Game Reviews7.5/10
MadWorld’s black-and-white brutality still looks like nothing else on the Wii
MadWorld, PlatinumGames' black-and-white Wii brawler, reviewed: its Bloodbath Challenges still work, its controls and sales story still don't.
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Tag: Wii
Game Reviews7.3/10
The Bigs Review: Arcade Baseball That Knows What It Is
The Bigs brought arcade baseball to Xbox 360, PS3, Wii and PSP in 2007 with Albert Pujols on the cover, turbo power-ups and four-player online play.
Game Reviews7.3/10
EA Sports Active 2’s Online Services Are Gone, and the Game Went With Them
EA Sports Active 2 turned living rooms into gyms in 2010 with a 30-day challenge and Kinect support, until EA killed its online features in 2012.
Game Reviews6.6/10
Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz Review — A Launch Title That Tilts More Than It Jumps
Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz launched with the Wii in 2006, pairing 100 tilt-controlled levels and 50 mini-games with a jump that never quite worked.
Game Reviews7.5/10
Silent Hill: Shattered Memories: The Reimagining That Took Away Your Gun
Silent Hill: Shattered Memories reimagined the 1999 original with no combat, a therapy frame, and a freezing Nightmare. A look back at the 2009 Wii horror game.
Game Reviews5.2/10
Epic Mickey’s camera fights the player at every turn
Epic Mickey put Oswald the Lucky Rabbit back on screen and built a Wasteland from Disney's discarded ideas, but a broken camera buries the good parts.
Game Reviews8.3/10
Wandering, Dying, Starting Over: What Shiren the Wanderer Still Teaches About Failure
Shiren the Wanderer review: Chunsoft's Wii roguelike with 30+ dungeons, a brutal item-loss rule, and an easy mode that welcomes newcomers. 8.3/10.
Game Reviews7.9/10
No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle — A Faster, Funnier Revenge Ladder
No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle review — Grasshopper Manufacture's Wii sequel cuts the grind, adds dual beam katanas, and scores 7.9/10.
Game Reviews7.3/10
Pandora’s Tower’s chain weapon is the only part that still holds up
Pandora's Tower review: Aeron's Oraclos Chain, the curse meter, and Master Flesh feed a Wii cult classic about killing monsters to keep Elena human.
Game Reviews7.5/10
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12 Adds Augusta National, and the Series Hasn’t Been the Same Since
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12: The Masters brought golf's most famous tournament to consoles in 2011, with a career ladder and a talking caddie.
Game Reviews7/10
No More Heroes: Suda51’s Beam Katana Cuts Through Everything Except Its Own Filler
A review of No More Heroes, Suda51's 2007 Wii cult classic: brilliant boss fights, a dull open world, and a voice worth the trouble. Score: 7.0/10.
Game Reviews7.5/10
de Blob: One Great Idea, Several Small Ones
de Blob review: the 2008 Wii paint-platformer where color is both mechanic and reward, and its soundtrack reacts as you repaint Chroma City.