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Title: Best of the Wii: Boom Blox Bash Party
Post by: tylerohlew on September 29, 2012, 04:54:21 PM

It's not a party without Steven Spielberg, goofy animals and a ton of balls.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/connectivity/31893

Boom Blox Bash Party is tailor made for the Wii. It isn't a down-port, and it wasn't put together by some ragtag B-team. It's a shining example of what the system was capable of in loving hands.

Listen to Tyler Ohlew and JP Corbran explain just how great Boom Blox Bash Party is, all while not understanding just what Steven Spielberg had to do with it.

Title: Re: Best of the Wii: Boom Blox Bash Party
Post by: Pixelated Pixies on September 29, 2012, 07:46:11 PM

I bought both Boom Blox games (that's a lot of 'B's). Those games were...ok. I kind of feel like Wii owners were so desperate for a decent 3rd party game at that point that they were willing to latch on to anything (I know that's why I bought them). That's not to say that the Boom Blox games weren't good; They were good enough to be that 'anything' that people were willing to latch on to, but I feel they got more attention than was really warranted.

Title: Re: Best of the Wii: Boom Blox Bash Party
Post by: azeke on September 29, 2012, 11:29:32 PM

None of the links work.

Title: Re: Best of the Wii: Boom Blox Bash Party
Post by: ejamer on September 30, 2012, 11:08:06 AM

Quote from: Pixelated Pixies on September 29, 2012, 07:46:11 PM

I bought both Boom Blox games (that's a lot of 'B's). Those games were...ok. I kind of feel like Wii owners were so desperate for a decent 3rd party game at that point that they were willing to latch on to anything (I know that's why I bought them). That's not to say that the Boom Blox games weren't good; They were good enough to be that 'anything' that people were willing to latch on to, but I feel they got more attention than was really warranted.

Did you get to try the multiplayer modes?


I enjoyed the Boom Blox games in single-player mode because it made good use of the motion controls and was quite charming... but the single-player mode alone wouldn't have sold me on the game being one of the "best of" for Wii.  However, some of the mutliplayer games really stood out and the ability to further create and share levels made this game is a perfect example of taking a simple idea and then polishing/expanding it until you have a full-featured package that is more than the sum of it's parts.


Then again, maybe my love for Boom Blox is just a manifestation of my inner child who obviously never got over the urge to knock over a stack of blocks that someone else carefully assembled.  If you actually have grown up then it's possibly you'll never derive the same enjoyment that I do from the game.
 ;D

Title: Re: Best of the Wii: Boom Blox Bash Party
Post by: Pixelated Pixies on September 30, 2012, 11:14:25 AM

Quote from: ejamer on September 30, 2012, 11:08:06 AM

Then again, maybe my love for Boom Blox is just a manifestation of my inner child who obviously never got over the urge to knock over a stack of blocks that someone else carefully assembled.  If you actually have grown up then it's possibly you'll never derive the same enjoyment that I do from the game.
 ;D

That must be the reason. See, I strangled my inner child with a shoe string when I turned 18.  :P:
 
 

Title: Re: Best of the Wii: Boom Blox Bash Party
Post by: oksoda on September 30, 2012, 09:29:41 PM

The links should be fixed now. If you downloaded this from Itunes already and it didn't work, try deleting that and re-downloading.