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Alone in the Dark for Nintendo Wii
Alone in the Dark for Nintendo Wii places Edward Carnby in a Central Park torn apart by supernatural forces. After a violent escape from a building, he tries to understand who he is, why fissures are appearing throughout the city and what role an ancient stone plays. The campaign is structured like a television season: chapters contain individual scenes and begin with a recap of earlier events.
You explore in first or third person, solve environmental puzzles and use almost any loose object as a tool or weapon. Chairs and wooden sticks can burn, a fire extinguisher can put out flames or break open a door, and liquids and ammunition can be combined to create new solutions. You treat wounds with spray or bandages before Edward bleeds out. Light and fire are often more important than simply shooting.
On Wii, the Wii Remote and Nunchuk represent Edward's right and left hands. You point to aim and make gestures to handle or put down objects. Hydravision developed this version alongside the PlayStation 2 edition; its levels and technology differ considerably from the Xbox 360, PC and later PS3 version, Inferno. The game is strictly single-player and has no online features.
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.
Alone in the Dark supports one player and uses a Wii Remote with a Nunchuk. The complete Wii version is on the disc and does not require a network service. Features and improvements from Alone in the Dark: Inferno for PlayStation 3 are not part of this edition.
Manual
Alone in the Dark 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 Alone in the Dark
In 2007, Atari announced that Alone in the Dark would come to Wii and PlayStation 2 as well as the more powerful platforms. Hydravision Entertainment developed those two editions, while Eden Games worked on PC and Xbox 360. The European Wii version was released on 20 June 2008. It shares characters and ideas with the other editions, but uses different levels and its own technical foundation.
The creators wanted to present survival horror like a television series on DVD. Players can select scenes again or skip a difficult section and receive a recap afterwards. At the same time, the environment needed to feel usable: objects have weight, fire spreads and inventory items can be combined. The Wii gestures translate Edward's two hands directly into holding, striking and aiming.
The PlayStation 3 release, Alone in the Dark: Inferno, followed later in 2008 with revised controls and other improvements. Those changes were not added to the Wii disc afterwards. The 2008 game is a reboot featuring Edward Carnby and is separate from 2001's The New Nightmare and the 2024 reimagining. On Wii, the complete episodic campaign remains playable locally without a network service.
Similar games for Nintendo Wii
Resident Evil 4 also combines horror, exploration and shooting with the Wii pointer. It offers tighter combat, numerous enemies and a linear journey through Spain. Alone in the Dark lets you combine more objects, switches between first and third person, and places more importance on fire and improvised solutions than on constant gunfights.
Shattered Memories uses psychological horror, investigation and escape sequences without traditional weapon combat. Alone in the Dark instead gives Edward firearms and everyday objects, but also calls for observation and puzzle-solving. Both are single-player games, use Wii controls and tell their stories through chapters, although Silent Hill adapts parts of the experience to your choices.
Cursed Mountain is also a single-player Wii horror game and uses gestures to banish supernatural enemies. It is set in the Himalayas and centres on Buddhist rituals. Alone in the Dark stays in New York, combines modern objects and fire, and more often lets you put together a tool or weapon yourself.
Obscure offers survival horror with several students and local co-op for two players. Weapons and light remain important, but the levels follow a more traditional campus structure. Alone in the Dark is strictly single-player, keeps Edward as its main character and lets you choose scenes more freely through its episodic DVD-style structure.
Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop also pits a single hero against a supernatural threat and lets you use everyday objects as weapons. It focuses mainly on large groups of zombies, missions and direct shooting with the Wii pointer. Alone in the Dark places more emphasis on fire, physics-based puzzles, combined inventory items and changing camera angles.
