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After reading the reviews on here and other sites, I decided that Elebits would me a great first game for my kids Wii. I’m glad I chose this.

The kids (6 and 11) enjoy it and I’ve found myself addicted to it as well…and I’m old enough to remember getting Atari for Christmas back in the day!

I think the story is great, the game is challenging, and there is so much to do (find all the hidden Elebits, solving the puzzles on each level, finding hidden objects, and capturing the elusive Pink Elebits) that I think there will be enough replay value to play time and time again.

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This game can be played with 1-4 players.

Elebits are cute little creatures that walk around and make messes. You have to capture all of them within a certain time frame. You can pick up and move objects to find the hidden Elebits.

My kids totally enjoy this game and think it is one of the most fun games they have ever played.

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I wasn’t sure about this game but with all of the good reviews I went ahead and bought it. The concept is very unusual and works so well on the Wii. Someone went to a lot of trouble to come up with an idea just for the Wii. I love the game. It gets you very involved, even if the story and graphics aren’t great, by getting you addicted to eleibits. My kids also enjoy watching me play. It’s a little too hard for them to play yet. (They are 3 and 6) so it’s nice to have something that let’s me use the Wii too.

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My husband and I waited anxiously for this game to come out. I have to say that the game overall, is fun, and the graphics are great for Nintendo. Yea, the kid is whiny, but anyone who really pays attention to that over everything else in the game shouldnt be playing GAMES.

The only thing I didnt like about this game is that my daughter wanted to play it and it was hard to figure out the gameplay on the remote. I found that the game, aside from the edit modes, became very repetitive. Its almost like there isnt any point other than to trash stuff and find these little creatures. But, alas, that is the most fun of the whole game.

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After reading the premise of the game and seeing the excited reviews, we decided to pick up what we thought would be a sleeper hit. The price was fantastic, but should have tipped me off. I have since discovered that the value of used Wii games is often an indicator of their quality (simple economics).

Based on what I’d read, my hopes were set on a quirky, story-driven, shooting-gallery-style exploration game. Strangely enough, that’s exactly what it is, but to my dismay, we discovered this was a very bad thing.

Elebits suffers from two major flaws. First, the game is intentionally tedious. Using your laser beam, you manipulate items around the more-or-less normal household to find tiny monsters called Elebits, which power the electricity in the house. The more Elebits you discover, the more power you have, which allows you to…discover more elebits. Ad infinitum. Ad nauseum. The real killer for me is that every level has HUNDREDS of elebits to discover, and each level is governed by a countdown timer that limits the number you can actually find. (This doesn’t really prevent you from progressing to the next level, since the number of elebits needed to do that is relatively small, but why not let gamers take their time? What’s the rush??). But the tedium of racing the clock, searching under every nook and cranny of a mundane room wore on me swiftly. Add to that the absolute chaos created by the laser tossing items every whichaway, and I had to force myself to want to play a second time.

This is where the second major flaw came in. I finally picked up the game and pushed through level one. One of the enjoyable pressures I experience in completing a game is the desire to see what the next level will look like. I’ve come to expect a certain level of creativity and beauty in exploring the alternative worlds video games have to offer. But the alternative world THIS game has to offer is merely the boring house of a bratty kid. The house has regular house stuff in it: toasters, vacuum cleaners, books, closets…all of them movable and all of them teaming with elebits, which honestly did precious little to make these mundane items more interesting. I mean really. I see my toaster every day. So after beating the first level (which is the boy’s bedroom), I progressed to level two…the hallway! Which has, as an added bonus, a bathroom! At some point during this level (I think it was while I was knocking elebits out of the bathroom toilet), I woke up and thought, You know what? Who cares? And put the game up for sale the next day. Fortunately, someone bought it. (Sorry, dude, wherever you are!)

Pros:

Inexpensive…cheapest Wii game I’ve bought so far (but there’s a reason for that!).

Kid friendly. My children understood the controls and the premise easily enough. (But they were bored with it too.)

Cons:

Repetitive and tedious from the outset.

Levels lack requisite variety required to provide satisfying progress.

Despite a clever premise, game fails imaginatively. You explore…a house.

Overwhelming number of objectives ruled by a stress-inducing countdown timer.

