2007 · Action-adventure · Adventure

Chronos Twins

Nintendo exclusive

Chronos Twins is an action-adventure game that plays on the concept of time travel in a reassuringly unique manner as it is interwoven as a main game play element. To successfully complete levels, players will maneuver through an area and work within the limitations of each time period in a side-scrolling environment. The goal is to control both the present-time hero while exploring the planet to defeat alien threats. Both time periods are fully visible through a split-screen engine that displays the past and present versions of the exact same location.

Released: 12 October 2007
Platforms: Game Boy Advance Nintendo DS Wii
Genres: Action-adventure Adventure Platformer Shooter
Developers: —
Publishers: Oxygen Games
Modes: Single-player
Perspective: Side view
Themes: Science fiction
Age ratings: ESRB E PEGI 7
Languages: English

About

Chronos Twins, known in the PAL region as Chronos Twin, is an action-adventure game developed by Spanish studio EnjoyUP Games, released in the PAL region in 2007. It was also released in North America on January 18, 2010 and in Europe on May 14, 2010 as a download for the Nintendo DSi system. The game puts a different perspective on time travel than most games. Instead of revisiting an area in two different times, both screens show the same setting during two eras as gamers explore the land with a present-day hero.

Chronos Twins was originally planned for release for Game Boy Advance, but after the rise of the Nintendo DS, the game's development switched to that system. An enhanced version for the Wii console entitled Chronos Twins DX was released in North America as a WiiWare download one week prior to the Nintendo DSi release. It was later released in the PAL region for WiiWare on April 2, 2010.

Keywords

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Story

The player takes on the role of Nec, a member of the Llhedar species, who, because of their psychic abilities and the fact that they never give up until the goal is complete, are well suited for missions such as those in this game. The primary mission of the game is to free the planet Skyla from an alien invasion and the powerful entity known as "Twime." Little is known about Twime; she seems indestructible because of her ability to exist in two different times. The player is able to teletransport between the two times by using the "Dual Time", a machine created by the sages of Skyla, the Wise. A secondary objective of the game is to avenge the main character's brother, Nash.

Reception

The DSi version received "generally favorable reviews", while the DS original received "mixed" reviews, according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.