The first was tetris party. Fun on your own to just try and beat your high score, a riot with 4 players battling to keep going the longest. One of the oldest puzzle games has become one of the greatest multiplayer games in my arsenal. Multiplayer is frantic, with junk bricks piling up from the bottom, and items such as rotation lock and speed up annoying players no end. If your the sort of person who, like me, is a wizard with the blocks while your Friends struggle to keep up, you can set a handicap. This starts you off with a random mess of blocks with no clear line down. Meaning you have to start the game clearing while everyone else gets right on to the offensive. Many hours were poured into this game. Brilliant for quick bursts. At 1200 Points, it's a bit more than other WiiWare titles, but defiantly worth it.
Bit.trip is a collection of music based games that rely on simplicity. I've not played any of the first three, but I intend to now that I've played Bit/Trip runner. This is probably what you would get if you mixed together Mario and Guitar Hero. And added a bit of mentality. You run through stages collecting gold and avoiding obstacles. A simple premise that quickly gets annoyingly hard. However, as you play, you create music. Every time you jump over a meteor or duck under a fence, a note plays. Stringing together into a strangely attractive tune. It starts of in a simple tune, but as you collect upgrades, it advances into an advanced medley of tones. It's really something you have to see for yourself.
With a group of people you can pass the controller around and share turns, but it quickly gets frustrating. When you hit something, you die. And you go straight back to the start and have to do it all over again. This can quickly infuriate, but it just makes completion all the sweeter. And at 800 Points, it's worth downloading.
(the menu music and credit music are done by Anamanaguchi. I recommend you check them out.)
The third game may come as a surprise. Demon's souls is a game that could be called Nintendo hard. Think Ninja Gaiden. But without ninjas. But how does a hard, single player game become a good party game? Teamwork. We created a character, a female from royal decent , lovingly named Sweet-Tits. With one person taking the controls, we guided Sweet-Tits through peril and had her die. Countless times. But it's fun for the frantic moments you're trying to stay alive. At one point, we came to a path. We went down one and found a bridge. With a dragon breathing fire at it. Okay we thought. Not going that way. We'll die. So we went down the other path. At the end lay two Dragons. Not moving, just sat there. Not letting us past. The only choice was to dodge the flames of the single dragon and get across the bridge. So, we waited. The plan was simple. But ended up like this. "Okay guys. Turn the volume up. We'll hear the dragon before we see-" "THERE IT IS!" "AHH! FUUUUUUUU!" Everyone shouting, mass hysteria and a dragon breathing fire on us. Demon's soul in this regard is probably the most realistic in terms of survival. If you decided to face a dragon, you wouldn't last very long. And unless you have heavy armour, which we didn't, you're not going to take more that two hits from any blade. It's all about dodging and attacking. And if you do die, you lose everything. Souls are everything in this game. The currency to buy and repair weapons, learn spells and level up. And if you die, you lose all souls you had, unless you can get back you your corpse before you die. Again. Which you probably will. And you have to work all over again. This is not a game for casual gamers. This is for those who grew up on megaman.
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