Shoot bunnies with plungers
In real life we’d shudder at the thought of slapping a cute bunny rabbit around the chops with the back of our hands, but let’s face it, there’s something really amusing about having such cruel intentions in a videogame. Watching these furry creatures express horror, tears of anguish and hearing them yelp with pain as you slap them silly or shoot a plunger at their ever-so-cute faces is highly entertaining, and such is the humour of carrying out these actions, that we were rocking back and forth like the ‘Laughing policeman’ as we played through numerous rib-tickling mini-games on Ubisoft’s latest Rayman adventure.
Ubisoft promised us that Rayman Raving Rabbids will be the funniest and zaniest adventure in the series and we whole heartedly agree with them. The story mode consists of dozens of entertaining mini-games where you use the Wii-mote and Nunchuck in a variety of ways. Once you've completed a mini-game it's unlocked in the main menu, allowing you to play the games you want and attempt to make your way up the world-wide leaderboard.
Click for larger imageThe crazy bunny themed mini-games shattered our expectations of what I expected from the latest Rayman game. It showcased how versatile and effective the Wii contollers are in a whole range of different scenarios on screen and whether it be tilting, shaking or rotating them they responded precisely to our hand movements.
Click for larger imageThe mini-games range from simple activities such as cow-tossing (like the hammer throw), where you use just the Wii-mote, to rhythm games where you need to shake both the Wii-more and Nunchuk at the same time as the music, but ultimately it’s the humour of the animations, the glossy graphics and how the Wii-mote enables you to interact with the game that makes it so entertaining.