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Agatha Christie: Evil Under the Sun for Nintendo Wii
Agatha Christie: Evil Under the Sun for Nintendo Wii has Captain Hastings replay an old case solved by Hercule Poirot. In Poirot's London office, Hastings takes on the detective's role as the story returns to Seadrift Island. Actress Arlena Stuart Marshall is staying there at a hotel with family and acquaintances. When she is murdered, Poirot investigates the alibis, relationships and secrets of more than twenty people present.
You move through pre-rendered locations, speak to suspects repeatedly and collect objects, documents and testimony. The inventory lets you inspect and combine items. Poirot's notebook organises characters, conversations and evidence, while a map shows where important guests are located. In London, you can return to Hastings and use the Finger of Suspicion for a focused hint about talking, observing, searching, helping or eavesdropping.
The story therefore alternates between the original investigation and the later reconstruction. Dialogues change when new evidence becomes available, and some puzzles ask you to compare the sequence of movements or statements. The solution remains that of Christie's novel, but the game adds characters, locations and tasks. Evil Under the Sun is entirely for one player, uses the Wii Remote as a pointer and has no network features. The whole case and hint system are on the Wii disc.
Region and language
Our Nintendo Wii games are PAL editions and come with a Dutch or English box, unless stated otherwise. By default, you receive the version for the European market. We note it in the product details if the region is different or the box is in another language. In almost all cases, the game is playable at least in English, and often in the other five common European languages too.
Agatha Christie: Evil Under the Sun supports one player and uses one Wii Remote as a pointer. A Nunchuk or other extra accessory is not required. The complete case, Poirot's notebook, map and Finger of Suspicion are on the Wii disc; no network features are required.
Manual
Agatha Christie: Evil Under the Sun for Nintendo Wii includes the manual unless the product title states otherwise. If the booklet is missing, the title says “No Manual”. This lets you see before ordering whether the game comes with a manual.
The manuals included with our games usually contain at least English and often around six European languages. The exact languages vary by edition, so Dutch is not always included. The booklet explains the controls and the main rules. You can use it to check how to control the game, which actions are available and how its different features work.
The history of Agatha Christie: Evil Under the Sun
AWE Productions developed Evil Under the Sun as The Adventure Company's third Agatha Christie adventure, after And Then There Were None and Murder on the Orient Express. The Windows version appeared in 2007; the European Wii release followed in late 2008. Lee Sheldon again worked on the design and script. The game adapts Christie's 1941 novel, in which Poirot investigates the murder of an actress at a holiday resort.
The creators chose a framing story to use both Poirot and Hastings. Poirot has already solved the case and challenges his friend to follow the same reasoning. This lets the player ask for guidance in the office without completely leaving the historical scenes. The Finger of Suspicion incorporates hints into the world itself. New characters and locations extend the investigation, but the culprit's identity and the core of the alibi remain tied to the novel.
The Wii version brought the existing point-and-click structure to a remote pointer. Compared with And Then There Were None, it places greater emphasis on organising statements, suspects' positions and Poirot's methodical questioning. It remained the last major AWE adventure in this particular Christie series to appear on Wii. All scenes, notes and tools run locally from the disc.
Similar games for Nintendo Wii
And Then There Were None uses the same foundations of conversations, inventory and investigation, but lets you move among potential victims as Patrick Narracott. Evil Under the Sun gives you Poirot's methods, a map, notebook and built-in hints within a case told in retrospect. The first game can lead to four endings; Evil Under the Sun preserves the familiar solution and focuses more on reconstructing alibis.
Like Evil Under the Sun, Another Code: R combines a personal mystery with many conversations and careful examination of locations. Ashley uses modern devices and searches her family history, while Poirot compares testimony and alibis around a murder. Both have a measured pace; Agatha Christie has a larger ensemble of suspects and an explicit hint system in Poirot's office.
The Silver Earring comes closest to Poirot's classic detective work: you question witnesses, examine locations and connect evidence to statements. Sherlock answers formal questions at the end of sections, while Evil Under the Sun shows progress through new dialogue, inventory puzzles and the reconstruction with Hastings. Both retain one fixed solution and demand attention to conflicting alibis.
CSI: Deadly Intent lets you solve several modern murder cases with laboratory equipment, fingerprints and forensic minigames. Evil Under the Sun handles one longer mystery without contemporary technology; motives, locations and conversations take priority. Both make suspects react differently after new evidence, but Poirot relies mainly on observation and logic rather than a crime laboratory.
Secret Files: Tunguska likewise uses a large inventory and many combined objects, but follows an international conspiracy with alternating protagonists. Evil Under the Sun stays on one island with a closed group of hotel guests. Secret Files puts more emphasis on mechanical puzzles and travel; Agatha Christie spends more time on repeated questioning, alibis and organising clues.
