Grab some cotton candy and get ready for family amusement park fun as Majesco Entertainment Company, an innovative provider of video games for the mass market, today announced it has shipped Wonder World Amusement Park for Wii to retail outlets nationwide.
In Wonder World Amusement Park, players use the Wii Remote and Nunchuk to throw, hammer, shoot, pump, grab, and shake their way through 30 themed carnival games in an attempt to win as many tickets as possible, from frenzied fishing in "Piranha Bites" to pounding aliens in "Infestation." Earned tickets can be used to purchase prizes, or entrance into five interactive rides, including Bumper Ships, Sky Cannon, Castle Terror, Tunnel of Love and Pirate Ship. Players can also create their own custom character and visit the park's five themed zones - Spookyville, Fairytale, Carnival, Space and Pirate. Whether they play on their own in Story Mode or with up to three friends in Quick Play or Party Mode, Wonder World Amusement Park will keep gamers entertained in a complete day-at-the-park experience that offers hours of family fun!
Majesco Entertainment Company has announced details of its expanded European operation, which has been established to provide direct routes to retail within the UK. Based in Bristol, Majesco Europe will oversee the marketing, distribution and sales of a product catalogue bristling with mainstream titles on handheld and home console formats, with its first games due to launch in May 2009.
The controls aren't great – some motions don't register, while the 'guide the loop along the wire' buzzer game stupidly doesn't let you tilt the remote, merely move it up and down. The presentation's pretty ropey too. The Wii is about gameplay over graphics, but this really does look simple, with creepy identikit stall staff burbling away at you. A 'bonus' is that there are rides you can, er, ride. Erm, yay?
Wonder World Amusement Park falls into the crowded genre of mini-game collections for the Wii...and falls awkwardly and flailing, at that. Carnival Games ain't perfect, either, but it's a lot more elegant than Wonder World. The midway mini-game collection is a great concept for a Wii party game-someone just needs to step up and really do it right.
