El Viento

El Viento is a fast-paced, sidescrolling action game from Wolfteam. It involves a lot of boomerang throwing and giant, pixelated explosions.

It is the second in a trilogy of games, which include Earnest Evans and Annet Futatabi.

Testing / Challenge Stage


Using M.I.J.E.T.'s enhancement patch, this normally inaccessible stage can be accessed by holding A + B + C and pressing Start at the title screen. To quote the readme:

"'Stage 0, as I refer to it, appears to have been initially designed as a testing ground for many of the game's features. It contains 'programmer art' and lacks any enemies. Apparently it evolved during game development and ended up becoming a challenge stage for the developers at Wolfteam to play.'"

The stage appears to be partially based on Stage 4, or vice versa. The big word at the top-left of the stage has been translated to "PERIL" and the one at the top-right corner has been translated to "GOAL". The red text on the tombstone-like objects translates to "Hiroshi", most likely in reference to assistant programmer Hiroshi Izumino.

Features of this stage include:
 * Floor tiles with left and right pointing arrows that move you in that direction.
 * Bricks that can be destroyed with your boomerangs.
 * Bricks with red cracks that explode when hit, causing a chain reaction with adjacent cracked bricks.
 * Pipes that act like a fuse when their connected cracked brick is hit. They tend to block your path until you clear them away.
 * Gray, prickly blocks that act like enemies in that they explode when hit and cause harm when touched, but don't move unless they're falling from the air.
 * Green water that propels you upwards.
 * Floor tiles with downward pointing triangles that you fall through.
 * Floor tiles with squares in them that act similarly to the pipes.
 * Adorable green and yellow sea creatures that act like the cracked bricks, just more cuddly.

Regional Differences
A couple of the cutscenes were altered to remove Vincente/Al's cigar, specifically the ones that play before Levels 2 and 5.