Looking for something a bit less cute to play on your Wii? Cursed Mountain is a survival horror game that plays to its strengths of story and atmosphere.

The game sets you off climbing a mountain in search of Frank, your sibling who got himself lost earlier while looking for Terma, some sort of Buddhist treasure. Eastern philosophy and Buddhism combine in Cursed Mountain to create a believable and compelling back story.

As the game is on the Wii, you might assume that the lack of graphic gore is because the platform isn’t great at graphics, but actually Cursed Mountain has some of the bets visuals the Wii has yet seen.

Likewise the controls have been planned from the start for the Wii. It’s not a bad port where some gimmick has been thrown at the control system to make it seem Wii-friendly. Instead, the game makes use of the motion control in all aspects of the gameplay, from combat to simple walking.

You can take different routes to the top, but as you get closer, you’ll find the game adds new difficulties for you to overcome. As you climb the Cursed Mountain, the air thins and you’ll find it harder to breathe, forcing you to run from one bottle of oxygen to the next.

Combining new gameplay and puzzles as it goes, together with finally some decent graphics on the Wii, and a control system that makes sense for the controller, Cursed Mountain is worth consideration of any grown-up gamer.

Released on 4th September 2009, Cursed Mountain is only coming out on the Nintendo Wii.