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Review by pickhut
August 31, 2010
Also, there's... actually, there's not much else to say about this game. That's by no means a bad thing, because there are plenty of titles with simple premises that are still entertaining. Ivy the Kiwi?, while providing the challenge of surviving to the end of each stage, gives the incentive of collecting orange feathers in every level. Except for gaining a 1-Up for every ten you grab, you don't really get any great rewards for snatching them, unless you're a hi-score nut. However, it's just a fun diversion to try to get all the feathers. Half the game's stages actually feel like they are modeled around finding the feathers than escaping, as in some instances, you can finish a level in a minute, but take almost all the time limit to go looking for every feather. And with there being 100 stages to play with, there's going to be a ton of feathers to collect.
Ivy the Kiwi? is a cute game with a storybook-look to it and plenty of mazes to navigate through, but there's this one big problem with the product that prevent it from being truly enjoyable: with its on-the-go pacing, the game requires precise controlling and aiming with the vines. And you can only use the Wii Remote.
Precise controlling and aiming.
Wii Remote.
See where I'm going with this?
No matter how good you get at the game, or how it may feel like you have a better hold on the controls, Ivy out-paces the Wii Remote's sensor controls in most cases. It's not obvious in the early, easy stages, but you'll notice this in the later ones, when enemy and spike placements are more strict. This, of course, causes you to panic, which then causes you to perform last second decisions, and thanks to the "wobbly" nature of the sensor controls, this does a lot of harm; if there's a rat just two inches away from your bird and you attempt to use a vine as a shield, chances are you're going to accidentally hit Ivy with the vine, pushing her towards the rat in the process. Now imagine a situation where you need to go up where two spiked walls are facing your direction. And you need to bring along a boulder. Yeah. Some of you will think I'm crazy for saying this, but an option to use the Classic Controller would have been a good alternative for the game. Do you get what I'm saying here? That's as bad as saying using a D-Pad in a FPS title would be an improvement, because the analog sticks suck.
Considering Ivy the Kiwi? was originally on Windows Mobile/Phone, which includes a stylus, you'd think a more appropriate port would have been the Nintendo DS. I mean, with the DS stylus, you would have much more control over your actions in the game, which in turn translates into a more smooth and enjoyable experience. It's a shame they didn't release a cheaper version on the DS the same day it came out on the Wii...
Oh, wait, they did.
Rating: 4/10
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