LITTLE JEWELS: THE FIRST TWO MINUTES OF ROLANDO 2

Freshly “unlocked” via the official Rolando 2 site, and the first in a wave of more info coming every two days for the rest of the month (and with only two more slots after that, hopefully meaning the game can’t be more than a few weeks away), ngmoco and Hand Circus have revealed the first direct gameplay video of the iPhone sequel.

In it, you’ll see Hand Circus head Simon Oliver leading you through most of the first level, and showing you some of the additional new techniques we learned back at its WWDC debut: namely, the deeper interplay between is individualized characters, with each given special exploration duties that the other’s can’t achieve (relegated primarily to the spikeys in the first game).

You’ll also notice, and Oliver outright notes, that exploration and collection play a much bigger part of the sequel, and, with its new and more tightly zoomed-in 3D view, the ability to uncover new secret areas plays a much bigger part. Hit the jump for more new screenshots, including more environmental assistance from baby whales.

Rolando 2 [ngmoco]