Wario Ware: Smooth Moves

part 2..... on April 05, 2007

is the multiplayer. Getting a few non-gamer friends together into one room to play Smooth Moves is an absolute blast. While I’m still not too excited about quickly passing around an expensive Wiimote (especially when things start to get fast and you have just a couple of seconds to pass before the game starts), the multiplayer was still great. One loss spells elimination here, making this great to play during halftime of that football game your buddies are over for or good for a quick matchup between TV shows. A neat touch is that each player will be represented by an angel on the screen with a Mii-head. As players lose, the angels fall away until only one is left.

Miis are used quite often in Smooth Moves. Of course, they’re used in the already-mentioned multiplayer – you’ll also see them appear throughout various microgames too. One of them involved finding the “weirdo” while other microgames just put the Mii heads on bodies of characters in the game. Sure, it’s a small touch, but I’m really glad to see the created and mingled Miis from my system being used in the game.

Wario Ware Smooth Moves is definitely an ideal party game. If you’re buying this Wii for a parent, grandparent or other non-gamer in your life, grab this game with it – they’ll definitely get a kick out of it. Sure, some of the games are hard at first until you figure out what to do, but most of the actions you take are common sense type ones. After a couple of tries, most of the stuff you do will be memorized and you’ll be able to have some quick and frantic fun with Smooth Moves. And, after you’ve gone through the game, you can have some friends over to play. Smooth Moves is a game that should be in every Wii owner’s library – while it is simplistic and easily finished for a single player, the multiplayer will last a lot longer.