Storyline is flat and arbitrary.

UPDATE: I’m told by those who’ve played longer than I did (I confess I only pushed through to the second level before the tedium overcame me) that the game gets more interesting and more varied as you go. I would still argue that it’s a flaw since I think a game should draw you in from the start. But for those thinking of purchasing, it seems your patience will likely be rewarded.

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When lightening strikes, and the power goes out, Kai has to capture colorful elebits to help restore the area’s power. At the beginning, Kai doesn’t care for elebits to much. He’s jealous of them because he thinks his parents like them more than him. Each mission requires Kai to capture a specified number of watts to get the power back. However, he has to be careful when and how he captures the colored elebits.

This game has been a great hit with our 8 year old. When I asked him what he liked about it, he said everything, but particularly the strategy of trying to figure out when and how to capture the elebits. He has enjoyed the story line and has not had any problems with the game play. As parents, we like that it’s a good, clean, fun game. It’s pretty much a first person shooter, but without the violence. Like our son, we also like the fact it makes him think. It’s not just mindless entertainment. He actually has to think and use reason and logic to get the most watts from each capture. While the game seems to be a little too difficult for him at times (mainly he can’t find enough elebits to complete a level), with help from a walk through, he’s been able to complete most of the levels. For us it’s been a great purchase.

**Our son contributed most of the content for this review, including the game’s premise.

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If it weren’t for stumbling on the IGN game of the year reviews which gave Elebits extremely high marks, including best use of the Wiimote and action game of the year, this game would have been passed by me without a glance.

The packaging of this game features some cutesy little blob with a mosaic background and doesn’t at all give you a clue on to what this game is about..

The game is sort of a first person shooter/puzzler with no violence involved. You play a kid with his dad’s “capture” gun who has to turn a room, hallway, or whatever level you are in literally upside down to target little creatures to score “watts” or points to clear a level.

In addition to ransacking the place, as you get capture more elebits to get more watts, you can earn the ability to turn on appliances which emit “power elebits” who give your gun more power. Once your gun has more power, you can move larger objects to unlock other portions of the level, to, yes, capture more elebits.

Think of being locked inside a house with Half-Life 2′s gravity gun and you can get the picture.

The gameplay is extremely frantic and challenging. I am only on level 4 and am finding it difficult to find enough of those little buggers to finish my task, even when given over a quarter of an hour to finish the level.

My 10 year old loves the fact that you can literally throw stuff around the room and zap these little blobs of blue, yellow and pink.

The levels are highly interactive, challenging and really are a kick.

The only downside to the game is that it is one of those games that you wouldn’t even pick up to move out of the way to get Madden 07,

Call of Duty, Legend of Zelda or any other game that has much more name recognition.

Konami (makers of the also highly addictive DDR series) have really outdone themselves, and have shown how cool a Wii can really be when proper thought and execution is put into making an entirely new game genre.

You won’t see this game ported to any other system, because quite frankly, no “typical” game console could pull it off and make it as engaging as the Wii. But then again, that’s why those of us who chose the Wii, did so in the first place.

I can only hope that word of mouth and the positive reviews shown here and at IGN can spell financial success for Konami with this title.

Games like this, Zelda, and WiiSports truly make the Wii a trascendant gaming experience. But without the gamers support, we will be treated to third rate console “ports” of PS3 and Xbox 360 games and the Wii will be demoted to third rate status, much like the GameCube was the weaker cousin to the Xbox and PS2.

Do yourself a favor and give this game a good rental, or better yet, buy it. It’s easy enough to understand quickly but difficult to master.

I only wish that the packaging (which is the sole exposure many uneducated buyers use to make their gaming purchase) was able to more adequately prepare you for the prize inside.

This game rocks, and shreds the lame movie tie in’s like Happy Feet, Open Season, and even over hyped games like Red Steel.

Pickup Elebits today, and truly experience how unique Wii gaming can be.

I have seen the future, and the future is Wii.

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I found the game to be quite fun. It caused me and my son to stretch and explore looking for the needed energy to more on to the next level.

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There are a lot of good reviews for this game, but–for me–this game was just frustrating.

