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Tony Hawk’s Downhill Jam: Wii

I played Tony Hawk’s Downhill Jam with Allison, Andy and Rondi. The game was okay, it was pretty much a racing game but you were able to jump and do tricks with your skaters. The only real difference between this game and any other racing game was that you stand on your vehicle of choice. Some people may like Tony Hawk and the skateboarding scene or lifestyle. Me, not so much. I did however like barreling my player into oncoming cars over and over. But that is my own issue with skateboarding.

The game is pretty solid with awesome graphics and it makes use of the wiimote very well. You turn and do jumps and tricks by moving the wiimote all over the place. Andy and Rondi hadn’t played the game much so many characters were still locked, but the characters we did have to play with were pretty colorful and interesting. If you want a solid racing game with many different types of multiplayer games then this is a decent one to have.

WarioWare: Smooth Moves

WarioWare: Smooth Moves is a bizarre little game full of tons of mini games that make use of special “forms” with the Wiimote. In WarioWare: Smooth Moves the Wiimote is called a form baton. Each time a new form is presented it is done with a sepia toned page that has a soothing voice that give explains the form. Then you play a frenetic cluster of games until you reach the Boss Stage. The games include swatting flies, cutting barrels with a sword and making a little guy run. The game is very fun and you will be laughing away at your friends and family as they do strange forms like the elephant. Check out WarioWare: Smooth Moves. The one thing I don’t like it that it is a single player game until you go through a bunch of games, and then you can play multiplayer games.