Ridiculous fun and hilarity; a great launch title!

User Rating: 9.6 | Rayman Raving Rabbids WII
This game demonstrates more than anything that the Wii is just flat-out a FUN console. Although it's being released on other platforms, after playing through the Wii version you'll be convinced that it's the only way to fly.

The premise of the game is stupidly simple; Rayman gets kidnapped by Rabbids and, after each day of trials, is rewarded a plunger (?). Rayman soon realizes that he can use his rewards to escape from his cell. A flimsy premise, at best, that delivers the most solid gameplay I've ever seen. There's a pretty wide variety of mini games that you have to play through, and even though some are rehashed throughout, I found that they became games I looked forward to playing in every day of trials rather than groaning "Ugh, another one of these. . ." I think the best classification of the complexity of these games is right in between Warioware and Mario Party; most of the games are pretty one-dimensional but still require a degree of explanation due to the unorthodox controls.

I'm also a huge fan of the visual style. It's clear that they weren't shooting for something with a ton of detail, but they get characters that are almost hilarious just to look at in addition to the degree of antialiasing and smooth edges they got as a result.

The sound also sets the game apart. The Rabbids and their terrifyingly funny "BAAAWWWWW" noise makes me laugh every time I sit down to play. The sounds within the minigames themselves also match up well with what's happening on-screen, and the music suits the mood well.

All-in-all, I'd chalk this game up to a must-have title for the Wii. Too fun to miss!