After about 2 days of playing I got to a level where the game just ceased to be fun and challenging and went into the realm of annoying. Sure it is fun that you can open doors, shatter things etc but you have to move stuff and it gets stuck in front of doors and then you can’t get out etc etc etc. Then the monotony sets in.

The edit mode is neat but for just me playing this the appeal wore off pretty quickly. Sorry! If you like games such as lemmings and worms you will probably find this immensely entertaining but if you were looking more for katamari this doesn’t quite reach that level of fun. Again, this my opinion

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I saw this game and knew my daughter and son would love it. Turns out they did. They have been playing it pretty much nonstop for the last 3 days. I am pretty sure they have already beat the game, which is the biggest drawback. It is way too short. The multiplayer is fun. There are a few other modes which extend the replay value somewhat. For a seven year old, this game is simple, colorful, and fun to play. For a 35 year old, not so much. You just pick up your wiimote and after a 5 minute tutorial, you are ready to play. The voice acting in the cutscenes has to be a joke. It’s that bad, but in the old kung fu movie kind of way so it’s funny to listen to. Anyone with kids 10 and under will get alot of mileage out of this game. Anyone else will grow tired of it after a week or so. Overall, a solid game that just needs to be longer.

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Elebits is a “collecting” game where your aim is to gather up little electrical life forms while completely demolishing the room you’re in. It is quite satisfying, and fun for all ages!

It’s sort of hard to describe the appeal of this game. In some ways it’s like describing the appeal of the Sims series. What’s so fun about walking around a virtual home, interacting with it? For some reason, we humans just like to do that. In elebits, you walk into a “bedroom” for example. It’s got all the normal items a bedroom has – shelves, books on the shelves, lamps, electronic items, etc. Every single distinct item in the room can be interacted with. You can take individual books off the shelves, move the shelf, move the bed, turn on items, and much more.

But you’re not just walking around picking up books and examining them. Instead, you have a raygun that lets you whirl these items around in your frenzied search for Elebits. It’s really best if you ignore the plot here, but this is the gist of it. You’re a spoiled little girl who has two scientist parents. You are insanely jealous of the object of your parents’ research – electrically charged elebits. However, when the power goes out in your town and your parents leave you behind to go look into the problem, you promptly pick up your dad’s “ray gun” to start zapping Elebits on your own. The more you gather up, the more of your electronic devices and lights that begin working again.

So the game is non-violent, but wildly “fun destructive”. You go around zapping at the little Elebits creatures to gather them up. You have a time deadline, so you’re wildly flinging things in the room around – vacuum cleaners, computers, books, lamps – to find where they’re hiding. The more Elebits you gather up, the more power you have to lift heavier items. When you charge up enough power, you can start turning on TVs and other devices – which then releases more Elebits. It gives the game a bit of strategy, knowing that you have to track down enough elebits to get through Door 1, to then turn on Item 2, and so on.

The controls are pretty straightforward – you point at an elebit, and push the button to suck it up. Sometimes it’s challenging to figure out WHERE on an item to “push the switch” to turn it on. For example you might know that the lamp can be activated, but you have to spin around it to figure out exactly where that darn ON switch is.

Even if you think the story mode is completely silly, wait until you get your hands on the level editor. You can then create your own levels, with your own rules, or even create complex Domino-chain styles of situations using all of the in game objects. Then you can load your level online for others to see and enjoy! This could easily keep you occupied for weeks.

Well recommended, if you’re into this style of non-violent but wackily destructive fun!

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This is another one of those games where the gameplay definitely takes a front seat as the storyline is forced to sit in the baby carrier.

The premise is simple enough: A lightening strike has caused the elebits, tiny creatures responsible for providing the worlds’ electricity, to go into hiding.

Your character takes his fathers capture gun to search them out and, well, capture them.

Using the Wiimote and Nunchuk attachment, you search your environment by latching onto furniture, books, and pretty much anything that isn’t bolted to the ground, and moving it to search out those pesky elebits.

Now, by “move” I mean more like flinging, launching, and destroying. As you capture more and more elebits you upgrade your gun so you can lift heavier and heavier objects. You’ll walk into a neatly organized living room and leave with the entire place in tatters a la “a tornado hitting it.”

