Wario Land: The Shake Dimension

Wario makes a return to the "Wario Land" series of games for the first time on the Wii. If you've played any other games from the series you'll already have a good idea of what to expect, if not, then the basic premise of the game is guiding Wario around levels collecting treasure and working your way towards the boss.

Now for a little more in depth description. Wario Land: The Shake Dimension is a beautiful game, The graphical style would lead you to believe you were playing a cartoon as all the characters are hand drawn and wonderfully animated. Levels are a joy to run/jump/swim through and the background music is enjoyable with some truely epic boss themes. The controls are simple, with the remote held sideways and the 1 & 2 buttons used to attack and jump respectively, the D pad to move wario and shaking/tilting the remote to perform various actions.

There are 5 worlds to explore with 4 levels and a boss fight within each of them and although this might sound short there are "missions" and treasures within each level you can choose to complete that add extra longevity to the game. Also, there are extra hidden levels to unlock.

Deffinatly worth a pick up for the gorgeous graphics, simple yet effective controls and the general experience of playing the game.

Nintendo quailty threw and thew old school gaming at its best. One for the collection must buy

wow what a great game if your into 2d platformers this is about the most graphically stunning 2d platformers you'll ever see great bosses great level design loads of challenges and secrets will last you ages

Its a great game, especially for the price you can get it now. The only small downside in my opinion is that there isn't much of a story. You only have the start movie and the end movie.

And the shop doesn't have a lot to buy compared to the money you get if you just play the game, especially if you complete every mission. Would have made the game a little more intresting if you don't just collect the coins for the missions because once you complete the money mission I just raced to the area where i needed to be and not caring about the coins that I see along the way.

The levels are nice to see and play, the "puzzles" all look the same but there is usually a slight difference in the way you need to solve it so it stays intresting to play. Its a great game for all ages only the levels you can unlock after beating the boss might be to hard for the younger gamers.

If you like old school platform games, this is a must buy! Controls work great and graphics are awesome!