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Destructive Fun

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 16 / 16
Date: December 14, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This is another one of those games where the gameplay definitely takes a front seat as the storyline is forced to sit in the baby carrier.

The premise is simple enough: A lightening strike has caused the elebits, tiny creatures responsible for providing the worlds' electricity, to go into hiding.
Your character takes his fathers capture gun to search them out and, well, capture them.

Using the Wiimote and Nunchuk attachment, you search your environment by latching onto furniture, books, and pretty much anything that isn't bolted to the ground, and moving it to search out those pesky elebits.
Now, by "move" I mean more like flinging, launching, and destroying. As you capture more and more elebits you upgrade your gun so you can lift heavier and heavier objects. You'll walk into a neatly organized living room and leave with the entire place in tatters a la "a tornado hitting it."

The controls definitely take some getting used to. Some elebits only appear when you perform a series of actions, such as putting a DVD into a DVD player. This utilizes the 3D control capabilities of the Wiimote, but can become frustrating. Luckily, the game does allow for dominant hand play (i.e. you can switch it around to play left-handed.)

There is a made up physics engine at work, with items floating to the ground as opposed to crashing as they would in real life. While I appreciate this, especially in the levels where you have to stay as quiet as possible and have to catch something before it hits the ground, say like your widescreen TV some rogue elebits so carelessly knocked over, there are other times where I really wanted some real time physics. Still, that'd be more of an added feature which doesn't detract from the game at all.

The special weapons are great, with my personal favorite being the homing beam which will allow you to lock onto any elebits you point to and capture them all at once.

As you complete the story mode, you begin to unlock more and more in Edit Mode, which allows you to custom create levels and share them on WiiConnect24. The level editor is incredibly intuitive as item placement is extremely precise, again using the 3D capabilities of the Wiimote to place things exactly where you want them.

The graphics aren't anything to write home about, but I feel as though they were toned down a bit to make room for all the mayhem you can create without worrying about framerate problems.

Each level, with the exception of boss battles, do have time limits, so the mayhem you can create is limited to a certain extent. Fortunately, you can complete a level and still mess around in it if you finish your objective before the time limit expires, at which point it's time to have a couch throwing contest with yourself. Also, you can just create your own level and let it rip.

All in all, a solid purchase. The controls take some getting used to, and if you're all about graphics then you should go back to your 360 ya big babby. ;) Highly recommended.

Creative play at its best.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 7
Date: December 15, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Everyone who owns a Wii should play this game. Elebits is arguably the first to truly explore the unique possibilities the Wii remote can bring to a "full" game [rather than a collection of minigames] and the result is incredibly fun. Read the other review below for a decent overview of the features. I just wanted to point out that the open-ended design of the game promotes creative play. Just as a child might have more fun with a box than the toy that came in it, so too will you find unexpected pleasure exploring the mechanics of Elebits. For instance, in two player mode, you might take turns stacking objects on top of one another to build a tower until someone makes a mistake and it collapses. You might each pick a cabinet in the kitchen level and compete to shelve the most items in a given time frame. The possibilities are endless...

If that wasn't enough, the level editor will ensure that this game achieves classic, or at least cult status. You are limited to the base environments of the main game, but you can place elements however you want within them. I have already seen some ingenious Rube Goldberg machines* and domino effects on YouTube.

This game will be a sleeper hit, and I have a feeling it will also become a rare find like some of the great DS games such as "Trauma Center" and "Phoenix Wright," so pick it up as soon as you can.

*A Rube Goldberg machine or device is any exceedingly complex apparatus that performs a very simple task in a very indirect and convoluted way.

Great for Kids, Fun Level Editor, All Around Fun

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 61 / 62
Date: December 16, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Elebits is a "collecting" game where your aim is to gather up little electrical life forms while completely demolishing the room you're in. It is quite satisfying, and fun for all ages!

It's sort of hard to describe the appeal of this game. In some ways it's like describing the appeal of the Sims series. What's so fun about walking around a virtual home, interacting with it? For some reason, we humans just like to do that. In elebits, you walk into a "bedroom" for example. It's got all the normal items a bedroom has - shelves, books on the shelves, lamps, electronic items, etc. Every single distinct item in the room can be interacted with. You can take individual books off the shelves, move the shelf, move the bed, turn on items, and much more.

But you're not just walking around picking up books and examining them. Instead, you have a raygun that lets you whirl these items around in your frenzied search for Elebits. It's really best if you ignore the plot here, but this is the gist of it. You're a spoiled little girl who has two scientist parents. You are insanely jealous of the object of your parents' research - electrically charged elebits. However, when the power goes out in your town and your parents leave you behind to go look into the problem, you promptly pick up your dad's "ray gun" to start zapping Elebits on your own. The more you gather up, the more of your electronic devices and lights that begin working again.

So the game is non-violent, but wildly "fun destructive". You go around zapping at the little Elebits creatures to gather them up. You have a time deadline, so you're wildly flinging things in the room around - vacuum cleaners, computers, books, lamps - to find where they're hiding. The more Elebits you gather up, the more power you have to lift heavier items. When you charge up enough power, you can start turning on TVs and other devices - which then releases more Elebits. It gives the game a bit of strategy, knowing that you have to track down enough elebits to get through Door 1, to then turn on Item 2, and so on.

The controls are pretty straightforward - you point at an elebit, and push the button to suck it up. Sometimes it's challenging to figure out WHERE on an item to "push the switch" to turn it on. For example you might know that the lamp can be activated, but you have to spin around it to figure out exactly where that darn ON switch is.

Even if you think the story mode is completely silly, wait until you get your hands on the level editor. You can then create your own levels, with your own rules, or even create complex Domino-chain styles of situations using all of the in game objects. Then you can load your level online for others to see and enjoy! This could easily keep you occupied for weeks.