The controls definitely take some getting used to. Some elebits only appear when you perform a series of actions, such as putting a DVD into a DVD player. This utilizes the 3D control capabilities of the Wiimote, but can become frustrating. Luckily, the game does allow for dominant hand play (i.e. you can switch it around to play left-handed.)

There is a made up physics engine at work, with items floating to the ground as opposed to crashing as they would in real life. While I appreciate this, especially in the levels where you have to stay as quiet as possible and have to catch something before it hits the ground, say like your widescreen TV some rogue elebits so carelessly knocked over, there are other times where I really wanted some real time physics. Still, that’d be more of an added feature which doesn’t detract from the game at all.

The special weapons are great, with my personal favorite being the homing beam which will allow you to lock onto any elebits you point to and capture them all at once.

As you complete the story mode, you begin to unlock more and more in Edit Mode, which allows you to custom create levels and share them on WiiConnect24. The level editor is incredibly intuitive as item placement is extremely precise, again using the 3D capabilities of the Wiimote to place things exactly where you want them.

The graphics aren’t anything to write home about, but I feel as though they were toned down a bit to make room for all the mayhem you can create without worrying about framerate problems.

Each level, with the exception of boss battles, do have time limits, so the mayhem you can create is limited to a certain extent. Fortunately, you can complete a level and still mess around in it if you finish your objective before the time limit expires, at which point it’s time to have a couch throwing contest with yourself. Also, you can just create your own level and let it rip.

All in all, a solid purchase. The controls take some getting used to, and if you’re all about graphics then you should go back to your 360 ya big babby. Highly recommended.

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B+ game, multiplayer is awesome, and the enjoyment of throwing furniture around looking for those critters is just as fun.

In solo mode, you have to complete tasks in order to open more doors and lift more heavier furniture (by collecting more and more elebits)

There’s a really bad story line behind this but the main point of this game is the click and shoot feature.

It is at it’s best in multiplayer when you have to compete with others to find elebits

However in multi; each player takes turn moving around(you are required to move around to find more elebits) which could prove really annoying as it is hard to know when it is your turn(your cursor just changes to you are camera – no audible warning)

Overall a fun point and shoot game, nothing else to it.

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My kids just started playing this, and love it. They found a fun way to mess up a room, and enjoy it. They found finding the elebits and zapping them especially interesting, especially the timed portion of the game.

I would recommend this to anyone with kids from 5 to 12.

OK, Adults as well.

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Bought it for our 6 year old for xmas. She laughed at the critters the whole time. Works well with the wii gun.

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I rented this game thinking that it might catch the interest of my girlfriend. As we are both in our 30′s I find it hard to get her involved in any video game that is even remotely complicated (Raving Rabbids = Too Complicated). Wii sports is the only game as of yet that I have been able to get her to play for more than one hour. I knew that the ‘cuteness’ would spark some interest, but would the controls be too complicated and frustrating? Well this game was a big hit for her, and I found myself enjoying it as well!! This game is along the lines of a FPS with ZERO violence. All you do is capture these little energy creating creatures (Elebits) using a Ghostbuster like power beam. Once you have collected enough creatures you are able to turn on appliances freeing up even more creatures to catch! This game may be geared towards children, who will love this game, but we found ourselves playing for hours on end.

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My 14 year-old daughter and I have had a lot of fun with this game but can only play it in short spurts because it makes us motion sick.

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When I opened Elebits, I didn’t know what to expect. After a few minutes of play I was hooked.

Elebits is a natural for the Wii controller. “Elebits” are what powers the world. You need to capture them with your capture gun and use them to turn on various devices. You can also manipulate objects in order to move them to capture hidden elebits. The nunchuck controller is used to move around the room.

My 6 and 9 year olds went crazy over the game. They had a blast trashing the room in order to uncover and capture elebits.

I’m very happy with elebits.

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I love love love this game. I get awfully bored of the sports games for the Wii but have always loved cutesy kids games. This fits the bill. I could play it for hours….if not for the raging motion sickness I get from it. I never have had motion sickness from anything in my life…until Elebits. I love the game so much though, I just stock up on bonine (I use the children’s chewables) and use my little motion sickness bracelets (the kind you wear for boat rides) and I’m good to go!!

