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Saturday 26 January, 2008
GAMEPLAY:
The second round of play for me did not get old at all. More and more laughs were to be had. The regular game play did not tire but we were still able to find more fun things to do. One thing that became more fun than the game it self was the making of the Mii. With limited options we were able to create a cartoon version of ourselves to play with. Every person that entered the house had a character made for them whether they wanted or not. Of course we made sure that everyone was unique and funny. For instance we made sure to "accentuate" all features of the Mii. My Mii, had a goofy smile and was very tall and lanky. All in all we had quite the motley crue of Miis running around the baseball diamond or hitting up the links.
Another feature I found fun was the fitness test. Playing various one player games you could test hot fit you Mii was. The would measure it by giving you a corresponding age. It seemed that 85 was about the oldest and most out of shape and 18 was the youngest and most in shape. First time i took the test i got a shocking 85. Of course this was good laughs for everyone that was watching who tested far better. The neat thing about the test was that you could only take it once every 24 hour period. The goal was to practice all day and night and hopefully test better the following day. Well, we saw this as a challenge and played pretty much all day and sure enough tested again and was about 40 this time. The game was awesome, never were we board, it kept us engaged the entire time.
DESIGN:
The design of this game is close to flawless. one flaw we found is that the Wiimotes need to have better attachments to ones hand. We now have a hole in our ceiling from a tennis serve going a bit crazy. Even this "flaw" seemed to bring us more joy than any video game ever has. We ended up rolling on the ground laughing for a good 10 minutes before realizing the money to fix it may be coming out of our security deposit. The game design in general is so fun because of its new concept. Instead of pushing the A button to swing the bat i simply swing the remote. The harder you swing the harder the Mii swings. We did however find ways to beat the system. a simple fast flick at the wrist saved us the energy of taking a full on baseball swing. This was good news because the next morning when we all woke up our shoulders were sore.
It would be great to see more games available like basketball, volleyball, or really anything. Another frustrating thing is the price of everything if you want to play four player. The game only comes with one Wii mote and you have to buy 3 more and 3 additional nun chucks (used to box with two hands). This totals well over 100 bucks which is pretty steep. Although expensive it is well worth it. The game design of this game is unlike any other as we have yet to become bored of it.
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