Party entertainment for the chemically addled, Saturday morning activity for six -year-olds, or Japanimation crack-dream

User Rating: 4.7 | WarioWare: Smooth Moves WII
I respect other people's high opinion of this game. It is indeed creative, and it does indeed take advantage of the Wii Remote (Form Baton or Wiimote). But, as you can tell from my use of the word "indeed", I can be a little bit of a puzzle snob. WarioWare: Smooth Moves is a collection of short cartoon skits followed by mini-games that open up other minigames. By minigames, I mean MINI. They are each about five seconds long. You have five seconds to figure out what is going on, act, and then beat the game.

For instance, you must pic someone's nose, drop an apple into a basket, balance a rolling ball on a plate, or sharpen a pencil. The games are so random that you occassionally find yourself chuckling at the author's sense of humor.

Unfortunately, the ADD/ADHD nature of the game... that is, rapid-fire minigames with no reprieve, and cartoon sequences that introduce weird characters doing weird things with general weirdness interspersed just basically irritates me.

I think other people like me would be irritated by this game. If you like crossword puzzles, or concentrating for any length of time on anything, you will not like this game. If you like Homestarrunner or other bizarre flash-cartoon web site humor, you probably would feel quite at home.

The thing that REALLY busts my hump is the fact that some games are actually creative and fun and I would like to spend more time on them, but I CANT because the game rhythm is so frenetic and psycho.

I don't understand why this game got a 9.1 by Gamespot, or why the average person rates it an 8.8. I suppose I'm not like most people. Still, I'll throw in my two cents for the sake of anyone else who is like me.