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Elebits is a innovative title created by Konami for the Nintendo Wii. Elebits uses the Wii remote to create a game revolved around a stream of light. With this stream of light you are able to move everything around in the environment and try and capture “Elebits,” which are small creatures with an electrical current. By harnessing these electrical creatures you must collect enough electricity to beat the level. Although this may sound quite odd, it is VERY fun destroying the environment trying to search for these little creatures. Konami did a great job with the ragdoll physics that all you to take apart a room layer by layer. Although this game is quite simple and lacks in the graphics department, Elebits is a very innovative game that can be picked up and played by almost anyone.

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I just bought this game based on the reviews here. After only playing it once, I’m hooked. It’s hard to describe how cool it is to walk around a room and pick up the objects so you can shoot the Elebits that fall out. I haven’t tested it out on my daughter yet (6 yo) and it might be a little difficult for her at first (you use almost every button and movement possible with the remote and nunchuk) but I love it! If you’re looking for a game to really show off the capabilities of the remote and nunchuk together, this is it.

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Push boxes, pull open drawers, twist open doorknobs and pull the doors open, throw everything around, and zap plenty of Elebits. This game is just fantastic, well designed and executed in almost every respect. As with any game that’s well tied in with the Wii, the movements are mostly intuitive and well designed. Shift target on screen with controller to rotate left, right, up, or down. Zap Elebits with the “A” button, which is also used to grab items. Push, pull or throw objects by moving the main controller. No item is off limits — if you accumulated enough Watts you can move it or even throw it around. Move forward, back, left or right with the Analog stick on the Nunchuk. Crouch (move lower) or move up with the two buttons on the front of the Nunchuk. The game takes almost full advantage of the Wii controller’s abilities.

The game itself has a reasonable amount of depth but not it is not too complicated. There are a few different kinds of “Elebits” that you can capture. The primary ones either give you more Wattage, which allow you to clear the level, and “power Elebits”. The Power Elebits are obtained by turning on appliances (which you can do when you have the qualifying Wattage accumulated for each applicance), zapping the Power Elebits that subsequently escape; these Power Elebits give you the ability to move heavier items. By the time you’ve cleared the level, the room, or wherever you were, it is pretty much trashed as you’ve thrown everything around trying to find Elebits. The Physics of all the objects flying around and moving is well done, things bang into each other and knock each other over, drawers are blocked from opening, things get underneath and behind each other, etc.

Another nice touch is that it is easy to clear the history of the players, so basically you can reset the game to be as it was when it was new.

There is also a multiplayer mode, which is not perfect because only one player can control the movements of the shooter, but’s it’s not too bad. Probably best to just alternate single players than to play the multiplayer version.

The game is not integrated with the “Mii” personalities that you create from the Wii main menu, but this is not a serious deficiency. A maximum of three players histories can be stored in this game.

Great fun, highly recommended.

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This is perhaps the finest example of use of the Wii controller scheme that is available. You play as a kid trying to find “Elebits” to power on appliances so that you can…find more Elebits. Sound monotonous and boring? Well that’s where you’re wrong! It’s a great hide and seek game that entails throwing aside objects, shaking them, twisting them, opening doors, etc. All with relatively realistic feeling motions. Grab and rotate to turn a doorknob. Grab and swing to throw and object. You are bound to find yourself flailing around like an idiot and loving every second.

The game also has lasting appeal, particularly for the collector types out there. Each level has aseries of auxillary challenges for you to explore. Find the secrets, get perfect ratings. The game is a great way to waste 10 minutes or an engaging way to spend an evening.

I also greatly appreciate the fact that the game is relatively pick-up-and-play. Although there is an interactive tutorial as well.

I don’t know when I have had this much fun playing a game, and I recommend you get a copy so you can join the fun!

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How about this for a cut and dried review: Within the first few minutes of gameplay you’re absolutely addicted. The only downside is the awful voiceovers but aside from that – total brilliance! Great, GREAT game!

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excelent game, you need to get used to the controls, but is a lot of fun

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When I first saw/heard about this game it didn’t sound like very much fun and I ignored it. But after playing my Wii and then reading reviews I thought that it sounded like it could be fun, so I bought it. I enjoy the interactive sets and the skill that it takes to complete the missions. The graphics are aweswome. This game reminds me very much of Katamari Damacy for the PS2. Elebits dosn’t take loads of brain power, but it does take strategy and quick reflexes. Multiplayer mode is also delightfully fun.

