Family Glide Hockey review - WiiWare World

An extract from the Family Glide Hockey review by WiiWare World:

"Let's face it, there are some recreational games that lend themselves perfectly to the Wii Remote's motion controls. We've already seen such games as billiards, miniature golf, and even a table tennis release make use of these motion sensing capabilities to varying degrees of success. So how is it possible to take a game like air hockey - which could be replicated so well using the Wii Remote - and throw together a game that not only makes very little use of the Wii Remote's advanced control capabilities, but also fails to provide a decent control alternative in the process?

The Single and Versus modes are obviously the heart of the game. The game play is basically standard air hockey, although the game will occasionally toss in a few unique hinderences, depending on which area you're currently playing in. You'll also have access to two Super Shots, although they're not what you'd call terribly "super." As the puck bounces off the various walls of the table it will begin to glow. If you hit the puck with your paddle while pressing the "A" or "B" buttons you'll perform one of two Super Shots. The "A" button performs the "Fire Shot", which will award you more points for scoring, and the "B" button performs the "Trick Shot", which has a slight curve to it thus making more difficult to hit. If you choose to play the Versus game the screen is then split into two separate tables and each player has their own table to keep track of, thus giving both players the same vantage point. You can even add an additional player to each side to help each other out in a cooperative style of play. The same rules used in the single-player game apply to this multiplayer game mode as well."