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What the Game's About
Furu Furu Park is another collection of mini-games for the Nintendo Wii. This time, Taito classic games are used in the backbone of some of the 30 mini-games to choose from. Arkanoid, Bubble Bobble, Sonic Blastman and even Pocky and Rocky make an appearance in the collection.

What's Hot
If you want a trip down memory lane in 90 second bursts, then Furu Furu Park is the place to start. Taito has some great classic gaming franchises for those gamers that can remember the 16-bit generation. Some gamers might want to check this out for the inclusion of a Pocky and Rocky mini-game in 3D.

The simple games that only require a stand-alone Wii-mote will keep you constantly on your toes. There are mental puzzles and the standard "wave your arms like crazy" games. You'll keep your hands moving in different positions from "lever position" to a classic "game pad" position. This ensures that most games feel slightly different than the last one you played, as long as you picked different categories of games.

Since this game is unapologetically catering to the fans of Eastern games, expect to see many strange things, like a green pig that tosses insults at you. A character named AfroLove that measures compatibility between first and second player makes for some awkward multiplayer matches. The list can go on. It makes the game unique and has a charm it can call its own while maintaining the casual game feeling.



What's Not
The box claims to have 30 mini-games. Technically, that is true, but a few of the games are rehashes or difficulty adjustments of other mini-games. So you get shortchanged slightly. Not only are there some duplicate games, many of them are not fun. Furu Furu Park tried to clone the success of other random mini-game titles but it never keeps the same frantic pace. Some of the games linger for too long and loose the excitement in the first 15 seconds.

The games are inconsistent across the board. While there are some outrageously fun games, others fail in the opposite direction. A few games you'll wonder why they were even included. Once you narrow in on the good games, the zany nature of the game will wear thin until you can find some more friends to play with.

As a general rule of thumb, for casual games like Furu Furu Park, which throw new challenges at players all the time, thrive when there is more than one person playing at a time. Furu Furu Park caps the multiplayer limit at two people and consequently limits the good kind of insanity that occurs.

Final Word
There are some strong positives with Furu Furu Park, mainly with the classic gaming angle. To say we were not impressed with Furu Furu Park when the Pocky and Rocky mini-game appeared would be a big fat lie. However, for a genre that lives and dies by how the next mini-game can out-do itself, Furu Furu Park wanders somewhere in limbo. There are some sweet high notes and some definite sour notes which will leave Furu Furu Park as an average mini-game title with some strong personality and a strong nostalgia factor for gamers who can think back to the 16-bit wars.