Rayman Raving Rabbids shoots down every other party game in existance.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Remember the old Rayman games? Adventure, hilarity, and pure innovation? Well imagine the adventure being ripped away from your clutches as your landed with increased quirky and laugh-out-loud humor. This is a party game at its finest; a game that I pray MP8 can live up to... Story: So bad, it's good! Rayman is picnicking with the Globoxes... and the Rabbids show up! They steal the Globoxes and Rayman, and they wind up in a Gladiator-like arena! Rayman must compete with the Rabbids to earn toilet plungers... but little do the Rabbids (and Rayman, at the time) know that there's significance behind each earned plunger... Gameplay: The star of the show! The things you'll have to do will blow your mind! Things start out easy, but as time goes on, the Rabbids pick up the difficulty. You'll go from launching cows, to slapping choir boys in what will seem like ten minutes, and this is one of the few games that may never frustrate you; despite the fact that you may be stuck on a certain minigame for ages. I was amazed at the imagination and pure, unrestained insanity put into this game. I was honestly wondering while I was hammering the Rabbid's head, ripping worms out of their teeth, and doing some disco; what the developers were smoking. It's genius! Almost every minigame is an absolute blast to play! You'll swing, draw, shoot, reload, run, dance, race, pull, smack, spin, tilt, and much, much more with the hunk of plastic. I cannot urge Wii owners enough to buy this game. Graphics: The problematic, moldy slice of the masterpiece cake. The actual minigames are decent (With a few ugly exceptions), but every feature in the arena is plain nasty. If Baten Kaitos could nearly match a 360 game, why can't the Wii do something for the usually beautiful Rayman? The visuals can be muddy, painfully dark, and sometimes (Rarely) even hamper your gameplay performance. This is next generation, but why don't developers put some effort into maxing out the Wii's capabilities? Sound: It's nearly perfect! From the strangly catchy disco sounds, to the Rabbid's cries, to the 'Beethoven's 9th Symphony' running gag. It's quirky, and almost never annoying. Value: While it lasts, this game will never falter. You'll be wondering what Ubisoft has in stored for you next... Tilt: As a fan of the falling Mario Party franchise; I can't say I'm complaining. Mario Party needs to mimic the success of this gem for Nintendo's Wii.