Reflection releasing mid-November

Reflection, Konami’s Chronos Twins-esque puzzle-platformer, will hit North America’s DSiWare service in mid-November for 800 Nintendo Points.

The downloadable title was initially developed by a student team from University of Southern California, and attracted attention from major publishers earlier this year when it took home IGF Mobile’s Next Great Mobile Game award — the only DS game to win a category at the event.

I spent time with Reflection earlier this year, and even in its rough, unfinished state, I found the game’s concept (playing two platformers simultaneously while navigating obstacles on both screens) engaging. My only serious concern with the project was its unappealing art, but it appears as if Intrinsic Games addressed that issue without telling anyone (see above image).

Reflection’s story, taken from the game’s product blurb:

“In Reflection, players take on the role of an adventurer named Kirra who is tasked with retrieving a magical mirror that has been inadvertently broken, unleashing a shattered reality, including Kirra’s character, into two parts. Players will be challenged as they explore various locations including forests and temples and solve puzzles by using both characters in tandem in order to find and reassemble the mirror and restore reality.”

And just in case you’ve never seen Reflection, here’s some old, washed out footage of the game from GDC 2009:

Buy: U.S. Nintendo DSi (White, Pink, Black and Blue)

Import: Japanese Nintendo DSi (White, Black, Pink, Red, Lime Green, Metallic Blue)

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