Videogamer writes:
"A chess game for Wii? Well I never. What's shocking is not that this game has come out on Nintendo's motion-sensing, casual gamer-oriented console, it's that it's taken so long. Ah well. It's here now. So will Wii Chess ease those chess pains, or should we call it a knight?"
IGN - "How Europe has caught up to, matched and surpassed North America. Is it time to start importing again?"
"The localization process used to make so much more sense to me. Japan got every Nintendo game first, which was understandable since that's the company's home country. Then America would get each game next, needing only a translation into English and a fresh manufacturing run to get going here. "
Wii Sports was great, Wii Play was mediocre, and we will soon have our hands on Wii Fit, but two other titles, Wii Music and Wii Chess, are also on the way.
NGamer writes:
"At the lower level, the Wii takes pawns with reckless abandon, but remains savvy enough to require thought and planning to beat. Meanwhile, the top-end difficulty can flatten experienced players in just a few minutes.
However, despite being fundamentally solid, there aren't enough features here to make Wii Chess a viable buy. There's no verve or flair, no style or pizazz.
It's a basic, rudimentary game, and we're pretty sure that if it wasn't by Nintendo, few would give it a second look. Stick with the real chess board for now."
