Changes: Ori and the Will of the Wisps

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Ori and the Will of the Wisps is the sequel to Ori and the Blind Forest, developed by Moon Studios and published by Microsoft Studios.

The game will release on the 11th of March 2020, for Xbox One and PC.

Development history

June 11th, 2017 at E3 during Microsoft's keynote, Ori and the Will of the Wisps was announced via a trailer that showed locations and characters from the game.

In June 2018 at E3, a gameplay trailer was released. Additionally, a playable demo was available at the expo, where players could explore Windswept Wastes.

In June 2019 at E3, the release date was announced to be February 11, 2020, and the game was confirmed to be an Xbox One and Windows 10 exclusive. Another trailer was released showing boss fights and chase sequences.

In December 2019 at The Game Awards show, a new trailer was unveiled which also announced that the game would be delayed a month, until March 11, 2020 (exactly 5 years after Ori and the Blind Forest was released).

On January 29, 2020, it was announced that Ori and the Will of the Wisps had gone gold (the final release version was finished, and there would be no more delays).^[1]

While Ori and the Blind Forest only had 20 people working on it at most, Moon Studios scaled up to 80 people when developing Ori and the Will of the Wisps.

Plot

The little spirit Ori is no stranger to peril, but when a fateful flight puts the owlet Ku in harm’s way, it will take more than bravery to bring a family back together, heal the broken land of Niwen, and discover Ori’s true destiny.

Confirmed characters

Major:

Ori
Ku

Other:

Naru
Gumo
Tokk (old bird traveller)
Lupo (gear-headed map vendor)
Twillen (wizard-like crystal vendor)
Grom (Gorlek builder)
Opher (monkey-like combat vendor)
Kil (masked monkey guardian)
Motay (chameleon-like statistician)
Tuley (hamster-like gardener)
Various Moki characters
Kwolok (giant toad guardian of the marsh, friend of the Moki)

Enemies

See: Enemies (Ori and the Will of the Wisps).

Abilities

Returning:

New movement abilities:

Burrow – allows Ori to burrow through sand and snow
Grapple – allows Ori to pull himself in a straight line to blue flowers (as well as stick to them) and enemies

New combat abilities:

Spirit Edge
Spirit Smash
Spirit Arc (ranged)
Spike (ranged, consumes energy)
Regenerate (consumes energy to replenish health)

Features

Returning

Spirit Light (this time it functions more like a currency, and less like experience points)
Life Cells
Energy Cells

New:

Spirit Trials – a psuedo-multiplayer where you can race against the ghosts of other players, to see if you can beat their records.
Spirit Shrines – face increasingly challenging waves of enemies in timed trials to collect rewards.
Spirit Shards – a system of equippable and upgradable powerups similar to the Charms in Hollow Knight

Locations

Ori and the Will of the Wisps takes place mostly in the land of Niwen, a "perilous land" which used to have light and spirits, but has fallen victim to a Decay.

In addition to the new locations in Niwen, the opening of the game takes place in Swallow's Nest in Nibel.

Media

Images

Spirit Trials

Screenshots

Videos

Ori and the Will of the Wisps - E3 2019 - Gameplay Trailer

Ori and the Will of the Wisps - E3 2018 - Gameplay Trailer

Ori and the Will of the Wisps - E3 2017 - 4K Teaser Trailer

Ori and the Will of the Wisps - E3 2017 Reveal Trailer HD-0

↑ https://www.shacknews.com/article/116057/ori-and-the-will-of-the-wisps-has-officially-gone-gold

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 == Development history ==
-Ori and the Will of the Wisps was announced on June 11th, 2017 at E3 during Microsoft's keynote.
+June 11th, 2017 at E3 during Microsoft's keynote, Ori and the Will of the Wisps was announced via a trailer that showed locations and characters from the game.
+In June 2018 at E3, a gameplay trailer was released. Additionally, a playable demo was available at the expo, where players could explore [[Windswept Wastes]].
-At E3 2018, gameplay was revealed.
-At E3 2019, the release date was announced to be February 11, 2020, and the game was confirmed to be an Xbox One and Windows 10 exclusive.
+In June 2019 at E3, the release date was announced to be February 11, 2020, and the game was confirmed to be an Xbox One and Windows 10 exclusive. Another trailer was released showing [[boss]] fights and [[chase sequence]]s.
-Later, during The Game Awards 2019, a new trailer was unveiled which also announced that the game would be delayed a month, until March 11, 2020 - exactly 5 years after Ori and the Blind Forest was released.
+In December 2019 at The Game Awards show, a new trailer was unveiled which also announced that the game would be delayed a month, until March 11, 2020 (exactly 5 years after Ori and the Blind Forest was released).
+On January 29, 2020, it was announced that Ori and the Will of the Wisps had gone gold (the final release version was finished, and there would be no more delays).<ref>https://www.shacknews.com/article/116057/ori-and-the-will-of-the-wisps-has-officially-gone-gold</ref>
 While Ori and the Blind Forest only had 20 people working on it at most, Moon Studios scaled up to 80 people when developing Ori and the Will of the Wisps.