Super Monkey Ball: Step & Roll Review

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(More customer reviews)I have always been a huge fan of the Monkey Ball series. Super Monkey Ball 1 and 2 for the Gamecube are two of the best games ever, in my opinion. Super Monkey Ball Banana Blitz for the Wii was a great game too, although not quite as great as the previous entries in the series. After Banana Blitz, I had high expectations for this game. I'm sure you can guess by my two stars that I was sorely disappointed. The balance board controls are a complete waste of time, and when you play the Wii Remote there are tons of bizarre little heads placed on the course to make it more difficult. The courses are completely unimaginative. They are more frustrating than enjoyable or challenging. And to add insult to injury they have only included about 70 levels, compared to the 100-150 that are typical for the series. And why does Sega continue to include dozens of ridiculously shallow and unplayable mini games with the Monkey Ball series? Do not buy this game. If you are looking for a challenging Monkey Ball game for the Wii, pick Banana Blitz instead. It is only about 20 bucks and a much better game than this one. Or even better, pick up Monkey Ball 1 or 2 for the Gamecube and play them on your Wii. This game doesn't come close to the greatness of the other Monkey Ball games (with the obviously exception of the terrible Super Monkey Ball Adventure). It is obvious that Sega is incapable of improving upon the series so (sadly) they should just quit before they make another travesty of a game like this one.

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AiAi and all his friends are rolling back onto Wii this Winter in an all-new party gamecompatible with the Wii Balance Board With 70 puzzle stages and 21 mini-games this game has something for the whole family to enjoy. Multiplayer options include a Co-op mode for2 players as well as a host of mini-games for up to 4 players. If you’re looking for an extrachallenge, tackle the new Marathon and Mirror Image modes or search for hidden items in each of the game’s 70 puzzle levels. Get ready for a whole new level of monkey madness as Super Monkey Ball Step & Roll rolls into living rooms this winter.

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Block Party - 20 Games Review

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(More customer reviews)Do NOT buy this game, don't even rent it.
Menu is basic, single & multi & music & sound levels. The music is actually nice, kinda Broadway musical feel. Too bad ITS ONLY IN THE MENU. There is NO music during gameplay. There are no sounds other then requisite 1-2 sounds of whatever your doing & a lot of giggling & "whoa" for no reason. The colors are bright & cheerful, but there is no texture, no nothing. It feels half done & halfheartedly at that.
There are a lot of bugs, in one that you are a human sling shot, you sail in the air, my character landed sideways & flat. In one balancing on the ball, one of the AI was a blond boy, when the game ended, it was a redheaded girl.
There are 4 sections to cycle through, each with 5 games, 2 of which are locked. You have no idea which game unlocks those & you must get 20,000 points.
The game styles are inane. Shoot SCARY looking 3D bugs that fly AT YOU complete with blood red eyes before they eat your cake, STUN the dog who ate your friend so you can pry your friend by their feet out of the St. Bernard's mouth. Follow the trace lines like a Rayman Raving Rabbid game w/o the personality, MANY shooting games: shoot clay targets, shoot your characters balloons, shoot the BOY riding in the free falling tire, etc. MANY hit the buttons displayed games one in which you are hanging on a metal chain over a evil plant in a pot who is trying to eat you, waggle & hit buttons to do tricks in the air like Mario & Sonic Olympics trampoline game w/o the personality & the flips aren't even programmed fully. Drink soda, fart into the air & try to hit the gingerbread cookie targets in the air on the way down, etc.
The text/drawing instructions make sense & work most times when it only involves buttons, though once the instructions were wrong by saying to shoot the OPPONENTS balloons to win, but the goal was to land which means shooting your own. Though the games has trouble recognize the movements correctly & sometimes doesn't respond AT ALL & even the IR for shooting feels sluggish & off. Anytime in the "rhythm" games w/o the music, if it asks you to swipe to left/right or up/down, it rarely works. Even pushing forward to launch yourself in Sling shot doens't respond the first 3x. Some games are even insanely difficult for anyone, much less a child.
Balance ball - using nunchuck stick to balance left & right (constantly moving) & on the wii mote hit A or B as they quickly for 1-2 seconds scroll under your character.
Chariots of Fruit - no, you pull a baby wagon of fruit & run like M&S Olympics. But no matter what you're still last & the score doens't even make sense.
High Wire hangup - balance the wii mote to walk across. But if the ball in the rectangle telling you where the balance is, the ball & rectangle falls lower on the left, you don't bring the right side down which would make gravity sense, no, you drop the left side LOWER. Same for the right side.
Crazy Clothesline - ok, if the above wasn't hard enough, you do that PLUS you move the nunchuck's stick in a circular fashion because now you're on a short unicycle.
this game was poorly done, from controls, to gameplay ideas to looks. this is PURE shovelware, this is NOTHING good in it. DO NOT FEED lazy & cheap programmers by buying this or EVEN renting it. Your wallet controls how much time/effort companies put into games, don't let them even think this will make them money.

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20 Party Games: Family Friendly Fun Wii

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