Zack & Wiki - Frost Breath (1 of 3)

Yeah, I spent quite a bit of time on this one. There were a few things I didn't understand about this place, most notably one uncheckable detail that threw me off for several minutes. In fact, I edited a bunch of redundant stuff out for time.

First, the "death montage," as some of you have called it. There are at least two ways to fail this mission: The first is to get attacked by the boss, since this is a boss stage. Chillion is his name, and his attack involves, well, the namesake of this mission, the Frost Breath. It covers the entire field and freezes the lad into a Zackcicle, which, apparently, is fatal. The other way is to miss with the laser beam four times: Each time you fail to hit Chillion with the laser, Wiki says something, and the fourth one is what you see there and ends the mission, as Wiki apparently dies from that.

Now, for the actual mission. Zack has caught up with Captain Rose at last! Captain Rose bombed Johnny Style's ship, where Zack was hanging out, and Zack had to bail out (see "Starting It Up" for that story event). Well, much later, he runs into her in a large room in the Frozen Temple, trying to open a chest that just won't budge. Captain Rose is a lot smarter than her ditzy appearance and voice would suggest: She knows Wiki can un-curse the chests, and one of her goons sneaks up on Zack and snatches Wiki from him--only to get both the goon and Wiki swallowed up by a re-animated Chillion (presumably upon sensing Wiki in the room).

You know what that means: Zack needs to defeat Chillion. Of course, since Wiki is embedded all the way up there, Zack will need to find a way to get rid of him without Wiki's help. Conveniently, there's a big laser gun aimed directly at Chillion.

Inconveniently, you'll need to defend yourself from Chillion's periodic blizzards, which cover the entire room. Also inconveniently, each time you hit Chillion, he'll drop icicles to block the path of the laser you fired, meaning you'll need to find a different path for Zack.

The first hit is pretty straightforward: Just fire the beam from the start. Unfortunately, that's the only time you can fire the beam like that. The icicles don't allow the beam to pass through in any way.

I figured that those things all over the stage must be receptacles for mirrors, though the longest amount of time was spent figuring out how to put them in and what to do with that one "mirror" that just won't do anything (the first one you see me checking out).

I'll upload the next two parts later.

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[TamrielTerror2]

Chillion looks pretty cool. I hate when you have to defeat someone that seems awesome D: I'm kind of on the fence if I should get this game. Though I heard from overhazards earlier videos that its hard to find.

[Overhazard]

It's pretty rare, and I wouldn't recommend getting it online unless you're confident in your online-hunting skills. That's because most offers for Zack & Wiki online are scams.

Capcom never made very many copies of this game because it knew Zack & Wiki wouldn't sell well.

There are still a few stores that have some copies of this on clearance.

[TamrielTerror2]

My optimism turned to pessimism. I'll probably have a higher chance of receiving a fake copy. Oh well. I still think this game is very unique in game play and would seem really fun. Why didn't Capcom have much confidence with this game?

[Overhazard]

My guess is because there are two major things that it isn't: A sequel to an already established game series and a party game.

Pretty much every top-selling video game right now is either a sequel, was designed for multiplayer (whether local or online), or both. Zack & Wiki appeared practically out of nowhere, and I'd bet its lack of sales is largely because people didn't know what it was.

It's a predicament that many non-sequel and non-party games on the Wii have to go through.

[TamrielTerror2]

I guess that makes sense. Now I'm just wondering when Zack & Wiki will gain a foothold on the mountain of success so to speak and sell more.

[Overhazard]

It won't. Capcom isn't making another shipment of Zack & Wiki and doesn't plan to make a sequel.

(Are you able to see the comment below this one?)

[Overhazard]

Some examples of Wii games that are good that couldn't get a solid foothold are No More Heroes and Boom Blox, though de Blob seems to be doing okay.

Point-and-click adventures are making a comeback on the Wii though; Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People is selling well as WiiWare, and I'd bet people would be more open to Zack & Wiki now than when it first came out. (Too bad Capcom rarely makes more than one shipment of any game they make aside from the Resident Evil series.)

[yytan12]

Zack uses fire blast! Critical hit! It's super effective! Chillion uses ice shard! Zach's way is blocked! Cannon 1 was dissabled!

[MPCozmo]

What a conveniently placed laser gun. xD

[OceanOasisSeaSky]

Wow, I guess I was lucky. Unless it's because I'm in England. But I got this game on Jan 5th! My mum was off looking at some stuff so I just stared around at some Wii games and found the last copy of this on the bottom shelf. I looked at it and just smiled, and ended up thinking of Overhazard's video's of this, awesome.

[OoTuckoO]

WOW! The music from this was very good! I like it a lot definately a thumbs up! Kind of makes it feel like a movie. Just a little.

[zackandwiki890]

This was terribly hard for me until I found out how to do it the other way.

[mrkrabs366]

Nice Find, You're Pretty Lucky Because I don't see it In Store's Much Anymore. I got my Copy In Like, July 2008. :P

[mrkrabs366]

Phew, It's good I bought Zack and Wiki before it was never around anymore because I dont see it anywhere in store's anymore!

[king0jellyfish]

I just got Zack & Wiki a while earlier today :D

[TamrielTerror2]

Alright, thanks anyway

Yeah I've seen it (I read all replies before commenting back).