WarioWare is easily makes best use of the Wii remote thus far. And that's a very good thing.
User Rating: 9.1 | WarioWare: Smooth Moves WII
The Wii hasn't had many great titles. In the past 5 months, the only truly great game released was Zelda. Other titles such as Rayman and Excite Truck are fun, but aren't really worth anything more than a rental. WarioWare: Smooth Moves finally gives Wii owners worth buying. This game makes excellent use of the Wii remote's motion sensor abilities, and makes a very nice game as well. For those of you who don't know, the WarioWare series originated a couple years back on the GBA. The game features the "anti-hero" Wario and his misfit friends (wait, Wario has friends?). Wario starts a gaming company to get-rich-quick, but doen't want to work hard to do it. Therefore, all games made by WarioWare last about 5 seconds. There's a single objective that you must quickly accomplish, usually requiring you to push a single button . These "Micro Games" are thrown at you one after another until you clear enough to beat the level. The gameplay gets quite frantic, and is highly addictive. In Smooth Moves, Wario is back with his gang. This time, he's using the Wii-Remote, or "Form-Baton" in the game, as the basis for his new batch of Micro Games. Every single mini-game uses the motion sensor abilities of the Wii-Remote. In a game like this, that's a very good thing. The game makes you hold the controller in a number of different ways. These "poses" vary, and depend on the game you're playing. One pose will make you hold the Wii-remote on its side, like a handle bar. Another will you make you hold it like a giant nose! As you might guess, you'll find yourself looking pretty stupid as you play through the game. That only adds to the experience. This use of the Wii-remote is the best I've seen yet. The imagery of the game matches its chaotic gameplay. The whole visual style of the game is extremely... bizarre. One minute you'll be picking a virtual nose, the next you'll be fanning away fart gas. This makes the game very entertaining, and never gets old because the theme is always changing. It's hard to criticize the graphics. All the characters and places are cartoons. In game like this, that works very well. Especially since everything looks extremely great. The music is just like the visual style; it varies with the mini-games. It sounds nice, but there's nothing spectactular, and it sometimes gets annoying. My one chief complaint for this game is the story mode. if you've read any other review, you already know it only lasts about 2 to 3 hours. That's a big disappoint, 'cause pulls you in nicely, but wraps it up too soon. Nonetheless, you can still kill many hours with this game by yourself, but it's much better with friends. Especially since you only need one Wii-remote, and you can laugh when they try to pull off the ridiculous poses. All-in-all, Smooth Moves is a great Wario Ware game, but an even better Wii game. I HIGHLY recommend it to anyone with a Wii, and especially to anyone with a lot of friends and is looking for a good party game. 'Cause it really doesn't get any better than this. 
