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''Endless Ocean'' (known as ''Forever Blue'' in Japan) is a scuba diving
adventure game An adventure game is a video game genre in which the player assumes the role of a protagonist in an interactive story driven by exploration and/or Puzzle video game, puzzle-solving. The Video game genres, genre's focus on story allows it to draw ...
for the
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. It is published by Nintendo and was developed by Arika, who also worked on their spiritual predecessor ''
Everblue is an adventure game based on scuba diving. It is the first of the ''Everblue'' series and was followed by '' Everblue 2'' in 2002. It was released in Japan in 2001 and in Europe in 2002. It was developed by Arika. Plot The player plays as Leo, ...
'', another scuba diving adventure game. It was released in Japan on August 2, 2007, in Europe on November 9, 2007, and in North America on January 21, 2008 – after it had been planned for an October 2007 release. A sequel entitled '' Endless Ocean 2: Adventures of the Deep'' was released in Japan on September 17, 2009, Europe on February 5, 2010, and North America on February 22, 2010, with the title ''Endless Ocean: Blue World''.


Plot

''Endless Ocean'' places the player in the role of a
scuba diver Scuba diving is a mode of underwater diving whereby divers use breathing equipment that is completely independent of a surface air supply. The name "scuba", an acronym for "Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus", was coined by Chris ...
exploring the Manaurai sea,The sea is called Manaurai in the European version, but is called "Manoa Lai" in the US release. a fictional setting in the
South Pacific The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the continen ...
, in search of sea life and sunken treasure under the guidance of an assistant named Katherine Sunday. In the sea, they will encounter a number of marine species ranging from smaller fish and
penguin Penguins (order (biology), order List of Sphenisciformes by population, Sphenisciformes , family (biology), family Spheniscidae ) are a group of Water bird, aquatic flightless birds. They live almost exclusively in the Southern Hemisphere: on ...
s to massive whale sharks,
manta ray Manta rays are large rays belonging to the genus ''Mobula'' (formerly its own genus ''Manta''). The larger species, '' M. birostris'', reaches in width, while the smaller, '' M. alfredi'', reaches . Both have triangular Pectoral fin#AnchPect ...
s and
sperm whale The sperm whale or cachalot (''Physeter macrocephalus'') is the largest of the toothed whales and the largest toothed predator. It is the only living member of the genus ''Physeter'' and one of three extant species in the sperm whale famil ...
s. The range of marine wildlife in the game is extensive and includes many common and rare species. The player will also encounter dolphins and other
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s that can be trained to perform certain behaviours and become companions on dives. Species such as sharks are also present; however, they pose no threat to the player. The player also has access to a large
aquarium An aquarium (plural: ''aquariums'' or ''aquaria'') is a vivarium of any size having at least one transparent side in which aquatic plants or animals are kept and displayed. Fishkeepers use aquaria to keep fish, invertebrates, amphibians, aq ...
that they can populate with species they have identified. The sea's various locations provide a means for the player to experience general diving,
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, deep-water trench exploration, wreck diving, and other activities that might not otherwise be possible in a single real-world setting. Late in the game, Katherine tells the player about how her father tried to look for a unique whale called the White Mother and never came back. The player and Katherine set out to find the White Mother, which entails seeking out the four types of whales present in the game ( humpback whale, North Atlantic
right whale Right whales are three species of large baleen whales of the genus ''Eubalaena'': the North Atlantic right whale (''E. glacialis''), the North Pacific right whale (''E. japonica'') and the Southern right whale (''E. australis''). They are clas ...
, sperm whale, and blue whale) and placing motion sensors on different points of the map. Eventually one of the sensors is set off, and the player witnesses the White Mother, a large albino blue whale, as Katherine remembers her father.


Music

The song "Prayer" composed by Secret Garden and performed by Hayley Westenra is featured in the trailers for ''Endless Ocean'' and in the game itself. Westenra also contributes several other songs including her rendition of the Maori folk song " Pokarekare Ana". Players are also able to transfer their own MP3 music files to an SD card and listen to them while playing, providing a customizable soundtrack for the game. This is the second game on the Wii to provide such a feature, the first being '' Excite Truck''.


Soundtrack

*Embrace of Manaurai/Moon of Manaurai *Prayer * Pokarekare Ana * Oh Shenandoah * Amazing Grace * Hine e Hine *E Pari Ra * Benedictus *River of Dreams * The Water is Wide


Reception

The game received "average" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. In Japan, '' Famitsu'' gave it a score of 10/10, 8/10, 9/10, and 8/10 for a total of 35 out of 40, praising the open-ended exploration aspect of the game, the scale of the play area and its soundtrack. ''Endless Ocean'' had sold at least 50,000 copies in Japan.


Technical issues

On August 10, 2007,
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issued a product recall in Japan after a major bug was found in copies of the game that has released eight days before. Nintendo re-released the game in Japan with the bug removed. The bug caused the screen to go blank and caused the console to freeze when the player put one or more bowmouth guitarfish into the aquarium. The exploration mode is not affected by this bug.


Sequel

A sequel entitled '' Endless Ocean 2: Adventures of the Deep'' was released in Japan ''(as Forever Blue: Call of the Ocean)'' on September 17, 2009, and in Europe on February 5, 2010. The same sequel is called ''Endless Ocean: Blue World'', which was released in North America on February 22, 2010.


See also

* List of Wii games *''
Everblue is an adventure game based on scuba diving. It is the first of the ''Everblue'' series and was followed by '' Everblue 2'' in 2002. It was released in Japan in 2001 and in Europe in 2002. It was developed by Arika. Plot The player plays as Leo, ...
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Everblue 2 is a scuba diving adventure game. It is the sequel to the game ''Everblue''. Arika, the developers of both games, followed it with the spiritual sequel ''Endless Ocean'', for the Wii. The game was also released in North America (with the titl ...
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References


External links


''Endless Ocean''
at the European Touch! Generations website
Official site


* {{Touch! Generations 2007 video games Arika games Nintendo games Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection games Scuba diving video games Touch! Generations Video games developed in Japan Video games featuring protagonists of selectable gender Video games with custom soundtrack support Video games with underwater settings Wii-only games Wii Wi-Fi games Multiplayer and single-player video games