There are two immediately obvious applications of the co-op. Then, coordinated, we polished off puzzles far more quickly than we could have alone. As a friend (who had never played before) and I attempted to complete some of Chapter One's later levels, we fell about laughing as we kept accidentally removing crucial Goos from structures the other was working on. But in practice this just leads to more fun. And of course you can mess up each other's plans. This can lead to confusion, obviously, so you need to communicate. To avoid the complete madness of multiple players trying to move the camera around by pointing to the edges of the screen, only the primary remote has such a power. Wildly swinging a block around isn't possibly the best plan. It just hears the electronic hello of a new remote - or three - and up pops a new cursor in a slightly different colour. There's no fuss, no, "New player joins" message on screen. You can be muddling your way through the gorgeous challenges, and a friend can walk in, pick up another remote, and they're playing too. There's no menu option, no restarting a new game, no registering a new player. Where the Wii version really stands out is through the co-op. And best of all, the temptation to embrace gimmicks has been completely avoided.
As Elebits and other games have demonstrated, the remote is perfect for picking things up and flinging them around in a way the PC's mouse cannot quite articulate. It's games like this that realise the Wii's magic wand. The cursor on-screen is a fat blob with a short tail, easily managed. The mouse for Wii remote swap is not necessarily a simple one, but in this case it's seamless.
Combined with the stretchy, wobbly physics, and tactile nature of everything you can move, it's all so tangible.Īnd here's the really important bit: the Wii version is better than the PC version. From the gorgeous chirrups and gasps the Goo balls make (a splendidly clever means of helping you differentiate different types when things get hectic), to the swelling, evocative music, it's one of the most aurally perfect games ever. The sound is another stellar achievement.
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