GamesRadar - Wii Reviews

PDC World Championship Darts 2009 (Review)

29/05/2009

We don’t know what’s more surprising – that people turn up in their thousands to watch lumpen men in shiny shirts throw needles into a tiny target, or that they do so as far afield as Blackpool and Las Vegas.Beer probably accounts for a lot of the darts’ appeal, hence its traditional location in a mouldy corner of every pre-Wetherspoons local pub. ...

PES 2009 (Review)

17/03/2009

This, friends, is a beautiful game. Glancing back at last year’s game, which we loved, we discover that the few niggles we did have are ironed out in the 2009 offering. If you were a fan of 2008, there are sufficient advances both on and off the pitch to merit splashing your cash. Let’s take a look at the ones on the pitch first. ...

Pimp My Ride (Review)

7/03/2008

The urban minigame collection Pimp My Ride vied for "worst game of the year" in 2006, so what has publisher Activision done? They've ported it to the Wii without making any improvements or adding new content. ...

Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection (Review)

24/03/2008

Pinball is like a dinosaur to most of today’s gamers, who’ve become used to parent-horrifyingly realistic graphics, epic storylines, and massively multiplayer online worlds. However, those few who still dig on this old-school action would have to look long and hard to find a better deal than this lovingly handled compilation. We’ll get the list out of the way first: You’ve got Black Knight, Pinbot, Gorgar, Space ...

Pirates of the Carribean: At World's End (Review)

31/05/2007

At first, Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End appears to be yet another mindless melee slog. You can get away with just swinging the Wii remote rapidly from side to side for several levels. Things begin to look dire as far as fun goes. Then suddenly you encounter a pirate who will block every single one of your thoughtless swings. In a single moment the game has transformed into a true swashbuckler. Youve got to block attacks, time your lunges and swings, and use special defensive ...

Pirates: The Key of Dreams - Wii Software (Review)

22/07/2008

Pirates in general are awesome, unlike this initially promising but ultimately drab and one-dimensional watery shoot ’em up. Shame, because we like pirates (couldn’t you tell?). ...

Pirates vs. Ninjas Dodgeball (Review)

10/08/2009

Aren’t we over the whole ‘which random cool people are better?’ thing? Pirates, ninjas, zombies, aliens – they’re all here in this self-consciously ‘wacky’ dodgeball game. And if the premise of blathering on about how cool pirates and ninjas are is a bit tired, the game itself isn’t much better. ...

Plattchen Twist 'n' Paint - Wii Software (Review)

6/11/2008

Quick, Jeeves, to the local supermarket and fetch me some aspirin. I’ve been playing this bally puzzler that makes no sense. My wrist aches, and it’s driving me further and further into a pit of despair with every passing second!” If only we all had a butler. You could remove the final ‘t’ from this game’s title and it would give a more accurate idea of what to expect. ...

Pokemon Battle Revolution (Review)

2/07/2007

Pokemon Battle Revolution (PBR) is a curious name for Nintendo's latest beastie battling game for home consoles. You see, there's nothing too revolutionary about it. It's just like all the other Pokemon Stadium/Colosseum games, but with updated graphics. If you don't own Pokemon Diamond/Pearl then there's no reason to buy this game. If you're only casually into the DS titles, it's still a tough sell. Only hardcore Diamond/Pearl players that have sunk dozens of hours into their Pokemon will get ...

Pong Toss: Frat Party Games - WiiWare (Review)

30/09/2008

There’s a special corner of hell for frat boys, and in it they should be forced to play Pong Toss. ...

Pop 'Em Drop 'Em Samegame (Review)

27/04/2009

In the ancient art of matching coloured shapes, the tiles are usually dropped in from somewhere off the screen and the player has to get rid of them before they reach the top. In Samegame the screen starts out completely full and no more tiles are introduced. You can’t switch them around either. You’ve got to get rid of what’s already there by looking for two or more of the same colour, moving the cursor over them and pressing a button to make them vanish. The rest then shuffle along to fill the gaps. ...

Pop - Wii Software (Review)

30/06/2008

On the face of it, Pop is a game about bursting bubbles. Delve a little deeper, however… and you’ll find it’s a game about bursting bubbles. Hmm. But despite this most simple of premises, it’s actually a rather decent, pleasingly colourful and curiously addictive little shooter. And shooter it is. You aim a set of crosshairs at the screen and blast away at wave after wave of different coloured bubbles in search of a ...

PopStar Guitar (Review)

11/12/2008

As stupid as many of us felt when we first strapped on Guitar Hero’s little-people-sized plastic guitars with big, color-coded buttons, it enabled us to start rocking out like lunatics. And nobody’s come up with a console rhythm action game since that didn’t use a plastic guitar and was still worth a damn. That’s not going to change with PopStar Guitar. ...

Potpourrii - Wii Software (Review)

7/11/2008

File this one under ‘needless’. It’s another WiiWare puzzler that, rather than ripping off one of the classics, chooses to bravely strike out on its own path. Potpourri, we commend thee. Unfortunately, we also scorn thee and would dearly love to kick thy face off and get our points back. ...

Prince of Persia Rival Swords (Review)

2/05/2007

More than a year after the Prince of Persia trilogy wrapped with the awesome Two Thrones, the acrobatic adventure series has finally made its way to the Wii with Prince of Persia: Rival Swords. But while the title's new, don't be fooled - unlike the feature-rich PSP version, Rival Swords is just Two Thrones with fancy motion-sensitive controls. That's a little disappointing, but it's not exactly bad. Repackaged or no, Rival Swords is still a kickass adventure from start to finish, and the Wii ...

Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (Review)

18/03/2008

The Pro Evolution series has always done a fine job of replicating what’s happening in real professional football, and never more so than in its first run out on Wii. For the key to success in the game is playing with a quick pass-and-move style, keeping the ball on the deck, not holding on to it for too long and exploiting space. The control scheme, designed especially for Wii, is absolutely perfect for this. Result! ...

Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 (Review)

10/11/2009

A year can be a long time in football. Conversely, a year in Pro Evolution Soccer seems to fly by, and the results are sadly all too predictable. PES 2010 is barely distinguishable from the 2009 effort – even the press release intended to trumpet this new installment struggles a bit, eventually resorting to talking about things like how players now raise their hands to solicit a pass. ...

Professor Heinz Wolff's Gravity (Review)

15/04/2009

When we say that this is just like the DS version, we mean exactly like the DS version. Only it’s worse, so not exactly like it. It’s got the same 100 puzzles and the same minigames (there’s an extra one here, but it’s not much cop). If you bought the DS game, you’ve no reason to get this if you’re looking for fresh conundrums. ...

Protothea - WiiWare (Review)

22/07/2008

Have you ever seen the episode of The Simpsons in which the old folks’ home screens a special censored version of Gone with the Wind? “Frankly my dear, I love you,” says a dubbed Rhett Butler. Protothea is exactly the same thing: Geometry Wars re-edited to be of absolutely no threat to anyone. ...

Punch-Out!! (Review)

18/05/2009

It’s extremely difficult to craft a game that hits the “fun for everyone” mark without it also becoming a dumbed-down mess. Nintendo’s remarkably good at this though, from Mario to Wii Sports, as well as the original Punch-Out!! for NES. Even 20 years after its release, the first game remains a strong connection among gamers and non-gamers thanks to its pick-up-and-play appeal and freakish, goofy ass boxers ...