With the overwhelming success of the award-winning Rolando in December 2008, ngmoco now releases a wild new adventure game for its users on the Apple App store. The new game called Rolando 2: Quest for the Golden Orchid, spans the seas to reach the mystifying island of Fountanis. Furthermore it follows the heroic hunt of a funky new cast of characters from the Kingdom of Rolando.
This series is fondly made by Simon Oliver’s HandCircus microstudio. Rolando 2: Quest for the Golden Orchid has the lively rhythms of eminent break-beat artist Mr. Scruff along with the vivacious and engaging visuals of pop illustrator Mikko Walamies. It also has a distinctive style combined with some astonishing gameplay.
“ngmoco is excited about this amazing sequel to Rolando. It’s bigger, bolder and more beautiful than ever with huge additions to Rolando’s signature gameplay that fans and newcomers alike are going to love,” commented Neil Young, CEO & founder of ngmoco. “Developed exclusively for the iPhone and iPod touch, Rolando 2 is a classic example of just how deep; polished and meaningful pocket-sized games can be when they embrace the unique capabilities of these powerful devices.”
“We’ve pulled out all the stops for Rolando 2,” shared Simon Oliver, Founder of HandCircus. “Since the release of Rolando, we have been hard at work developing all-new gameplay mechanics, a new 3-D graphics engine and much deeper story featuring all new Rolandos. The final experience will surprise and challenge iPhone and iPod touch gamers everywhere.”
Rolando 2: Quest for the Golden Orchid extends the sensation of the original Rolando with a novel heroic hunt filled with amazement behind every touch. It has 46 levels and six distinct chapters, each with its own diverse visual style. Players will escort an ensemble cast of amusing characters with the accelerometer and the inventive multi-touch user interface of iPhone and iPod devices. Users can also directly influence the game background as they face tribes of savage new enemies, sly physics puzzles and a thrilling, tropical world with a completely new look.
Furthermore the game features a non-linear narrative plan where gamers can choose the sequence in which the story unfolds.
This novel adventure game leverages the connectivity of ngmoco’s Plus+ Network, which exploits the most recent OS 3.0 technology to control a vigorous social network to players. Using push notification and comparing scores on the worldwide leaderboards, gamers can challenge their friends to beat their scores with the support of the Plus+ Network.
This classic tale unlocks with a fatal curse that causes destruction in the Sages of the Kingdom of Rolando. In an attempt to save the ailing Sages General Sir Richard Smythe, polite explorer and Captain of the HMS Plunderful leads the varied and amiable team of courageous Rolandos to regain the unusual and unsolved Golden Orchid from the peak of the Stormtop Mountain. Each element of the Rolando journey brings unique magic to the hunt.
Rolando 2: Quest for the Golden Orchid is accessible at the Apple App Store on iPhone and iPod touch for $9.99.
