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The World According To Rabbids
One of the first in the ever growing list of best Wii games to appear on the market would have to be Rayman Raving Rabbids. Released in late 2006 this latest installment in the Rayman series however is also a departure from the run of the mill, run and jump levels with mini games throughout. Rabbids is built around a fun and often hilarious storyline. The introduction begins with Rayman minding his own business having a lovely picnic with the Globoxes. Enter the mindless staring Rabbids that have long lived underground. Unbeknownst to our fearless hero they have been plotting to take over the world for years. Rayman is then abducted and finally lands in prison where he must compete in a series of games to entertain the Rabbids – with each game taking him one step closer to his freedom. This frenetic jumble of increasingly insane activities quickly makes you understand why Rayman Raving Rabbids was and still is one of the best Wii games.
Rabbids Must Die!
Fun seems to be the word of the day in Rayman Raving Rabbids. Throughout the silly levels, you will have many opportunities to experience all this crazy world has to offer as you work to free Rayman from his confines. The mini games are both wickedly fun and out and out laughable, with Rayman able to torture the Rabbids in increasingly inventive ways, with the Wii remote being fully utilized as you progress. In one game you have a “whack-a-mole” scenario and you much use the Wii remote to bash the Rabbids – in another you shake the Wii remote and nunchuck to get Rayman to run, delivering a bomb to a “poor” unsuspecting Rabbid before it explodes. Other games involve Rayman abusing out-of-tune Rabbid choir singers, or taking aim in first-person shooter-style fair that involves shooting toilet plungers at Rabbid faces. It is a laugh-a-minute playing through the minis games and one that will get players of all ages and interest levels keen to outdo themselves and each other.
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With a sick and twisted sense of fun at the core of this game, with examples peppered throughout, there’s no end to the hilarity of watching Rayman take his vengeance on this cute and crazy critters. See how Rayman must go to work in the diseased mouth of one Rabbid, or lasso a cow and hurl it in the great blue yonder for seemingly no reason. The games might not make much sense but that’s what makes this game so unbelievably enjoyable even after repeated plays. Even the most hardened of gameplayer will find it hard not to sit back and enjoy the zany momentum this game has to offer. Others will already be drawn in by the colorful settings and promise of rib-tickling action. I mean, what other game has it’s hero scrambling to close out-house doors as the occupants try to relieve themselves, all to the disgusting tune of grunts and groans? Nothing is spared or sacred in this finely crafted best Wii game for 2006, that continues to reward even now.