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Great in theory, awful in practice

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 37 / 50
Date: October 26, 2007
Author: Amazon User

What a great idea: take the fun of the carnival home! Fun for all ages, right? Throw a beanbag at the milk pails, toss a softball into the bushel, the dunk tank, etc. The problem is that the controls are so inappropriate that the minigames feel like random chance. For example, in the dunk tank game, instead of simply aiming for the target, you have to wait while a dot spins around, then time your throw to coincide with the dot appearing on the bullseye. Then the smarmy commentators make some wisecrack that you don't know what you're doing. This game gives me much greater appreciation for Wii Sports and Warioware. Returned this game to the store after about an hour. Not recommended.

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.

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.

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.

More mini games for the wii!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 6 / 9
Date: December 06, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This reminds me of the time I went to the carnival all those years ago for my eighth birthday. The ferris wheel was broken, the roller coaster went at a snail's pace, and the hot dog I ate made me vomit all over my mom (true story). This is a collection of mini-games for the Wii, set in a carnival. That sounds like fun, doesn't it? With over 25 mini-games, you'd think this game would be a decent purchase. You'd be wrong. Of the games I played (and I played all but two), half of them played completely broken (football throw), another fourth had decent gameplay but completely mindless (ring toss), and one-fourth of the games had some fun elements to them (balloon darts). The "customizable options" at the beginning of the game will make you yearn for your Miis, and the graphics are nothing to write home about. I wouldn't reccomend this to anyone except someone who has absolutely no other party game to buy.

BAAAAAD!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 13
Date: February 17, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I don't write many reviews and when I do it's usually a 5 as I don't want to waste time on a product I don't like. Well folks, I'm doing this one for YOUR benefit.

The good:
Amazon charged me less that the Retail Stores and got it to me quickly.
It's similar to a real carnival in that most of their games are rip-offs too...the only difference is a real carnival can be fun!

The BAD:
Poorly designed interface.
Some games you can't play in certain modes.
During my first attempt to play this game there were 3 people wanting to play. I have 2 controllers (maybe I'm the only one in the country who only has two but it was never an issue on any of the Wii Sports or other games as there is no "simultaneous" action.) When I stated I had 3 players and 2 controllers or 1 controller I got the message "you cannot play this game". Ridiculous!
I've only had this game a few days and I bought it on a "friends" recommendation. My recommendation, SAVE YOUR MONEY!

Lame Game !

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 7
Date: February 10, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I bought this for the family after reading the reviews here. I found it extremely boring watching the kids, and the kids played it once and went back to their other games. It nows sits on the shelf, used once and the kids aren't interested in it at all.
IMO, this is a total waste of time, Wii Sports or any of the other Wii games we have belt this lame attempt at entertainment. Don't waste your money, buy something else, if I could rate it lower than 1 star I would.

Surprised to see so many good reviews...

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 7
Date: February 19, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Seems like a lot of people really like this game, but I don't care for it.

Takes a long time to master controls, but no real pay off once you do, becuase the games are not that interesting.

Weak character design

Slow to start and change games

I DO like other short, mini-game style games on the Wii, including Rayman Rabbids (1 and 2), Wario Ware, and even Wii Play.

Since there seems to be a real split in reviews, I suggest people to rent/borrow/buy used to avoid a let down.

Very disappointed.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 7
Date: March 31, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I purchased this game for my family based on the reviews on this site and I must say that I am very disappointed with this game. My family and I enjoyed games like Wii play and Wii sports and believed this game to be the same based on the reviews on this site. However, this game was a major let down. With this game your characters are limited. In fact, you cannot create ethnic characters only caucasian ones. Apart from that, the only games that my family and I enjoyed were skee-ball, hoops and the power hit game.... I plan on taking this lame game back to the GameStop first thing tomorrow and exchanging it for the "PlayGround" game ... For all those who are considering purchasing this game know this, if you enjoyed Wii play or Wii sports --- This game does not compare.... If "PlayGround" is as lame as the "Carnival" game is, I will be sure to leave my remarks concerning that game as well ...

So surprised so many people like this game---We DO NOT!

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 29 / 42
Date: September 02, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I am quite surprised this game has so many good reviews. I bought it recently thinking it would be a big hit with my kids. Well, I practically have to beg them to even play it at all, just to make me feel like I didn't waste $40 totally.

Where to start? The games are not intuitive to play like many Wii games. It's frustrating to try to toss a ball or dart in a carnival game and not be able to do it without hitting the right buttons. The games are very limited in scope---most have nothing beyond the one simple action to do---shoot a duck, throw a basketball, pop a balloon. Once you master that, you're pretty bored. There is little incentive to get better. The "prizes" are basically small pictures of a prize. The biggest prices make some sort of noise and can be turned around---major thrill! I think of things like the trophies in Smash Brothers which really seem almost like toys you can touch. The games are not tied together with the feel of a real carnival---they are just reached by signposts of their category, and the categories don't make a lot of scene. I thought you would be able to wander around a virtual carnival, but no such luck. Many of the game's features are confusing. For example, when we tried to play a two player game, it took us forever to figure out how to use two controllers and not just pass one back and forth---you have to turn around a sign to do that, and it's not well explained. Two player mode is pretty much just playing the same game with alternating turns, and you get no prizes or tickets in two player.

The main game my kids wanted most to try was the Skeeball type one. It was hard to control and not very fun---in keeping with the rest of the game.

I give the game 2 stars as it's an interesting concept, and a few games were mildly fun for a while---balloon pop and duck shooting to name them! Overall, I felt cheated and bored by the game, as did my kids. I really wonder why all the reviews are so good.

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