Lawrence.com

QuickView

Good: Motion control is responsive

Bad: Nothing to the game

Time it takes to see everything the game offers: 10 minutes max

I get to play virtually every game that comes out in this industry because of my job. I get to see the best of the best, and the worst of the worst. Even those in the latter group generally have more to offer than a free online flash game. Happy Feet, however, does not.

I don't care if your son or daughter loved this movie don't get them this game. There are three things you can do with it: play an extremely dumbed-down DDR clone, sled down a hill, and swim around collecting hearts. That's it. Seriously.

The DDR clone is ridiculously easy, even on the hardest setting. All you have to do is move the Wiimote up, down, left, or right as the arrows go over their mark. When sledding down hills, you simply tilt the controller in the direction you want to go. Courses are wide, and obstacles don't even hinder your progress for some reason. You can perform some basic tricks, but there is no real reward or reasoning for them. The swimming sections control just like sledding, but you can also move up and down as you collect hearts.

There is a Family Mode, but this features the exact same gameplay. The only exception is the sledding, in which one player steers and the other gets rid of rock formations by moving the Wiimote in specific directions.

Visually, it resembles the characters and environment from the movie fairly well, but there's really not much to see here. Every hill and underwater area looks the same, and the audio is terribly generic (complete with less talented sound-alikes from the film).

I'm sitting at my laptop struggling to think of something:anything more to say about this game. Honestly, there's not. I'd be shocked if anyone anywhere can play this game for more than 10 minutes without being bored out of their minds.

Graphics: 6.0

Sound: 5.0

First Play: 5.0

Replay Value: 1.5

Gameplay: 4.0

Overall: 4.7