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Me and my kids truly enjoy playing this game. It’s fun but very challenging, and it’s harder than I thought it would be at the higher levels. In any case, its a fun game for all ages and at a great price here on Amazon.

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Elebits is a great game for everyone. I have both my fiance and my mom hooked on it, and that is really what the Wii is all about. I can be a hardcore gamer myself and I find the game to be refreshingly different, but also challenging enough to keep me engaged. If you are looking for something that is entertaining and fun or if you want to get your significant other or family into games, buy this game.

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Elebits is fun game to play. If you like to destroy, throw things and catch little electricity things is the game for you. I recomend it.

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To be honest, I bought Elebits with excitement that it would really become addictive and fun, but I’ve had it for more than a month and have only wanted to play it for about three hours. It’s just not as good as I thought and although I haven’t tried multi-player yet, I heard it’s just too cluttered to be engaging. There is a lot of replay in the game, but it’s just too much of the same thing over and over to actually want to go through any of the levels again. Creating levels is fun, but the friend codes are such a pain and most people don’t own the game to begin with. Instead, I suggest you spend your money on some Virtual Console games, such as: Contra 3, Comix Zone, Castlevania 4, Gradius, Mario Kart 64, or Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past. Believe it or not, all six of these games together are cheaper ($47) than a new copy of Elebits ($49) and are twice as fun.

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Elebits is for me the surprise hit of the year. Voted best of 2006 in 3 categories by IGN, including Best Action Game, it’s worth every penny. Not only does it utilize the innovative features of the Wii remote to the fullest, but it entertains with hours of play.

I can be pretty slow at catching on to games, but this one won’t disappoint those, uh, less-coordinated folks like me. Don’t get me wrong, it takes a little getting used to opening and closing doors, drawers, and operating appliances and other electronics, but you don’t have to remember tons of “rules” and controller tricks to get into the game. When you want to open a door, grab the doorknob, and literally twist it open with the Wii-mote. Intuitive and clever. Just ignore the awkward English and the terrible voice-overs. They at first made me think this game was lame, but once I started actual play, I discovered that it was lots of fun.

One of best things about it is that it is suitable for all ages. There isn’t any bloody violence or adult themes. It also has a multi-player mode so the whole family can play. For concerned parents, you’re not killing Elebits, you’re CAPTURING them with the capture gun.

There is also an edit mode where you can get creative and create your own levels. These unlock as you go along in the story mode. Added value if you get bored of the existing stuff.

The only warning is that some people have complained of the game getting them motion sick. I got a little dizzy when I first started playing, but once I got the hang of changing direction, all was well. I never got into Doom or past the first Quake (yeah, I’m old) because it would make me so nauseous. So, although I’m susceptible to motion sickness caused by games, I’m still able to play this one. Super sensitive people, try renting it first to make sure you don’t waste your money on something that will make you ill.

Overall, a great game for everyone (except maybe those prone to motion sickness). It’s easy to learn how to play, and is also satisfying at all levels. Beginners will have fun learning to master the controls and of course capturing Elebits, and advanced users can have fun trying to capture ALL the Elebits, improve their scores to unlock new things, and a lot more.

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I rented Elebits based on many of the previous reviews here, and after taking the game back, I rushed to purchase it for myself. While hardcore gamers probably won’t appreciate Elebits, this is a great family title. I am not a gamer, but I found Elebits to be extremely intuitive and a whole lot of fun — combining puzzle-solving with zapping, decision-making with simple reacting. My 9yo also loves this game — we are both working our way through the levels. The detail in each level is amazing!

Elebits also has an interesting edit mode, of which I have only scratched the surface. I highly recommend this game, especially if you are new to gaming and/or the Wii. If you are a long-time gamer and into role plays/shoot-em-ups, this probably isn’t the game for you — but might be the game for your kids! Enjoy!

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I bought Elebits just because the concept of the game intrigued me and I thought it would be a great way to really feel the use of the Wii remote. From a physics standpoint, I wanted to experience opening doors and drawers and feeling the tension and rumble on the remote (something you can feel acutely with the Trauma Center game). Call me odd, but I am not a gamer by any means but really enjoy the novel way that the Nintendo approached this Wii and gaming as more of a full body experience. Wicked Cool.

