Kung Fu Panda for Wii Reviews by Gamers

Pretty good game overall. Controls were pretty easy to use. My 7 year old loved it. My only complaint was that as the game progressed, it got harder for her to figure out how to reach objectives. This frustrated her, but she still enjoyed the game.

Hey fellow renters!
Here is my take on this game.
Having seen the movie which was in my opinion, a good animated tribute to the Saturday afternoon Martial Arts flicks, I was eager to play the game.
I do have to say that it seems to parallel the movie fairly well, with some extra added scenes thrown in to add some more depth for gamers. It is sort of an action RPG, Martial Arts fighter, all rolled into one package. As a movie adventure it plays well, and I did like the fact that the vocals were the actors and actresses from the animated feature. Jack Black's vocals are certainly a treat, and you can tell he had fun recreating the vocals for this game.
So it is a good re-creation of the movie, and it plays like an interactive version of the film.
But as a martial arts fighter it was nothing more then what I've played before. In fact because you could not really control the camera angles, in many cases it was quite frustrating because you could not see what you were doing. That is simply a no-no for a fighting game! I also found it difficult to perform moves with the nunchakau controller, which you had to shake while pulling the trigger on the main Wii controller, as it didn't seem to respond very well.
To sum it up I am grateful for Gamefly as this makes a good rental, but since in my opinion it is not a keeper, I would have been upset, had I spent the money to buy the game.
I will be sending it back post haste, so I can get the next game in my queue.
Dave