Boingz catapults onto WiiWare later this month
by Chris Greenhough 
{ Oct 8th 2008 at 4:26PM }
Relax, it's not more Ubisoft shovelware. Boingz is a WiiWare puzzler/platformer from Ninja Bee and Real Networks, and one we have (shamefully) yet to discuss here. So let's correct that now!
Boingz are armless creatures lost on an alien world, and it's your job to help them navigate 30 levels and locate magical gates that will take our stretchable friends home. As well as walking from side to side, the colorful Boingz can be maneuvered by being pulled, stretched and flicked through levels, as well as being nailed down to rocks and walls to create bridges for fellow Boingz to cross.
It's essentially Lemmings then, though a more contemporary comparison would be Toki Tori, a title we were big fans of. If Boingz can show up our lack of puzzle-solving smarts as much as that game did, we could have a winner here. Expect it to land on the third or fourth Monday of October.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
guttertalk @ Oct 8th 2008 6:27PM
Maybe it's just me, but the video made the game seem really slow and tedious, particularly with the grabbing the boingz and pulling them back. I can't imagine playing this for even 30 minutes. And video of a gamer trying multiple times to jump up on a single platform doesn't help.
Sisyphus @ Oct 8th 2008 11:21PM
Depends on the price, but I'll be watching for a review of this game.