Ori's search for Ku eventually leads them to Kwolok, a toad looking over the Inkwater Marsh and some of the inhabitants of Niwen, the Moki. Ku and Ori go on a flight that ends up taking them out of Nibel and into Niwen, where a storm separates them. Being born with a damaged wing, Ku is unable to fly until Gumo affixes Kuro's feather to it. Kuro's last egg hatches, giving birth to a baby owl whom Ori, Naru, and Gumo name Ku and raise as part of their family. The story takes place immediately after the events of Ori and the Blind Forest and is narrated by the Spirit Tree in the forest of Niwen. Will of the Wisps also introduces side quests from NPCs to earn collectible items such as Gorlek Ores, which are used to expand the game's hub area. To enhance competition and strategy, players can see the best times and the routes taken by other players. The mode challenges players to race to a goal in the fastest time possible. Ori's attacks can be managed via a convenient radial menu, and orbs to increase Ori's health and energy can be found throughout the map.Ī new mode called Spirit Trials was revealed at Gamescom 2018.
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The sequential upgrade system of the first title has been abandoned for a system of "shards" (inspired by the Final Fantasy series's "materia" system), which can be purchased or found throughout the game to upgrade or modify Ori's stats and attacks. Unlike its predecessor Blind Forest, Will of the Wisps relies on autosaving rather than manually placed "soul links".
Some of the foundational gameplay elements were inspired by the Rayman and Metroid franchises. Gameplay unfolds in the form of a Metroidvania, with new abilities and upgrades allowing players to unlock previously inaccessible areas of the map. As Ori, players must jump, climb, glide, and swim between various platforms to solve intricate puzzles. The player controls the titular Ori, a white guardian spirit. Ori and the Will of the Wisps is a 2D Metroidvania a platform game with an emphasis on exploration, collecting items and upgrades, and backtracking to previously inaccessible areas. However, criticism was aimed at technical issues such as frame rate issues and visual bugs, which were largely resolved with a day-one patch. Praise directed to the game included the story, characters, visuals, combat, elements of exploration, environments, chase sequences, and soundtrack. Upon release, Ori and the Will of the Wisps received widespread critical acclaim, with critics citing the game as an example of artistic expression in video gaming.
The game introduces new melee combat, and its visuals were given an overhaul from the two-dimensional artwork in Blind Forest, to the three-dimensional models played in multilayered backgrounds in Will of the Wisps. The game was developed by Moon Studios, a studio based in Vienna with contributors worldwide. The game maintains narrative continuity with Blind Forest, and follows the journey of series' main character Ori in a new region called Niwen.
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A Nintendo Switch version was released in September 2020 by Iam8bit, and a version optimized for Xbox Series X/S was released as its launch title in November 2020. Announced during E3 2017, the title is a direct sequel to 2015's Ori and the Blind Forest, and was released in March 2020 for Xbox One and Microsoft Windows. Ori and the Will of the Wisps is a 2020 platform-adventure Metroidvania video game developed by Moon Studios and published by Xbox Game Studios.
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