Over the last two decades, video game developers introduced fun and downright stupid characters, from the incredibly successful Mario Bros. to the annoying Bubsy. Konami's latest creation, Dewy, falls somewhere in between. Despite being a cute, he has the unfortunate luck of being an enchanted rain droplet, charged with saving his world from Black Water (which sounds awkward). With that being said, his first starring role, the Wii game Dewy's Adventure, looks quite enjoyable, particularly because of its unique control scheme.

The creators of Konami's Elebits, returns with a bizarre tale of a sacred tree that gives birth to a magical water droplet, who must fight against the evil Don Hedron and his Black Water. As Dewy, players spring into action and thwart Hedron's wicked plot. Instead of just hitting switches and bouncing off jump pads, players direct him by tilting the remote right and left Similar to Sega's Monkey Ball franchise, gamers control the game board and not the character. Furthermore, they must utilize Dewy's solid, liquid and gaseous states, transforming him on the fly by pressing the necessary button on the d-pad. Pressing up causes him to become vapor, floating above his enemies and accessing previously unreachable areas. Conversely, pressing down transforms him into a block of ice, a battering ram that busts up bad guys, the downside being him sliding all over the place, making him difficult to control.

In addition, players summon wind by shaking the remote in order to blow Dewy and his enemies around the board, and in a cool twist, changing Dewy's temperature also changes the temperature of the environments, transforming green and healthy forests into frigid winter wonderlands. How this affects game play, unfortunately, remains to be seen.

Much like Elebits, Konami tells the game's story through attractive and oftentimes glistening images bursting with color. Yet for some unexplainable reason, the company hasn't grasped the concept of quality voice acting. Gamers must also get past the subject matter. Regardless of how innovative the game appear, the whole magical tree thing feels overused, while Black Water carries a potentially racist implication.

Regardless of the possible controversy, the game sports a light-hearted appearance that will attract people of all ages. Little Dewy frolics in colorful levels bristling with equally adorable enemies such as fish and assorted blobs.

The ESRB will most likely slap Dewy's Adventure with a deserving E (for Everyone) rating, thus squashing the hope of raining infected, smelly water upon the game's inhabitants. However, despite these glaring omissions, this could be an excellent video game, and GameDaily will post impressions as soon as Konami grants access.

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