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Carnival fun for all ages

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 8
Date: August 30, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Lots of fun mini-games that are great family fun. Different play modes. Single player is the only mode you can "win prizes". Multiplayer has two modes. Head to head you can pick your own games to compete; whereas, competition the game will randomly choose 5 games to compete. Tickets you win can be used to play alley arcade games or buy clothing and such. Just like at a real carnival you can trade in prizes you win for bigger prizes.

The games are grouped into 6 alleys:
1) Fortune Way - Alley Ball (aka skeeball), Test your strength, Hoops, Collection plate. The great swami--alley arcade game, which you need tickets to play
2) Love Lane - Spilled milk, balloon darts, frog leap, bowler coastet. Alley arcade game-Meter-0-love
3) Rodent Row - Shooting gallery, pigskin pass, shoot for the stars, buckets of fun. Alley arcade game-Going nuts
4) Claw alley - Clown splash, hole in one, ring toss, ka-pow. Alley arcade game-prize claw.
5) Lucky Pass - Nerves of steel, lucky cups, day at the races, dunk tank. Alley Arcade game- push a prize.
6) Prize Boulevard - Every game has 4 prize levels. 4 smalls you can trade in for a medium, 3 mediums for a large, 2 large "grand prize". We haven't gotten to the grand prize as we've playing in mulitplayer mode, but I believe it unlocks new games.

Nothing new with using the Wii remote..same ol' as other mini games.

We had to exchage the game due to problems with the "Rodent Row" screen. Everything was all bunched up so you couldn't read anything or even make out the graphics. It didn't do it all the time, but I figured it was best to exchange if for a new one. So far we haven't had any problems with the new game.

Awful Game!!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 9 / 10
Date: October 23, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game goes like this...

- Select a game,

- Wait 30 seconds for game to load,

- Play for 30 seconds,

- Wait 30 seconds for "prizes",

- Wait 30 seconds for game to load ...

There is a lot of waiting and not much playing. And when you do finally get to play, either you can't figure it out because it's not intuitive or the playability is awful.

Save your money. No wait, wait, wait, keep waiting, wait a little more, almost just keep waiting, dang you're still waiting!...ok now save your money.

This game is a keeper!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 9
Date: September 03, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This is one game, I won't be "trading up" for!

No problems with the game here! No "crashing" issues, or problems with a "bug". I have played all the games at least once or twice, and I'm VERY pleased with this game! On to the review..

Graphics are typical of Wii games, like Wii Play and Sports. Basic Mii inspired characters you can build to play with. You can choose single or multi player mode, up to four players. Your storyline is true to a day at the Carnival, with the exception of spending your life savings to win a teddy bear. This is one of the more affordable Wii titles, at a low $39.99!

There are over 25 popular carnival games from dunk tank, pigskin pass, to baloon darts, collecting tickets and small, medium, and large prizes, based on how well you do, that you can trade up for larger prizes. Use your tickets to play games such as a love meter, fortune teller, or skill crane machine. And all the games are true to the actual games you would play at the fair. Sometimes the skill crane drops your toy, just like in reality. Games are organized into five different alleys. Fortune Way, Love Lane, Rodent Row, Claw Alley, and Lucky Pass. You also play to unlock over 5 more games.

The games certainly aren't easy. They are VERY true to carnival games, which as you know aren't easy. Who would want a game that you can master in less than an hour? That would be boring, and certainly a waste of money. A true carnival game fan will appreciate the likeness, and difficulty of the games. Large prizes are difficult to get.

Play time depends on how much time you WANT to spend. From 5 minutes to a couple hours. So many games to play that there are enough games to play through for an entire hour, and not play the same game twice, although, I guarantee you will! Much like a real carnival, you get sucked into playing.. JUST ONE MORE TIME. You believe you have gotten the hang of it, or you get sooo close, you know you can get it! Sounds are typical of a carnival, chatter, game sounds, and direction from the carnies. Even heckling coming from the dunk tank and the carnies.

You get to use the Wii mote in a variety of ways, not just aiming and clicking. From shaking, shooting, overhead tossing, darting, and more! Definately a game that takes some skill! Fun for all ages, for a single player, or a couple.

I am VERY pleased with Carnival. I have been looking forward to this game for a couple months. And I think that Global Star, and Nintendo delivered a great game!! Anyone who loves to spend time at the Boardwalk, or a day at the fair, would LOVE this game!