Well recommended, if you're into this style of non-violent but wackily destructive fun!

Elebits

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 8
Date: December 16, 2006
Author: Amazon User

How about this for a cut and dried review: Within the first few minutes of gameplay you're absolutely addicted. The only downside is the awful voiceovers but aside from that - total brilliance! Great, GREAT game!

Great Wii title!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 13 / 13
Date: December 20, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This is perhaps the finest example of use of the Wii controller scheme that is available. You play as a kid trying to find "Elebits" to power on appliances so that you can...find more Elebits. Sound monotonous and boring? Well that's where you're wrong! It's a great hide and seek game that entails throwing aside objects, shaking them, twisting them, opening doors, etc. All with relatively realistic feeling motions. Grab and rotate to turn a doorknob. Grab and swing to throw and object. You are bound to find yourself flailing around like an idiot and loving every second.

The game also has lasting appeal, particularly for the collector types out there. Each level has aseries of auxillary challenges for you to explore. Find the secrets, get perfect ratings. The game is a great way to waste 10 minutes or an engaging way to spend an evening.

I also greatly appreciate the fact that the game is relatively pick-up-and-play. Although there is an interactive tutorial as well.

I don't know when I have had this much fun playing a game, and I recommend you get a copy so you can join the fun!

Fun the Casual & the Hardcore Gamer

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 9
Date: December 21, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This game is a blast! Easy enough for the casual gamer to get the hang of in about 15 minutes and deep enough for a hardcore gamer to sink his or her teeth into.

Casual gamers are going to enjoy the cute characters, the ease of use, and the general fun of the gameplay.

Hardcore types will enjoy unlocking new modes, honing one's elebit capturing skills, and improving completion times for each level.

Plenty here for everyone. A must buy!

Talk about different!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: December 21, 2006
Author: Amazon User

When I opened Elebits, I didn't know what to expect. After a few minutes of play I was hooked.

Elebits is a natural for the Wii controller. "Elebits" are what powers the world. You need to capture them with your capture gun and use them to turn on various devices. You can also manipulate objects in order to move them to capture hidden elebits. The nunchuck controller is used to move around the room.

My 6 and 9 year olds went crazy over the game. They had a blast trashing the room in order to uncover and capture elebits.

I'm very happy with elebits.

Lots of fun, physics, and flying objects

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 31 / 31
Date: December 27, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Push boxes, pull open drawers, twist open doorknobs and pull the doors open, throw everything around, and zap plenty of Elebits. This game is just fantastic, well designed and executed in almost every respect. As with any game that's well tied in with the Wii, the movements are mostly intuitive and well designed. Shift target on screen with controller to rotate left, right, up, or down. Zap Elebits with the "A" button, which is also used to grab items. Push, pull or throw objects by moving the main controller. No item is off limits -- if you accumulated enough Watts you can move it or even throw it around. Move forward, back, left or right with the Analog stick on the Nunchuk. Crouch (move lower) or move up with the two buttons on the front of the Nunchuk. The game takes almost full advantage of the Wii controller's abilities.
The game itself has a reasonable amount of depth but not it is not too complicated. There are a few different kinds of "Elebits" that you can capture. The primary ones either give you more Wattage, which allow you to clear the level, and "power Elebits". The Power Elebits are obtained by turning on appliances (which you can do when you have the qualifying Wattage accumulated for each applicance), zapping the Power Elebits that subsequently escape; these Power Elebits give you the ability to move heavier items. By the time you've cleared the level, the room, or wherever you were, it is pretty much trashed as you've thrown everything around trying to find Elebits. The Physics of all the objects flying around and moving is well done, things bang into each other and knock each other over, drawers are blocked from opening, things get underneath and behind each other, etc.
Another nice touch is that it is easy to clear the history of the players, so basically you can reset the game to be as it was when it was new.
There is also a multiplayer mode, which is not perfect because only one player can control the movements of the shooter, but's it's not too bad. Probably best to just alternate single players than to play the multiplayer version.
The game is not integrated with the "Mii" personalities that you create from the Wii main menu, but this is not a serious deficiency. A maximum of three players histories can be stored in this game.
Great fun, highly recommended.

Sad and Rather Twisted

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 21 / 63
Date: December 28, 2006
Author: Amazon User

My son and I tried this game, but we found it a bit pathetic. The protagonist is whiny, due to his parents' interest in these cute creatures, and he puts the Elebits through a lot of pain to watch his television show. Isn't that nice? The Elebits, who supply all electrical power to the world, have for some reason stopped providing it, and the boy has decided to capture them to make them provide power to his TV. When the Elebits are captured, they make sad, kitten-type noises, indicating to us their displeasure at the process. We just wanted to leave the poor things alone! You're also supposed to destroy items that the Elebits might be hiding in, which seems a bit extreme.

We just weren't enjoying the process, so we're selling the game. Others obviously like it, and that's great. Just be careful if you aren't happy performing what seems like a torturous procedure on cute little creatures.

Elebits does not dissapoint!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: December 30, 2006
Author: Amazon User

For those of you who are sitting in wonder,thinking,"What in the world is an Elebit?" I have the answer.Elebits are tiny little pikmin-like 'things' that contain electricty.According to the game,they came to Earth with a strike of lighting,and made friends with man.All though the voice acting in this game is corny,(Kai,lead kid,sounds like a girl and mom and dad sound like they are asleep)the gameplay makes up for it.

You play as Kai,roaming around your house,looking for Elebits.The story says he wished them all away,and they dissappeared into Kai's house,taking the electricity with them.You must find enough to turn the lights back on and turn on appliences.This game is extremely fun but has it's hard points.If you need a fun game for your wii,weither young or old,this is the game for you.

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