Elebits is a fun game of hide and seek. If you are bothered (as one reviewer mentioned) by kitten-like noises and a whiny sounding kid — and supposedly exterminating or misplacing these strange little creatures … the game might actually bother you. For me, it is much more benign and just a really fun time throwing stuff around and hunting for these little creatures. Fun and very novel — I’m enjoying it as part of my Wii game arsenal.

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This game is sooo much fun. You can use the Wiimote to snoop around the main characters house. The game allows players to interact with every object.

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Good news everyone!! I have cleared 10 rooms of Elebits so far and still am not motion sick. I know you were all on pins and needles about the verdict. And this great news from me, the one who gets sea sick in a rocking chair. i’m the one they always have to stop the amusement park ride for; and I get positively ill if I am even in the same room as Mario Kart (played way too often in our living room). So reading other reviews about the Elebits fun but motion sickness warnings had me fretting. But it sounded like a lot of fun, so I bought this game used and figured give it a try. And yippee!! Here’s the way to NOT get sick. Turns out the trick is to CHANGE the **CAMERA OPTIONS** for all you out there self-medicating with Bonine to play this hopelessly addictive game. There is a scale to set from I think 1 to 10, and I just put the camera “speed” to “1″ instead of the default “8″ or whatever that has the player spinning like a rogue top. Now I can run around a room and twirl around looking for these little creatures without getting remotely dizzy. The game play is not slowed down at all with the “slower” speed of the camera. This game is so addictive — all the other reviewers’ descriptions are on the money so I don’t need to repeat or correct anything they said. Just fiddle with the camera settings in the Option screen and maybe this will help so everyone can enjoy as much.

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It’s not Katamari, but it’s pretty fun all the same. My kids really enjoyed it.

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I didn’t know what this game would be like but I decided to trust the reviews & bought a cheap used copy. It was well worth it! This game is so much fun, I play it more than the kids. Who wouldn’t love trashing rooms & throwing objects around. It’s also plenty challenging & I have yet to beat the game…didn’t help that one of the kids deleted all my completed levels Oh well, all in all this is a great buy & you will have lots of fun catching elebits! I do have to say the storyline is rather cheesy & I wish there was a way to skip it.

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For those of you who are sitting in wonder,thinking,”What in the world is an Elebit?” I have the answer.Elebits are tiny little pikmin-like ‘things’ that contain electricty.According to the game,they came to Earth with a strike of lighting,and made friends with man.All though the voice acting in this game is corny,(Kai,lead kid,sounds like a girl and mom and dad sound like they are asleep)the gameplay makes up for it.

You play as Kai,roaming around your house,looking for Elebits.The story says he wished them all away,and they dissappeared into Kai’s house,taking the electricity with them.You must find enough to turn the lights back on and turn on appliences.This game is extremely fun but has it’s hard points.If you need a fun game for your wii,weither young or old,this is the game for you.

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Definitely fun, but only for a fairly short time. It feels like Katamari (simple, frantic, physical gameplay) but ultimately it’s not as beguiling and won’t charm you for as long.

Being a launch title, the presentation is pretty weak (the US voiceovers are appalling, almost to the extent of being entertainingly bad… almost ) and the framerate gets unacceptably bad later on. Variety in the gameplay is somewhat lacking, the ‘extras’ didn’t add anything IMO (the level editing mode is very usable, but kinda pointless in the end) and the game doesn’t do a good job of encouraging you to replay levels for the optional ‘achievements’.

Criticisms aside, I think this has the potential for a more interesting sequel.

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This game is really cute and alot of fun. It’s also very challenging. The best part is once you unlock multiplayer mode you can spend time ransacking a room with your friends or family. I thought this was a fun added feature.

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Very fun. Hard to stop playing once you start. I love it, my 22yo son loves it, and my 8 yo daughter loves it. Simple but challenging.

