I don’t think any serious gamers can dispute the fact that the Wii’s output was a little disappointing last year. Smash Bros and Mario Kart aside, first party releases were thin on the ground and some of the system’s third party titles don’t do the system any favours whatsoever.
There was one brilliant third party title that deserved to sell millions and didn’t, despite Steven Spielberg’s involvement: Boom Blox. A superb physics based party games where players would attempt to throw, pull and shoot their way into demolishing towers – a sort of anti-jenga if you will.
But it’s great news to hear that the original’s disappointing commercial performance hasn’t stopped EA coming up with a sequel, and here’s the trailer. Makes you want to risk tennis elbow and an arm that feels it will break any second all over again, doesn’t it?
The most exciting thing about this, aside from the prospect of more arm-achingly good gameplay? Well, the original allowed you to create your own levels using a wonderfully simple tool, but the game is following in the footsteps of Little Big Planet and Guitar Hero World Tour in allowing users to share these creations over the Wii’s internet connection meaning it’ll be a lot harder to memorise those tower-toppling strategies in multiplayer.
Boom Blox Bash Party is due out this Spring only on Wii.
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