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Sad and Rather Twisted

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 21 / 63
Date: December 28, 2006
Author: Amazon User

My son and I tried this game, but we found it a bit pathetic. The protagonist is whiny, due to his parents' interest in these cute creatures, and he puts the Elebits through a lot of pain to watch his television show. Isn't that nice? The Elebits, who supply all electrical power to the world, have for some reason stopped providing it, and the boy has decided to capture them to make them provide power to his TV. When the Elebits are captured, they make sad, kitten-type noises, indicating to us their displeasure at the process. We just wanted to leave the poor things alone! You're also supposed to destroy items that the Elebits might be hiding in, which seems a bit extreme.

We just weren't enjoying the process, so we're selling the game. Others obviously like it, and that's great. Just be careful if you aren't happy performing what seems like a torturous procedure on cute little creatures.

Kids love it but it is repetitive

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 10 / 11
Date: April 24, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I saw this game and knew my daughter and son would love it. Turns out they did. They have been playing it pretty much nonstop for the last 3 days. I am pretty sure they have already beat the game, which is the biggest drawback. It is way too short. The multiplayer is fun. There are a few other modes which extend the replay value somewhat. For a seven year old, this game is simple, colorful, and fun to play. For a 35 year old, not so much. You just pick up your wiimote and after a 5 minute tutorial, you are ready to play. The voice acting in the cutscenes has to be a joke. It's that bad, but in the old kung fu movie kind of way so it's funny to listen to. Anyone with kids 10 and under will get alot of mileage out of this game. Anyone else will grow tired of it after a week or so. Overall, a solid game that just needs to be longer.

Not as fun as I thought it would be.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 10
Date: January 30, 2007
Author: Amazon User

To be honest, I bought Elebits with excitement that it would really become addictive and fun, but I've had it for more than a month and have only wanted to play it for about three hours. It's just not as good as I thought and although I haven't tried multi-player yet, I heard it's just too cluttered to be engaging. There is a lot of replay in the game, but it's just too much of the same thing over and over to actually want to go through any of the levels again. Creating levels is fun, but the friend codes are such a pain and most people don't own the game to begin with. Instead, I suggest you spend your money on some Virtual Console games, such as: Contra 3, Comix Zone, Castlevania 4, Gradius, Mario Kart 64, or Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past. Believe it or not, all six of these games together are cheaper ($47) than a new copy of Elebits ($49) and are twice as fun.

Like Katamari, but not as good

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: November 13, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Definitely fun, but only for a fairly short time. It feels like Katamari (simple, frantic, physical gameplay) but ultimately it's not as beguiling and won't charm you for as long.

Being a launch title, the presentation is pretty weak (the US voiceovers are appalling, almost to the extent of being entertainingly bad... almost :) ) and the framerate gets unacceptably bad later on. Variety in the gameplay is somewhat lacking, the 'extras' didn't add anything IMO (the level editing mode is very usable, but kinda pointless in the end) and the game doesn't do a good job of encouraging you to replay levels for the optional 'achievements'.

Criticisms aside, I think this has the potential for a more interesting sequel.

Loads and loads of fun

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 39 / 39
Date: January 09, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Elebits is for me the surprise hit of the year. Voted best of 2006 in 3 categories by IGN, including Best Action Game, it's worth every penny. Not only does it utilize the innovative features of the Wii remote to the fullest, but it entertains with hours of play.

I can be pretty slow at catching on to games, but this one won't disappoint those, uh, less-coordinated folks like me. Don't get me wrong, it takes a little getting used to opening and closing doors, drawers, and operating appliances and other electronics, but you don't have to remember tons of "rules" and controller tricks to get into the game. When you want to open a door, grab the doorknob, and literally twist it open with the Wii-mote. Intuitive and clever. Just ignore the awkward English and the terrible voice-overs. They at first made me think this game was lame, but once I started actual play, I discovered that it was lots of fun.

One of best things about it is that it is suitable for all ages. There isn't any bloody violence or adult themes. It also has a multi-player mode so the whole family can play. For concerned parents, you're not killing Elebits, you're CAPTURING them with the capture gun.

There is also an edit mode where you can get creative and create your own levels. These unlock as you go along in the story mode. Added value if you get bored of the existing stuff.

The only warning is that some people have complained of the game getting them motion sick. I got a little dizzy when I first started playing, but once I got the hang of changing direction, all was well. I never got into Doom or past the first Quake (yeah, I'm old) because it would make me so nauseous. So, although I'm susceptible to motion sickness caused by games, I'm still able to play this one. Super sensitive people, try renting it first to make sure you don't waste your money on something that will make you ill.