Weak, shallow and buggy

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 12 / 17
Date: November 15, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Based largely on the previous positive reviews on Amazon, I picked this title up. I was in for a negative surprise. The controls are difficult to pick up and very arbitrary, the game crashes at random points (definite game problem, my wii has a lot of mileage and has only crashed on this game) and even when you've "mastered" the controls, the game really isn't even that fun. It forces you to create your own character with their weak character design application (why not just import the miis? or let people quick start as guest? too easy?). There are plenty of other good minigame games out there for the Wii (Rayman Raving Rabbids & WarioWare, to name the better ones) and plenty of other great games either out or coming out on the Wii (Mario Galaxy, Metroid, Zelda, RE4, Zack & Wiki, Medal of Honor: Heroes 2, Super Paper Mario, etc) and this isn't one you should waste your time or money on.

I played Wii Carnival over 9 hours straight after I got it.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 10 / 13
Date: September 02, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I ordered Wii Carnival for myself (29 yr old female) off of Amazon because of the free shipping and no tax. I could not wait for this game to arrive and to my sweet surprise, it came earlier than expected!! I tore open the packaging and started off with Alley Ball aka Skee Ball as some of us know it. Cute graphics, succinct coordination between the eye, the hand and the TV screen. I invited my friend over and we played for over 9 hours straight! My only concern is that if I have more than 7 people's profiles created, the game will not allow me to add any additional players. That may mean people will have to use others' characters or some will have to be erased...we'll see. I advise anyone with a Wii to get this ASAP, it's a great addition to your Wii system!!

I also bought Brunswick Pro Bowl but was highly dissatisfied. Save your money and spend it on Carnival...you won't be dissapointed!

Pros:
-Games work very well, seamlessly with the Wii remote.
-A huge variety of games from ring toss to dunk tank to darts
-Games are not too easy yet not impossible to beat
-The desire to unlock the 'super games' keep players wanting more
-At first I thought it would be cheesy, but there's great use of prizes system and ticket system, i.e. you can buy items with the tickets you earn
-Multi-player mode is fun competition!

Cons:
-Can't use your already created mii--must choose from set number of characteristics (hair, face, top, pants)
-Cannot earn tickets in multi-player mode or in the super unlockable games.
-I wish there were even more games but that may just be me being selfish!

A lot of fun especially with more people

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: August 31, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game was released on 8/28 and not a lot of people know about it. It is really becoming a surprise hit. I myself find this game to be more fun than Warioware, Wiiplay and Mario Party 8. Now on to the game.
There are a total of 20 games that you can play and a few more that you can unlock. You can also customize your appearance by winning prizes in the games that you play. There are ALOT of unlockables so it will take you a while to actually beat the whole game.
While the single player is fun, it is a lot better when you have 2, 3 or even 4 players playing alongside you. Lots of laughing going on for the whole family. At first it may seem like a game for kids, but I myself am 22 years old and find the game to be a lot of fun.
Go pick up a copy, you won't regret it.

great game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: September 06, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game is very cool and passes the time away. All the games you can think of are in in this game. It is pretty realistic using the wii remote to throw and shoot. It is fun to play by yourself or with a friend playing head to head. The only thing is when you unlock games they are the same games but something in it just to make it a little harder.Over all it is a great game to buy.It makes you use the wii remote in alot of different ways.

Better than going to the carnival

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 11
Date: September 03, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I think this is a great game. I haven't had any trouble at all controlling the games as posted in another review. Just a matter of learning the tricks. I bought this not only because I love the carnival games featured but also because I can't play most video games because the motion of the newer games makes me extremely dizzy. Games like Wii Sports and now Carnival games are something I can play and enjoy.

My daughters and I enjoy playing the competition mode together. While it may not be an action packed game, I think it is a lot of fun.

Something wicked this way comes

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 8 / 11
Date: December 13, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I have been meaning to do a video review for this. But time is short and it is sliding by.

Looking at the Wii ad you would think this game is going to be great fun at parties.

Erhhh nope. This game either has controls that are too sensitive making the game impossible or too vague making you wonder what the point is.

Usually I can pull something positive out, but really this game just ticked me off as yet another lame attempt to harness the wii controller.

Save your money and pass on this one.

Great fun for the family!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 10
Date: August 30, 2007
Author: Amazon User

We just bought this yesterday and played it pretty much all night taking turns. Some of the games are a little harder than others but probably right on par with the actual games at carnivals. It is a lot of fun unlocking all of the prizes. We haven't tried the multiplayer yet, but that should be even more fun!

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