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Ivy the Kiwi?
posted by CritScott (QUAKERTOWN, PA) Oct 5, 2010
Member since Jun 2010
3 out of 3 gamers (100%) found this review helpful
This game is beautifully rendered - the attractive artwork is the main element that draws you in. I did enjoy the first few levels, it was your basic left to right scroller "get to the goal" type of game (reminded me of super mario bros!) There were some really simple challenges, using what I thought was an interesting vine stretching technique, but it did get really dry after about 10 levels.
The story is pretty much open and shut from the brief introductory scene. "Baby kiwi pops out of his egg, needs to find his mother…" It's a nicely done, endearing intro, but after that, there's not much more to be said of the storyline.
Even when I first entertained getting this game, I fully understood it was for children - young children - and I was hoping I could get some interest from my 4 year old (too bad, she was disinterested, being in that unpredictable phase!) As a parent, I could only play it for so long, and it's replay value was not very high. I hope this review helps someone determine whether to buy/rent the game!
The story is pretty much open and shut from the brief introductory scene. "Baby kiwi pops out of his egg, needs to find his mother…" It's a nicely done, endearing intro, but after that, there's not much more to be said of the storyline.
Even when I first entertained getting this game, I fully understood it was for children - young children - and I was hoping I could get some interest from my 4 year old (too bad, she was disinterested, being in that unpredictable phase!) As a parent, I could only play it for so long, and it's replay value was not very high. I hope this review helps someone determine whether to buy/rent the game!
Close, but no Kiwi
posted by JMichaud (BETHESDA, MD) Aug 28, 2010
Member since Jan 2008
8 out of 9 gamers (89%) found this review helpful
Ivy the Kiwi? shares a lot with another Wii game, Crayola Colorful Journey. In both games, you have to build bridges to get the protagonist from Point A to Point B.
Ivy the Kiwi? adds a few new twists; you can use the vine bridges as slingshots to shoot Ivy through some bricks, defeat enemies and get to higher ground.
And you can have Ivy push a huge boulder down a path, crushing anything in the way.
But I would’ve like to have the option to directly remove a vine bridge, instead of the indirect method this game uses.
Along the way, you can collect feathers that are floating in the air in certain points of each level; collect enough feathers and you get an extra life. And each level ends with a podium of five steps; get Ivy on the high central step for the most points.
This could make for a very exciting platforming game, but unfortunately, the presentation is about as flat as you can get.
There’s supposed to be some sort of story about a baby bird finding her mother through several clues that she finds on her journey. But I never got any of these clues, and the story never gets developed. When I finished a level, I’d got on to the next level. When I finished a chapter of five levels, it’s off to the first level of the next chapter.
This - along with the repetitive gameplay - made the game a chore instead of a joy to play. I got bored after about thirty levels of Ivy the Kiwi? - and didn’t like slogging my way through the next several levels.
Even the inclusion of multi player - where you race against up to three other players to see who can get their Ivy to the Goal fastest on any level that’s beaten in single player mode - this game is a bore.
Ivy the Kiwi? needs some more fire and imagination in it. SKIP IT.
Ivy the Kiwi? adds a few new twists; you can use the vine bridges as slingshots to shoot Ivy through some bricks, defeat enemies and get to higher ground.
And you can have Ivy push a huge boulder down a path, crushing anything in the way.
But I would’ve like to have the option to directly remove a vine bridge, instead of the indirect method this game uses.
Along the way, you can collect feathers that are floating in the air in certain points of each level; collect enough feathers and you get an extra life. And each level ends with a podium of five steps; get Ivy on the high central step for the most points.
This could make for a very exciting platforming game, but unfortunately, the presentation is about as flat as you can get.
There’s supposed to be some sort of story about a baby bird finding her mother through several clues that she finds on her journey. But I never got any of these clues, and the story never gets developed. When I finished a level, I’d got on to the next level. When I finished a chapter of five levels, it’s off to the first level of the next chapter.
This - along with the repetitive gameplay - made the game a chore instead of a joy to play. I got bored after about thirty levels of Ivy the Kiwi? - and didn’t like slogging my way through the next several levels.
Even the inclusion of multi player - where you race against up to three other players to see who can get their Ivy to the Goal fastest on any level that’s beaten in single player mode - this game is a bore.
Ivy the Kiwi? needs some more fire and imagination in it. SKIP IT.
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