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Everyone who owns a Wii should play this game. Elebits is arguably the first to truly explore the unique possibilities the Wii remote can bring to a “full” game [rather than a collection of minigames] and the result is incredibly fun. Read the other review below for a decent overview of the features. I just wanted to point out that the open-ended design of the game promotes creative play. Just as a child might have more fun with a box than the toy that came in it, so too will you find unexpected pleasure exploring the mechanics of Elebits. For instance, in two player mode, you might take turns stacking objects on top of one another to build a tower until someone makes a mistake and it collapses. You might each pick a cabinet in the kitchen level and compete to shelve the most items in a given time frame. The possibilities are endless…

If that wasn’t enough, the level editor will ensure that this game achieves classic, or at least cult status. You are limited to the base environments of the main game, but you can place elements however you want within them. I have already seen some ingenious Rube Goldberg machines* and domino effects on YouTube.

This game will be a sleeper hit, and I have a feeling it will also become a rare find like some of the great DS games such as “Trauma Center” and “Phoenix Wright,” so pick it up as soon as you can.

*A Rube Goldberg machine or device is any exceedingly complex apparatus that performs a very simple task in a very indirect and convoluted way.

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This game is a blast! Easy enough for the casual gamer to get the hang of in about 15 minutes and deep enough for a hardcore gamer to sink his or her teeth into.

Casual gamers are going to enjoy the cute characters, the ease of use, and the general fun of the gameplay.

Hardcore types will enjoy unlocking new modes, honing one’s elebit capturing skills, and improving completion times for each level.

Plenty here for everyone. A must buy!

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I read a lot of reviews that said Elebits was amazingly addictive. A friend loaned me his copy and we settled in for some multiplayer action. I got bored within two rounds of multiplayer, and I started in on the solo missions. I probably played for an hour or two before I dropped it for good. Although I consider myself a semi-hardcore gamer and a highly addictive person, I really couldn’t get into it. The controls are amazing, the physics are wonderful, and its good family fun. I just didn’t really enjoy it that much. I found myself doing the same things over and over again on different levels. I also had a hard time shooting these elebits; they made cute noises and jumped around like defenseless little animals. I’d take swinging a sword into enemies that fight back over shooting elebits with a capture-gun any day.

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Elebits is not a bad game, but the premise is really thin and eventually wears out its welcome.

The game is played with a gravity gun device that looks like it should be used by the Ghostbusters. You can use it to pick up and rotate items (also you open doors and drawers with it). Often under or in the object will be the super cute Elebits. You use the same gun to zap them and absorb their energy. As you collect more of them you will be able to turn on electrical appliances that are around the home. Once turned on, charged Elebits come out and if collected they increase the power of your gun so you can lift heavier objects. There are some boards that have additional rules like not breaking too many objects or not being loud, but those are rare and a major drag. The game has a multiplayer mode, but since one person has full control and the second only has the shooting ability it can be frustrating. The game also allows for level editing, but it didn’t really appeal to me. There are also some (4?) boss battles in the 29 missions. In fact I would say the weakest thing about the game is that the boss battles are so fun that the regular boards seem to be more of a chore.

This game has a very Katamari Damacy feel to it, but widely misses that level of quality. For comparison, in KD you collect objects and once you collect a certain amount you get access to larger objects and locked areas. In Elebits you collect Elebits and once you collect a certain amount you get access to larger objects and locked areas. The problem with this game is that unlike the Katamari series, replayability is close to zero. There are no cute hidden things and while the music is good, it doesn’t really impact the game.

Also the visuals aren’t bad, but the beautiful still watercolor cutscenes don’t connect at all with the game. The odd plot has been shoehorned into the game’s cutscenes and not in the gameplay. I hope that Elebits 2 has something more unified in plot and art direction.

Ultimately Elebits contains a bare bones idea that doesn’t really deliver with full gameplay. The boss battles are far better than the standard game and suggest a direction that could be taken. Since this game was a launch title I can only have very high hopes for a fuller, deeper Elebits 2.

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I had been looking forward to this game for a while and when we were finally able to buy our Wii, Elebits was put on the credit card along with the system. It was everything I could have hoped for. I’m not a huge gamer, but I enjoyed it from the moment I put in the disk. My husband, who is a huge gamer, loves it just as much as I do. It’s really fun to see how a non-gamer and a gamer go about playing this game.

My only complaint would be the annoying kid, Kai, in the story line, it would really have been better if he hadn’t been voice acted.

Love it!