Mercury Meltdown Revolution - $20 MSRP - Oct. 16 Release Date

OK, I tracked down my order info. It is still "On Order" at buy.com and "In Progess" at GCO. :bomb:

Bah...
 
7.5 From IGN!

It’s amazing how Wii has had a plethora of “budget” titles since its release nearly a year ago, with very few of those games actually charging the right price for that self-proclaimed simple experience. In Mercury Meltdown Revolution’s case, the game delivers $20 worth of content for $20; a novel idea. You’ll get over 150 puzzles to beat, each a mix of precision tilt gameplay, puzzle solving, and speed, as well as a few party games and basic bonuses like ghost challenges, local leaderboards, and replay saves. It isn’t a huge package, but it doesn’t claim to be. What it is, however, is a solid game design that bests titles like Kororinpa or Dewy’s Adventure.

If you’ve already put your time into Monkey Ball and are looking for another “tilt to move” title, Mercury Meltdown Revolution is a great game and an amazing value. You won’t find online, IR, or Mii integration, but you also won’t pay for them either; something most other products expect you to do with a smile on your face. Mercury Meltdown Revolution won’t be making any game of the year lists, but at $19.99 this one’s worth every penny. Stop the presses; someone actually gets how Wii works!
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i've apparently missed this great deal at buy.com. i called gamestop today and they said they didn't have it. i read some of ign's review. 150 plus puzzles. sounds like a lot of fun.
 
[quote name='nate88']just got the game from buy.com, it was shipped yesterday... So far it's a pretty cool game, kind hard with the remote to beat the par times so I would recommend getting the classic controller if you are about high scores.[/QUOTE]

Does this mean it's unplayable with the remote, or just not as precise?

The ability to use the remote well would probably be the only reason I would buy it.
 
[quote name='clockworkgreen']Does this mean it's unplayable with the remote, or just not as precise?

The ability to use the remote well would probably be the only reason I would buy it.[/quote]

It IS playable, but the game gets hard rather quick and you have to move around faster which makes it pretty difficult to use the wiimote. The wiimote is harder to pinpoint exactly what you want to do as opposed to the classic controller.
 
I saw it yesterday but didn't buy it. Maybe I'll go trade my okami on PS2 for it, since I'll be buying the Wii okami when it comes out anyway.
 
Finally got a notice from buy.com that my GCO order shipped. Yay - $9 for a new Wii game!
 
i went down to gamestop and picked it up today. it's gets pretty hard pretty fast. if you're attempting to complete the levels within time. and there appears to be tons of levels.

i love the puzzles. trying to change colors and hit the points the fastest possible way. i really like splitting apart and coming back together. the bonus items are fun to find, and fun to figure out how to get. it's got pretty good camera control. far better then kororinpa. there are certain times though that i'd like to zoom in further and can't because of my seperated mercury.

i have to admit. i like the classic controller far better then the wii remote. i don't think that's a bad thing though. not all wii games need motion, just like not all ds games need touch screen. and having the option is the best way, so everyone get's what they want.

all in all i'm pretty happy. it's longer then i expected and more difficult. it'll be a real challenge. mind you, it'd be a lot easier without trying to get the bonuss and beating the time limit. but i don't plan on going that route.
 
am i really the only one playing this game? i've been doing 1 lab a night. it looks like there are 10 labs with 15 levels each, plus a coupel bonus levels per lab.

this game is really really good. i'm loving it. it's great to have a fun puzzle game to balance out the pain that is zack and wiki. and the levels have only been getting better and better.
 
[quote name='buttle']am i really the only one playing this game? i've been doing 1 lab a night. it looks like there are 10 labs with 15 levels each, plus a coupel bonus levels per lab.

this game is really really good. i'm loving it. it's great to have a fun puzzle game to balance out the pain that is zack and wiki. and the levels have only been getting better and better.[/QUOTE]

Actually, I broke it out last night and my son played it. He could get through about the first 7 levels with the Wiimote and then I hooked up the Classic controller - MUCH easier. The biggest difference for him was that if he lets go of the analog stick the field levels and blob stops moving. He couldn't keep the Wii remote steady enough to not go careening all over the place. I helped him a bit and we got through about the first 1 1/2 labs. It is fun, but definitely not worth more than $20 (and a decent buy at the $9 I got it for - glad I didn't pay more).
 
I still want to pick this up, but at the rate that I'm (not) playing the Orange Box, I'm not going to have to time to play it before Galaxy hits. :p
 
My son's playing it in the den right now. I haven't heard any cries of frustration, so he must be doing OK w/ the wiimote. I'll go have a look-see.

Note: look-see = check on how he's doing, ask to see the wiimote for a second, refuse to give it back
 
[quote name='eugaet']Note: look-see = check on how he's doing, ask to see the wiimote for a second, refuse to give it back[/quote]The very definition of being a father for myself should I ever be blessed with that, I'm sure. ;)
 
Daroga - what will happen is that the kid will be playing some game with a timer or limited health and be fine for a while, then come and give you the remote with the game paused and either 2 seconds left on the timer or half a heart of health left and ask you to finish it for him because he's "stuck". It is a true test of your gaming skills ;).

