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Maboshi Arcade on Wii

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Maboshi Arcade is a Minigames game available on the Wii. It can be played in Competitive modes.

Maboshi Arcade is a Minigames game. Mini games come in a variety of shapes and sizes. What unites the genre is the speed with which players can pickup the games and the relativley short time requried to complete a level or two.

Maboshi Arcade can be played in a Competitive mode. Competitive Multiplayer games provide experiences where players compete against each other and the computer. Obviously lending itself to sports and team games, these competitive engagements have also dominated the shooting and fighting genres because of the direct combat and expertise involved in each. Although these games were originally played in a split screen style, more recently they are played online via services such as PlayStation Network, Xbox Live and the Nintendo Wireless Connection.

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Family Gamer review Tue, 22 Dec 2009

Maboshi Arcade at first seems to be a simple set of casual games, but turns out to be intricately linked puzzle experience that is as compelling as Tetris or Puzzle Bubble ever was. This is one of the best uses of the Nintendo Wii's Wii-Ware channel I've seen so far.

When I was young I would visit my grandma's house and she would entertain me for hours with old toys and buttons. Things that I would now tire of in minutes would keep me entertained for hours. Maboshi Arcade recreates this feeling for me. Simple shapes and controls that can picked up and played on a superficial level for a short time, but that can entertain for hours if you are willing to engage them.
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