A well-'balanced' game, marbellous!

User Rating: 7 | Kororinpa WII
By woega | Review Date:
The very first level you play reminds you of those irritating wooden ball-in-a-maze toys from ... well years back. Kororinpa is a typical Nintendo game, happy faces and 'characters', colorful environments, and an original concept.
The control is very straightforward and intuitive; the environment is tilt with the Wii-mote, responsiveness is good.
The aim of the game is easy: navigate the marble through the maze to the exit, collecting all orange gems on the way. That's it. Of course the difficulty of the levels increases as you progress, with jumps, cannons, narrow ledges etc. Secret levels can be unlocked by collecting green gems that are scattered across the various levels. Other unlockables are extra marbles, extra levels, and music.
The two player mode lets you race an opponent to the finish (again collecting all orange marbles) and can be pretty fun because of the extra pressure which makes you take more risk to reach the goal first.

Concluding Kororinpa is a game for all ages, you can play a few levels if you have some spare time which is nice. Have fun with it!

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