dvdsteve2000

OK, I openly admit, I hate the Wii and all it stands for, however, I'm really thinking about picking up Carnival games. Has anyone here played it? I'm fascinated by 'alley-ball', the clown-head water shooting game, and the nerves of steel. This would be the first Wii game I'll actually play if I decide to make the purchase and I had my Wii since launch. Please give some input on the games if you have this one. At least they didn't smack a $50 price tag on it.

Michael Corvin

Then why did you buy one?

'alley-ball?' is that Skee-ball?

dvdsteve2000

I bought it for my kids last year, and yep, alley ball is what they're callin' skee-ball. It looks pretty good, but I didn't want to take the plunge without a review or two. I can't find it for rent anywhere around here

Michael Corvin

A couple of talkers picked it up and posted impressions in the Wii thread. Check it out.

Groucho

Apparently this has become a "sleeper hit" and a hot commodity on eBay.

DodgingCars

It has great Amazon scores. 4 1/2 stars with 20 reviews.

20 Reviews
5 star: (17)
4 star: (1)
3 star: (0)
2 star: (2)
1 star: (0)

dvdsteve2000

I found out I hit on the football poll yesterday so I picked it up. Gonna play it after my boys get home from school.

Michael Corvin

Cool. Let us know what you think.

hail2dking

4.5 from gamespot

and a 5 (out of 10) from gamedaily

Goldberg74

Is it as fun as it looks?

Me: No.

My wife and kids: Yes.

Toad

I really want it, too. But I saw the reviews at IGN and thought differently.

Anxious to see your reviews.

dvdsteve2000

The multi-player setup screen is a bit confusing, and you can't play with your Mii's. As for the games, here's my take (so far):

Skee-ball-about as fun as bowling on WiiSports

Nerves of Steel-impossible (Pull a ring over an twisted wire without touching the wire)

Cat Rack-pretty cool

Hole in one golf-it's mini golf

Shooting gallery-pretty fun

Shoot out the star with a BB gun-cool, but kinda hard

water in the clown head & break the balloon-Nice, but tiring as you have to shake the hell out of the wiimote to build up pressure for the water gun

toss a ball into a field of cups & land on a colored cup-same frustration as the amusement park

Bowling ball on the rails-fun

Roll the balls up the table & get them into diff colored holes to advance your horse-also fun

Football throw through a moving ring-ouch

basketball chucking-it's BKB

pop the balloon w/darts-not as much fun as 301 on Monkey ball

That's all I remember. There is a milk bottle game, but didn't get it yet. The boys are playing 'competition' mode so it gives them 5 random games at a time. I played a couple to show my 5 year old what he was supposed to do, but I'm really just watching right now. Me & the wife will play it later and I'll give a better review. For now I'd say if you have kids, they'll love it. My kids are laughing and screaming while they're playing. I can see myself playing the hell out of skee-ball, even though you only get 6 balls instead of 9

GatorDeb

It's so much I'm having a blast with it and I haven't even gotten it yet

Toad

If kids and wives like it, sign me up.

dizzlle01

I just got this and went through the game. Couple mini games that is fun and some is just plain boring. I unlocked everything and got everything in just a couple hours. It's fun playing multi player with your friends, other than that I don't think I will play this game alone again.

SUPERMANROB

I tend to agree mostly with what DVDSTEVE said.I bought this for my 10 and 8 year old and it's a hit with them. Me and my G/F played and we had fun with it. She is not a game player at all but with the Wii it has been a GREAT hit at our home. She likes (Wii)it a lot because it's simple to play and they games are fun.
The game is simple and if you go in thinking of it that way, I think you will have fun.
If you have kids and or you play with them I think you will have fun.
My kids love when we all play together and we have a blast. They also get a "kick" because they always seem to beat us

dvdsteve2000

Well, after giving the game a fair amount of gameplay, I'm come to these conclusions:

--My kids love it.
--My wife loves it.
--I like playing it with my wife and/or kids.
--I get bored instantly playing it alone.
--The games are too short. Getting back to replay the game takes as long as it does to throw 3 balls, or throw a couple darts.
--I HATE standing to friggin' play video games for an extended period of time. I stand all day at work, but I want to relax when I play video games.
--Where I used to find a reason to get rid of the wife & kids so I could jam some guitar hero, play bioshock, play oblivion, etc..., I was calling my wife into the room saying "Hon, you ready to play yet?"
--I feel embarrassed shaking the shit out of a controller to try and build up a power meter on a game with cartoon graphics, so I can shoot water into a clown head. I'm 6' 6", 255lbs., and I felt emasculated. I didn't mind it when I was playing it alone...I know, I'm retarded.
--Ah, two weeks to the day until Halo 3 comes out

Bottom line: Get it for your kids, or if you will always have someone to play it with.

~S2K

AGuyNamedMike

You need WiiHelm (watch it through to the end).

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dvdsteve2000

LOL, now that's Wii-gaming at it's finest!!

GatorDeb

dvdsteve 6'6"... wow

Demontooth

It was fun for about 3 minutes. It just got incredibly boring

maingon

what about metroid or zelda instead?

steebo777

Brilliant!!!

dvdsteve2000

We got Zelda at launch and my son played it a bit, but I just couldn't get into it at all. What bothers me about Zelda is...all the reading/no actual dialog, especially at the beginning. People complain about load times on games, this to me is more frustrating. Just have the characters 'say' what's on their mind. This isn't a PS1 or N64 game for Christ's sake, enough with the grunting & reading. Mario games were the same way on the GC, i.e. Sunshine, Luigi's Mansion, Paper Mario. I have nothing against reading mind you, but if I'm going to be reading, I'd rather be reading a-la Oblivion style--items, ingredients, spells, etc...

As for Metroid, I've only ever played one Metroid game (not sure which) and it was average at best. Nintendo just doesn't do it for me. I realize that, and I accept it.