prominent features make them the perfect candidates for the platform-game-hero treatment. Had little Ivy been on the scene fifteen years earlier, I'm sure she would have just as iconic as Bubsy, Earthworm Jim, or Gex. Ivy has pedigree, you see. She's been brought into existence by the same man responsible for Sonic the Hedgehog, a certain Yuji Naka. After leaving Sonic Team back in 2006, the famed SEGA developer went on to form Prope, the studio behind the recent Let's Tap. It's with this team that Naka looked to return to his roots; to create a platform game relevant for a 2010 audience.Born into the world all on her tod, Ivy takes it upon herself to find her mother. It's up to the player – as an omnipotent, vine-drawing hand – to orchestrate this reunion. The adventure is portrayed in the form of a storybook, with each world presented as a chapter, and each chapter consisting of five levels. A podium waits at the end of each stage, the idea being to get Ivy to the top of it for the biggest score bonus.

Game Revolution

09/2010

Ivy the Kiwi?

Ivy the Kiwi? is a rare find. Like the endangered bird after which it is named, the game is hard to classify. Somewhere between a platformer and an action title, with a little maze thrown into the mix, it looks odd. But like most mutts, the overall result is really cute and even-tempered. Your quirky protagonist never disappoints. Just like the elusive bird, its unique approach to gameplay deserves study. In the lighthearted storybook opening, Ivy is a newly hatched kiwi. Before she even breaks completely out of her eggshell, she realizes her mother is missing and runs off to find her. From this point, we are plunged into her world and the game begins. Ivy runs and runs, moving ever to the right, until she comes upon an obstacle that she cannot cross. When that happens, Ivy turns around and runs the other way. Ever aloof to dangers in her path, your job is to help her find her errant mother. (Fun fact: It is usually the male kiwi's job to incubate the egg.) While it has all the earmarks of a maze platformer, Ivy The Kiwi? uses a novel approach. Instead of controlling the character, as in Mario Brothers or Pac-Man, you manipulate the environment. Ivy never stops. To keep her moving in the right direction, you must place vines in such a way that the bird can clear obstacles.

GameSpot

09/2010

7.5/10

Ivy the Kiwi? Review

When it comes to adorable animals as video game protagonists, Ivy is one of the more hardheaded of the bunch, and not just because she still wears part of her eggshell as a hat. This plucky little bird runs tirelessly in search of her mother, and it's up to you to help her on her way and keep her safe from harm. You do this by stretching, swinging, and snapping taut vines that you conjure from thin air, creating ramps, flippers, and slingshots to help Ivy navigate her storybook world. While the gameplay and level design remain approachably simple throughout the game, the difficulty curve increases steadily, and the game demands quite a bit of quickness and finesse as you near completion. Though some aspects of Ivy the Kiwi might make you wish for a bit more complexity, this charming platformer still stuffs plenty of appeal into a reasonably priced package. Ivy the Kiwi begins with beautifully illustrated pages from a storybook that set up your adventure. Having (almost fully) hatched to find herself alone in the forest, Ivy takes off at a run in search of her mother, and you are dropped into the first stage. Each stage is built with stationary blocks that hang in midair in front of a static background, but both elements are slightly animated.

1UP

09/2010

Ivy the Kiwi? Review

I can't talk about Ivy the Kiwi? without mentioning famed Sonic programmer Yuji Naka. After parting ways with Sega in 2006, Naka founded Prope Ltd. and slowly started releasing quirky downloadable games that were nothing if not unique. While many of those minigames were good, clean fun, Ivy the Kiwi? has the kind of innovative spark that longtime Naka fans will love to see again. Ivy the Kiwi? is both the hero of this game and an awkward reply to the game's main objective. As the omnipotent, ivy-clad hand of god, it's your task to wrangle the poor little hatchling named Ivy who needs help finding her mother. Since Ivy is so distraught about her mother's absence, you have to use three magical vines to guide and guard her to the exit. Sound a little tricky to pick up? Well, only for a little while. Ivy the Kiwi? isn't like most standard puzzle games or platformers. Instead of using a D-pad or joystick to control the hapless bird, Ivy is on a manic autopilot that you must reign in with the vines that sprout from your Wii Remote's pointer. It's similar to "create-a-platformer" DS games like Kirby Canvas Curse, but managing your panicked little friend here takes a bit more planning and patience.

IGN

09/2010

7.5/10

Ivy the Kiwi? Review

When I first heard about Ivy the Kiwi, it was in the context of being the new game from Yuji Naka, the creator of Sonic the Hedgehog. And while that's a notable fact that may help sales (and is printed right there on the back of the game box), I think Ivy the Kiwi is a game that's fun enough to stand on its own, without comparisons to any spiny mammals that have fallen from grace. In Ivy the Kiwi, players don't control the titular character. The baby bird just runs willy nilly through the levels, and it's up to players to keep her from dying. They do this by drawing vines across the screen that can act as platforms, walls, ramps, and slingshots. It's a simple concept, but as the game progresses and Ivy makes her way through more than 100 levels, the difficulty ramps up. I'm impressed with how subtle the difficulty progression was. I didn't even really notice until I let my roommate play the game at around level 60. He thought the game was impossible. But new concepts are introduced so gradually that they're barely noticeable while actually playing the game. More on Ivy the Kiwi The entire game takes place in a storybook, and everything looks like it was printed on old parchment.

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Ivy the Kiwi?	$10.47	See it
Ivy the Kiwi?	$14.99	See it
Ivy the Kiwi?	$18.3	See it
Ivy The Kiwi Wii? Factory Sealed	$19.99	See it
Ivy the Kiwi? [Japan Import]	$41.5	See it

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