So Blonde: Back to the Island

So Blonde: Back to the Island is a point-and-click adventure game released for the Wii and Nintendo DS in 2010. It is not a sequel or spin-off, but a darker "what if?"[1] scenario based on the 2008 PC game So Blonde, which also precedes Captain Morgane and the Golden Turtle, which was released in 2012.

So Blonde: Back to the Island
Developer(s)Wizarbox
Publisher(s)dtp Entertainment
Director(s)Julien Millet
Designer(s)Jérôme Britneff-Bondy
Steve Ince
Programmer(s)Benoist Malherbe
Artist(s)Natalia Renault
Writer(s)Steve Ince
EngineOGRE
Platform(s)Wii, Nintendo DS
Release
  • EU: March 12, 2010
Genre(s)Adventure
Mode(s)Single-player

Plot

Sunny Blonde is a 17-year-old who has been spoiled by her rich parents. On a cruise with her parents who are celebrating their wedding anniversary, the ship is struck by lightning, and she is knocked overboard.[2]

She finds herself stranded on a beach of a remote “Forgotten Island” in the Caribbean Sea.[3] The dark side of the island, that is, where the pirates under command of Captain One-Eye have their hideout.

Development

So Blonde: Back to the Island was announced to be in development on August 23, 2008, a few months after the release of So Blonde. The game was explained to be a "What If..." scenario to find a balance between making So Blonde available to consoles while keeping it interesting for old fans at the same time.[4] Because it follows the original story in broad strokes, So Blonde: Back to the Island reuses models, backgrounds, and art from the original game where applicable.[5]

Voice recording was arranged by MAS Productions and took place in a two-week time span around October 2, 2009.[6] The trailer of the game debuted at Gamescom in 2010.[7]

Reception
Reviews
Publication Score
Adventure Gamers 3 of 5[5]
Jeuxvideo.com 14 out of 20 (Wii)[8]
13 out of 20 (NDS)[9]
Adventure-Treff 74 of 100 (Wii)[10]
69 of 100 (NDS)[10]
Gamekult 3 of 10[11]

Being of a niche genre and only having an EU release there are very few reviews online. Almost all reviews of So Blonde: Back to the Island rate the game low-favorably, with the Wii version scoring mildly higher than the Nintendo DS version. The common opinion is that So Blonde: Back to the Island does well what it does, but all the same does nothing new.

References
  1. Beulink, Astrid. "So Blonde: Back to the Island". adventuregamers.com. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  2. Talbot, Patrick (February 6, 2009). "So Blonde". Adventure Classic Gaming. Retrieved March 28, 2012.
  3. Collins, Greg (January 19, 2009). "So Blonde". Just Adventure at Wayback Machine. Archived from the original on March 18, 2010. Retrieved March 28, 2012.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. Allin, Jack (August 23, 2008). "So Blonde gets radical Nintendo makeover". Adventuregamers.com. Retrieved September 22, 2016.
  5. Beulink, Astrid (January 6, 2012). "So Blonde: Back to the Island REVIEW". Adventuregamers.com. Retrieved September 22, 2016.
  6. uncredited (October 2, 2009). "Au coeur d'un studio de doublage". Jeuxvideo.com. Retrieved September 22, 2016.
  7. Allin, Jack (August 18, 2010). "Gamescom trailers now showing: So Blonde, Gray Matter, Black Mirror III". Adventuregamers.com. Retrieved September 22, 2016.
  8. uncredited (May 18, 2010). "Test : So Blonde : Retour sur l'Île". Jeuxvideo.com. Retrieved September 24, 2016.
  9. uncredited (May 18, 2010). "So Blonde : Retour sur l'Ile (DS)". Jeuxvideo.com. Retrieved September 24, 2016.
  10. Sascha 'nufafitc' Pongratz (September 11, 2010). "So Blonde - Zurück auf die Insel". Adventure-Treff. Retrieved September 24, 2016.
  11. Loup Lassinat-Foubert (May 14, 2010). "TEST : SO BLONDE : RETOUR SUR L'ÎLE". Gamingkult. Retrieved September 24, 2016.
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