As for Mercury, my son was into it for that one evening, but now he's back to Beautiful Katamari. I definitely got my money's worth out of that one.
 
[quote name='io']Daroga - what will happen is that the kid will be playing some game with a timer or limited health and be fine for a while, then come and give you the remote with the game paused and either 2 seconds left on the timer or half a heart of health left and ask you to finish it for him because he's "stuck". It is a true test of your gaming skills ;).

As for Mercury, my son was into it for that one evening, but now he's back to Beautiful Katamari. I definitely got my money's worth out of that one.[/quote]

So, is the game worth the $15-$20 price tag? My wife and I both loved Marble Madness, which was an arcade game using a tracball. Is MM comparable to that game? Better? Worse? Completely different?
 
[quote name='jimijumper']So, is the game worth the $15-$20 price tag? My wife and I both loved Marble Madness, which was an arcade game using a tracball. Is MM comparable to that game? Better? Worse? Completely different?[/quote]
It's not really the same, as there's a lot more to it than just getting the mercury from once end to the other, but there are some similarities. It's probably the difficulty and the need to be precise with the tilting of the stage to get from one end to the other, but you have more leniency since you don't need the whole blob of mercury to finish a stage. There's a lot of coloring going on in MMR, where you need to split up your mercury to get a specific color of mercury to move between sections of a stage. It can be quite hard, though I guess I need to get a CC to make it an easier experience. It's definitely a recommendation if that's something you're interested in.
 
Yeah, I have been keeping my eye on that game for a while, trying to decide. For 20 bucks I guess I can't really go wrong. Thanks for the comment.:bouncy:
 
Yeah, what Frisky said sums it up. I haven't really played any of the tilty marble games except Super Monkey Ball which I found frustrating and not a lot of fun (any of them). As Frisky says, this is a little more forgiving because you can lose parts of your blob and still continue on (where in a game like Monkey Ball you would have plummeted to your death). I haven't put that much time into it though.
 
I'm just trying to decide on some games for the Wii that I think my wife will enjoy too. I bought a Wii for the kids for this Xmas and took advantage of the TRU B2G1 sale purchasing the necessities for them and me ( LOZ:TP; MP3; RE4; Super Paper Mario; Godfather: Blackhand; SSBB; SMG; GH3) but I'm having trouble finding something she will play by herself other than GH3.

She's really into puzzle games and loves Picross, Brain Age, Sudoku games and crosswords.

Would you recommend either of the Trauma Center games?
 
[quote name='jimijumper']I'm just trying to decide on some gams for the Wii that I think my wife will enjoy too. I bought a Wii for the kids for this Xmas and took advantage of the TRU B2G1 sale purchasing the necessities for them and me ( LOZ:TP; MP3; RE4; Super Paper Mario; Godfather: Blackhand; SSBB; SMG; GH3) but I'm having trouble finding something she will play by herself other than GH3.

She's really into puzzle games and loves Picross, Brain Age, Sudoku games and crosswords.

Would you recommend either of the Trauma Center games?[/QUOTE]

I've never played any of them... Mercury is probably a good choice. There's also the Kororpina marble game which I'm waiting on a price drop to get. What about Zack and Wiki? That is a puzzle game of sorts. I have it but haven't played it yet. It is one of the best-reviewed Wii games though (4th on Metacritic after Zelda, RE4, and MP3) and is something she may very well like. Oh, and if she likes Brain Age you may want to get Big Brain Academy. I had a lot of fun with it - for a very short time (and haven't played it since). But it has a lot of replayability and some multiplayer options.
 
[quote name='jimijumper']Duh, I didn't even think of Big Brain Academy, from the looks of it I NEED THAT GAME.

Thanks io.[/QUOTE]

Dont miss Zack and Wiki.

I am thinkng about picking this one up soon.
 
Has anyone seen this at a Best Buy? I'd like to use some reward zone certificates on it, but their website says its not coming out till mid-November and thus there's no store checker thing.

Our Best Buys are completely incompetent too, if they even answer the phone.
 
[quote name='daroga']Has anyone seen this at a Best Buy? I'd like to use some reward zone certificates on it, but their website says its not coming out till mid-November and thus there's no store checker thing.

Our Best Buys are completely incompetent too, if they even answer the phone.[/quote]

Come to think of it, I haven't seen it there either, and it didn't really look like there was a space for it either.
 
Picked this up at GameStop today.

For $20, just about everyone who has a Wii should try this. I think it's great!
 
I've played through the first lab, not too bad. The puzzles are clever, and there's plenty of them to go through. The control isn't as tight as I would have liked, I'm used to the direct sensitivity of Super Monkey Ball.

I find the 1-player "Party Games" quite silly. Still, an excellent value.
 
i'm finally starting to get back into this game. i took a little time off to play zack and wiki. i'm about half way through meltdown down. it's getting much harder. and i'm really really enjoying it. the 17th level of the labs are always my favorite. they get very very crazy.
 
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