Monday, November 8, 2010

About Wii Games: Just Dance 2, DJ Hero 2, Remote Plus Reviewed

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From Charles Herold, your Guide to Wii Games

I promised two reviews this week, so I'm going to pat myself on the back for delivering three: DJ Hero 2, Just Dance 2 and Nintendo's Wii Remote Plus controller. In the Remote Plus review I also do a mini-review of FlingSmash, which is all I felt it deserved.

By next week I will have a review of the fun arcade game NBA Jam and hopefully something else. Two major games have come out recently, Rock Band 3 and GoldenEye 007, but I'm still waiting for them to show up in the mail. I do have other games I could review, but most of them are things I don't even want to take out of the shrink wrap: I just don't see Wheel of Fortune being a super-exciting Wii game, do you?


'Just Dance 2' Reviewed
While Just Dance was a huge hit for the Nintendo Wii, it would be stretching the truth to say that it was a game as the word is generally used. While games can be won by skill or luck, Just Dance could not really be won by either, owing to a scoring system that seemed almost oblivious to the player's movements. Now, Just Dance 2 has come out. It is not much more of a game than the first one, but ... Read more

'DJ Hero 2' Reviewed
While Activision's Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock tried to lure players in with an elaborate story, their other new rhythm game, DJ Hero 2, takes the opposite approach. Relentlessly anti-story, the game portrays the life of a DJ as one in which you go to clubs, wave at the audience in exactly the same way every time and then mash up a bunch... Read more

Wii Remote Plus Reviewed, 'FlingSmash' Dissed
I take a look at Nintendo's MotionPlus-capable Wii Remote Plus, and also say a few unkind words about their latest MotionPlus game, FlingSmash.... Read more

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