Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole | |
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Developer(s) |
Krome Studios Tantalus Media (Nintendo DS) |
Publisher(s) | Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment |
Composer(s) | Winifred Phillips |
Platform(s) | PlayStation 3 Xbox 360 Wii Nintendo DS |
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Genre(s) | Combat flight simulator |
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole is a video game developed by Krome Studios (Tantalus Media for the Nintendo DS) and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, released on September 14, 2010. It is based on the film of the same name, and includes some elements from the books. The game is available for PlayStation 3, Wii and Xbox 360 as well as Nintendo DS.
Prologue
In the ancient Perrock monastery, the Glauxian Monks honoured the owl god Glaux. They maintain a watchful peace ever since the war with Sutr and his Pure Ones. One day a young acolyte Grettir was on guard duty as the Hagsfiends attacked, ruthlessly eliminating anyone in their path. Grettir fought valiantly but still the monastery was lost. He fled the world in shame having been unable to defend his brethren. He found a second chance in life as he met his mate Lygeia and settled down with her. On a fateful night however the couple and the hatched egg were attacked by the Pure Ones. Both parents fell and only the timely arrival of a Guardian recon group saved the hatchling from the same fate as his parents. The Guardians carried the hatchling to the Ga'Hoole tree, naming him affectionately Shard after a piece of eggshell clinging to his downy coak. Many moon later, Shard studied hard to become a Guardian himself. Grettir's legacy however left a stain upon his son.
A change came during Shard's final year of training. The Ga'Hoole tree is attacked, Shard's teacher Allomere is rallying the Guardians for a counterattack. Shard joins in and they fend of some of the attackers as suddenly Allomere is lethally hit and Shard finds himself surrounded by bats, crows and Pure Ones. Shard hears his name being called and realises he has been "night-dreaming". His classmate Parzival mocks him, that he is as useless as his father. Despite Allomere's presence they start a fight. Then Ezylryb appears and lectures Shard that a Guardian never answers words with talons. He then orders Shard to meet him in his hollow after class to be assigned his flint mops.
The flint mops are lessons such as using hot coals, fighting enemies and generally moving in the air.