From the producer of Elebits, the Wii's other hyper-cute Konami exclusive comes Dewy's Adventure. Touching on the same environmental themes from Elebits, Dewy's will use none-too-subtle imagery and gameplay mechanics to drive a global climate change message home. It's also just too goddamn precious.

Using a Wii remote only control scheme, you'll tilt the game's levels to move Dewy, a tiny droplet of water, around each zone. He'll slide and jump over brightly colored environments while charming the pants off anyone who plays the game. As a water droplet, Dewy doesn't pose much of a threat, but the water-boy has the ability to turn quickly change the climate, affecting his liquid state and altering the game world.

Press up on the D-pad and the world will become hot and hazy, turning Dewy into a cloud. His movement is restricted, but he'll have the ability to let loose a powerful lightning strike, taking out clusters of bad guys.

Press down on the D-pad and the world will freeze with a snap. Dewy himself will turn into a diamond shaped ice block, a razor sharp whirlwind of solid danger. While less effective than the lightning strike—and harder to control— Ice Dewy will take out bigger enemies who are only stunned by the electric shock of his other form.

The game is fairly simple in concept, but requires a steady hand to control. Like Super Monkey Ball, it's no easy task to keep Dewy on a tilting platform. I found myself falling off ledges fairly often, frustratingly so, but in no way a game-killing experience. It just takes a measure Wii-mote tilting hand to guide and slide Dewy through each level.

Like Elebits, Dewy's Adventure looks to be a creative, colorful experience one won't find on other platforms. It's definitely not a mini-game cash-in and should provide platforming fans a find alternative to some of the third-party fare coming this year for the Wii.

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