Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros’ Treasure
The Wii’s popularity and commercial success cannot be disputed. It is almost one year since the console’s launch but Nintendo still can not meet the demand for it. However what is yet to be seen is how these motion sensing controls will change gameplay. So far almost all the games on the Wii are simply ports from other consoles and most of these badly ported at that. There are some great games like Resident Evil 4, Metroid Prime: Corruption and Table Tennis. But even these have or could have easily been developed on another console without motion sensing controls.
Then there is Zack & Wiki developed by Capcom. I have been following this game closely and has finally been released in the US. This is a game which Destructoid’s reviewer claims that it is the first to actually
“use the Wii’s controls in a natural, efficient, and utterly exhilirating way”
The reviewer goes on to say this,
“Where the Wii’s library has thus far been filled with gimmicky, soulless minigame collections or crappy first-person shooters, Zack and Wiki succeeds at integrating motion control into its puzzle-solving gameplay, rather than hamhandedly forcing Wiimote gestures where they don’t belong or building dozens of boring, ostentatious flail-a-thon minigames just for the sake of it. As stated above, it’s the best game on the Wii right now”.
You can read the full Destructoid review here.
In a holiday season filled with Halos, CODs, Super Mario, FIFA and Pro some truly great and unique games may go unnoticed. One of the purposes of this blog is to give exposure to games like Zack & Wiki and give them a chance to be enjoyed. I will be giving you a few more updates on this game until its release in Europe in December. For the time being Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros’ Treasure remains one of my most anticipated games this holiday season.
“Don’t let this become a cult classic, never to be sequelized. We desperately need more games like Zack and Wiki on the Wii.
Buy it. Right now.”