• 28Apr 07

  WaroWare: Smooth Moves Review

  9.1!? Are you serious gamespot!?? The first wii game to break the 9.0 barrier is one of the worst i've played so far. The fact that it is still quite fun, especially with a few friends and a few drinks, says a lot for the wii... but still, this is not a 9.1 worthy game!

  Basically, you'll be playing a bunch of micro games which are often imaginative, well-implemented and totally crazy. The use of the wii-mote is excellent and will certainly make you and your friends look very silly, which is great for a laugh... for about half an hour. Playing by yourself is a little more monotonous, as the game gets very very repetitive and is over in a couple of hours, giving you little reason to switch it back on again. On top of this, the story mode forces you to sit through supposedly 'charming' introductory cut-scenes which I would more aptly describe as boooooooring. I can see that they are trying really hard to be funny in that off-beat Japanese anime kind of way... but for me, it was mostly just uninspired (nothing like Elite Beat Agents for example, which really was funny in that off-beat, charming kind of way).

  Don't get me wrong, my friends and I had a few great laughs playing this game, and I'm probably being a little harsh because of high expectations, but this is just not an outstanding game by any leap of the imagination.

  Rent it with some friends one night but don't waste your money buying it.

  7.5/10

  • Posted Apr 28, 2007 8:17 am PT
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• 7Dec 06

  Yay for Wii

  How good is it?!?

  The Wii has landed in Aus and i am already fully addicted (and i haven't even started  playing Zelda yet - it's wrapped up under the christmas tree and i have to wait until christmas morning to open it!! grrr - the frustration!!!). Is it just me or is it like 7000 times easier to aim with the wii-mote at home than in the shopping centre demos? When i first tried it out, i thought it would take a while to get used to it but when i got it all set up at home, it works like a dream - easier than a mouse for instance. Very happy about that.

  Wii Sports and Wii Play are so schweeet and the whole family are stoked with it as well. Creating Mii's of them all had everyone in stitches. I think my sister and brother-in-law will probably end up getting a wii of their own after spending half an hour or so with wii sports, so nintendo's 'playing is believing' thing seems to be working on non-gamers as expected.

  Anyway, my new Wii Console Number is...
  4642 0299 6016 7199

  So do feel free to add me... and let me know your number so I can add you!

  • Posted Dec 7, 2006 8:16 pm PT
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• 6Nov 06

  Importing consoles - good idea?

  Ok, I need to be talked in or out of this idea - let me know your opinion.

  I want to buy a Wii but in about 8 months i'll be moving to the UK. So if a buy a Wii here, i'll either have to sell it and all the games before i leave (no doubt for much less than their worth) then buy a new one in the UK or i'd take it with me and then have to order my future games from Australia (where they remain at some of the highest prices in the world).

  My other option is to import a Wii and buy all my games online. For example, if i bought one from DVDBoxOffice.com, it will cost me around AU$405 (including the $80 courrier-based shipping). Compared with the AU$399 i'd pay here, this seems like a pretty good deal! What makes it better however is that buying games from DVDBoxOffice.com costs about AU$60-70 (free worldwide shipping) compared with the AU$99-109 we'll be paying here. On top of that, i'd be getting games as they're released in the US, which is often months earlier than in Australia and Europe and, depending on the time it takes to ship, I might even get my Wii before it's released here!

  Can any of you see any holes in this plan? does anyone know if the online capabilities will somehow be region-locked? Any suggestions/opinions will be gratefully received

  • Posted Nov 6, 2006 3:54 pm PT
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