Overall, a great game for everyone (except maybe those prone to motion sickness). It's easy to learn how to play, and is also satisfying at all levels. Beginners will have fun learning to master the controls and of course capturing Elebits, and advanced users can have fun trying to capture ALL the Elebits, improve their scores to unlock new things, and a lot more.

Destructive Fun

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 16 / 16
Date: December 14, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This is another one of those games where the gameplay definitely takes a front seat as the storyline is forced to sit in the baby carrier.

The premise is simple enough: A lightening strike has caused the elebits, tiny creatures responsible for providing the worlds' electricity, to go into hiding.
Your character takes his fathers capture gun to search them out and, well, capture them.

Using the Wiimote and Nunchuk attachment, you search your environment by latching onto furniture, books, and pretty much anything that isn't bolted to the ground, and moving it to search out those pesky elebits.
Now, by "move" I mean more like flinging, launching, and destroying. As you capture more and more elebits you upgrade your gun so you can lift heavier and heavier objects. You'll walk into a neatly organized living room and leave with the entire place in tatters a la "a tornado hitting it."

The controls definitely take some getting used to. Some elebits only appear when you perform a series of actions, such as putting a DVD into a DVD player. This utilizes the 3D control capabilities of the Wiimote, but can become frustrating. Luckily, the game does allow for dominant hand play (i.e. you can switch it around to play left-handed.)

There is a made up physics engine at work, with items floating to the ground as opposed to crashing as they would in real life. While I appreciate this, especially in the levels where you have to stay as quiet as possible and have to catch something before it hits the ground, say like your widescreen TV some rogue elebits so carelessly knocked over, there are other times where I really wanted some real time physics. Still, that'd be more of an added feature which doesn't detract from the game at all.

The special weapons are great, with my personal favorite being the homing beam which will allow you to lock onto any elebits you point to and capture them all at once.

As you complete the story mode, you begin to unlock more and more in Edit Mode, which allows you to custom create levels and share them on WiiConnect24. The level editor is incredibly intuitive as item placement is extremely precise, again using the 3D capabilities of the Wiimote to place things exactly where you want them.

The graphics aren't anything to write home about, but I feel as though they were toned down a bit to make room for all the mayhem you can create without worrying about framerate problems.

Each level, with the exception of boss battles, do have time limits, so the mayhem you can create is limited to a certain extent. Fortunately, you can complete a level and still mess around in it if you finish your objective before the time limit expires, at which point it's time to have a couch throwing contest with yourself. Also, you can just create your own level and let it rip.

All in all, a solid purchase. The controls take some getting used to, and if you're all about graphics then you should go back to your 360 ya big babby. ;) Highly recommended.

Fun for a while, but repetitive

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 7 / 9
Date: April 09, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I read a lot of reviews that said Elebits was amazingly addictive. A friend loaned me his copy and we settled in for some multiplayer action. I got bored within two rounds of multiplayer, and I started in on the solo missions. I probably played for an hour or two before I dropped it for good. Although I consider myself a semi-hardcore gamer and a highly addictive person, I really couldn't get into it. The controls are amazing, the physics are wonderful, and its good family fun. I just didn't really enjoy it that much. I found myself doing the same things over and over again on different levels. I also had a hard time shooting these elebits; they made cute noises and jumped around like defenseless little animals. I'd take swinging a sword into enemies that fight back over shooting elebits with a capture-gun any day.

Elebits is great

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 09, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Elebits is a great game for everyone. I have both my fiance and my mom hooked on it, and that is really what the Wii is all about. I can be a hardcore gamer myself and I find the game to be refreshingly different, but also challenging enough to keep me engaged. If you are looking for something that is entertaining and fun or if you want to get your significant other or family into games, buy this game.

Very Fun Game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 4
Date: May 07, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Elebits is fun game to play. If you like to destroy, throw things and catch little electricity things is the game for you. I recomend it.

Good game gets tedious after a while

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: June 08, 2007
Author: Amazon User

B+ game, multiplayer is awesome, and the enjoyment of throwing furniture around looking for those critters is just as fun.

In solo mode, you have to complete tasks in order to open more doors and lift more heavier furniture (by collecting more and more elebits)

There's a really bad story line behind this but the main point of this game is the click and shoot feature.

It is at it's best in multiplayer when you have to compete with others to find elebits

However in multi; each player takes turn moving around(you are required to move around to find more elebits) which could prove really annoying as it is hard to know when it is your turn(your cursor just changes to you are camera - no audible warning)

Overall a fun point and shoot game, nothing else to it.

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