The Biasphere

I have the second game and at least played the first (couldn't find it in stores). The game isn't as good as any of the other games in the series, as some features are lacking.

The games are average and some have already been used (i.e. the Music Game series) Most of the games are different versions of the same game, but with different tracks/songs/etc., which means there aren't really 50 minigames. The controlls work fine. In the music band minigame, the developers traded in the squeaky Rabbid voices for something a lot less squeaky. The gameplay in that minigame has been made more fair for multiple players (instruments with less notes get more points for correct notes than instruments with more notes). The new Dance minigame is very creative, as you use the Wii remote and nunchuck to replicate real dance movements and, if you are doing single player and the balance board, use the board to replicate feat movements. A tractor racing minigame has the most creative use for the balance board, letting you use the balance board to replicate the gas and break pedals while stearing with the Wiimote (sadly, you can only use the balnce board in single player with simutanious multiplayer games, but can use it with multiplayer in alternative multiplayer. There's only two games that let you "play with your butt" as the game's comercial slogan says, with one being one where you stear a dear-like thing through posts into a goal and another where you stear a motorcycle through bariars.

Character customization is completely absent, as there was customization in the original games. The only customization you get is a name and a icon that you can choose from 30 of.

The story is weird, with the Bunnies being trapped inside Rayman's TV. This stroy has nothing to do with the actual minigames, however, and Rayman does nothing to help it in the games, although finally doing something in the game's end cutscene.

The box may have the "Nintendo Wi-Fi" sticker on it, but the only Wi-Fi option is a costume contest, using a part of one of the games.

Party mode is good, and in the middle of some simultaneos games, the game will tell someone to push 1. Once that person does, the game lauches itself into a side game, where you either flick the remote or shake it to fill up a meter. The person who does this first gets a bonus, and gameplay continues at the end of a count down.

All in all, this game is okay, but you might want to try the other games in the series instead.

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