Rayman: Raving Rabbids (for Wii) mini review

For those who read my blog and couldn't care less about video games, I'll keep this one short. Rayman is basically a collection of humorous minigames. Going with this approach is probably a good idea with the Wii, since the wii-mote is capable of so many different methods of input. Each mini-game features a different play mechanic. Some simply involve pointing the wii-mote and shaking the nunchuck while others have you tilting the wii-mote to control your character as he sky dives, flies, or races a giant pig. As a whole, the mini games are a mixed bag. Some are really clever and fun, some are lame. Some are challenging (but not hard) and others really easy. The highlights for me are:

• Shooting sequences where you shoot bunnies with plungers. Most of these seem really easy though.


• Music sequences where you must time shaking the wii-mote and nunchuck to the beat a la guitar hero or DDR.


• The choir game where you must find the rabits who are singing off key and slap them


• The racing / flying games are also fun

Some of the minigames can be played with up to 4 players, others can be played one at a time. Overall I'd give this game a C+. The art style is nice and some of the mini-games are memorable but the game is just not very deep and I've progressed though it fairly quickly. It seems like it would be more suited towards younger kids, casual players or as a 'party game'.