Nintendo Game Review: Carnival Games
One of the first games we bought for our Nintendo Wii after we got Wii Fit was Carnival Games. I’ve always been a sucker for a midway, so I was anxious to try this out.
I’ve read some bad reviews, but personally, I thought it was fun and it remains one of my favorite Nintendo Wii games. There are 25 carnival games from which to choose. You can select from areas such as Fortune Way, which features games such as alley ball (where you roll the bowling ball down the alley and try to get it to stay in the valley of two curved pieces of steel), test your strength (which I suck at), and hoops. Claw Alley features something I love – a claw game or crane game as we always called it. This is where you maneuver the claw to grasp a prize. Yes, the prizes are a bit cheesy – you can trade up smaller prizes for larger prizes, just like on a real midway.
But, the games are still fun. Love Lane offers balloon darts and Meter-o-Love, Lucky Pass has Push a Prize (where you drop coins to get more), and a dunk tank (always fun), and Rodent’s Row has Buckets of Fun. This is the one where you toss the softball into the tilted bushel barrel. For some reason, I am freakishly good at this game, which I have never been able to master in real life. And, just like the real carnival, most games have carnies that bark at you while you are trying to concentrate.
As you plan and win, you unlock new games and new items that your character can wear, such as silly hats or butterfly wings. You can play solo or against another player for competition.
At $39.99, Carnival Games is a bit steep in price compared to some Nintendo Wii games, but since I enjoy these games, I think it was money well spent. The kiddies seem to love these games as well.
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