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Pop
Publisher: Nnooo
Developer: Nnooo
Genre: Action
Release Date: May 12, 2008
Platform: Wii
Reviewer: Eric
Dare to pop? New publishing company Nnooo wants you to pop, that is, buy
their game Pop on Nintendo’s Wii Ware. For the price of king sized meal at
Burger King you can own this game for your Wii. Is it worth your money or should
you save you money for when Virtual Console games are released again?
Pop has you popping different color bubbles forever. There is nothing high tech
to this game, just pop the damn bubbles. Point, click and pop. Pop gives away
the whole game in its title.
To play Pop, use your Wii More to point and aim at the screen. Bubbles are from
one side of the screen to the other. Press either the A or B button to pop those
suckers. If you pop a bubble you’ll get points, if not you loose some time from
the clock.
If you can manage to gather up some of the same color bubbles you can earn more
points with a combo. This isn’t anything new since most puzzle games have been
doing this since day one.
You can make bubbles bigger by moving the Wii Mote. When it reaches the maximum
size you can pop it for more points. The bubbles burst will then send out a
tidal wave, causing you to gain points. Pretty cool, huh?
Pop’s multiplayer mode is fun. Another three players (four in total) can jump in
anytime, which can be a problem in ways. Since they can jump in whenever they
want they might mess up your current game. I’m sure everything will be forgotten
once two people play Pop…
There are a few neat things in this game, but nothing too exciting. There is an
updated leaderboard. We see this kind of extra features on most online games so
it isn’t anything new, but for $7 that is a new addition.
Final Verdict
For only seven dollars you can’t complain too much. Pop is a lot cheaper than
most online games, but you’d expect a little more. This game might be lacking in
certain categories so you may just want to wait and see if Nintendo lowers the
price in the next few months.
Rating
6.25 out of 10
Pop Trailer
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