Bugs, bugs... And even more Bugs.

User Rating: 3.6 | Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz WII
How this got the grade that it received is beyond me... Reading the initial staff review of this game, I was looking forward to a decent game that would display the capabilities of the Wii remote... What I got was a few nights of frustration and the will to test my Wii remote leash by throwing it as hard as I can at my TV... I admit, I wasn't a huge fan of the previous games in the franchise BUT (with that being said) I was also not a fan of any of the previous Wario games and I love the newest addition (Warioware Smooth Moves), SOO I feel my review isn't biased. I'm willing to give a game a chance no matter my previous experiences...

Anyway, down to business... I decided to start this baby up with my girlfriend and play a little 'party mode'. What an awful party... The bugs were already present when trying to choose what mini-game we wanted to play. Having to twist the remote to move the cursor left or right is an annoying task in itself, but we chalked it up to our newness to the system and moved on. We start up a game and am met by a quick on-screen tutorial. The tutorials aren't exactly self explained. They are awful gifs that show you the basics of the gameplay of the individual mini-game. NO, both me and my girlfriend aren't simpletons. We're experienced gamers and haven't had any previous problems on any Wii game we've played. We start up the game, follow the gameplay tutorial, and well... Everything doesn't work exactly as advertised. One quick example is the minigame "frog ball"... Both me and my girlfriend were soon rendered useless as our avatars turned themselves to the wall and proceed to refuse to turn the direction we want... Simply awful. I'm tired of wasting my time on this.