There's no getting past the point that with each iteration, the novelty of a mini-game compilation wears a little thinner and TV Party does magically sidestep this truth. If you're expecting a revolutionary experience, look elsewhere - this sequel tightly grips the proven formula, one which has aged with every year.
And yet, with so many offensively bad mini-game-infested titles running rampant on Wii, TV Party still feels a cut above, its humor well played and some of its gameplay scenarios still enjoyable.
This year's title also puts a newfound emphasis on the multiplayer mode, as most of the included minis are compatible with four-player same or split-screen competitions, a must for any party title, and there's even an eight-player turn-based option, also welcomed. In TV Party, Rayman finds himself trapped and forced to watch critter television, a week's worth of network programming by the Rabbids. This is, of course, the setup for the 50 mini-games that follow and while I actually do like the premise and some of the jokes and spoofs that ensue, I've also found the overall execution a little lackluster. Ubisoft has chosen to present many of the cinematics by way of a retro 2D style that I feel misses the mark as it does not mesh well with the rest of the experience, either the television displays that show mini-game previews or the gameplay scenarios themselves, most of them polygonal 3D. That, and there are noticeable load screens between menus and mini-games, which needn't happen - not when much bigger Wii projects run without a single pause.
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Meanwhile, the game's widescreen mode does not run at full resolution (those pesky black bars remain on the sides of the screen) and there are occasional framerate hiccups in-game. #Rayman raving rabbids tv party ebay full Still, if you're looking for a few good laughs, you will find the humor still in tact and perhaps even a little more developed thanks to the freedom that the TV theme has afforded the developer. As you progress through the various channels and see new programming, all gateways to new challenges, you will find yourself playing through fun spoofs of popular TV and movies, from trashy reality shows to Rabbid-ized takes of Night of the Living Dead, The Untouchables and more. There's good comedy to be found and it's all surrounded by the nearly hypnotic display of Rabbids, who are (despite the unabashed borrowing of old jokes) still funny. And so are the scenarios they are constantly falling into, be it a truly warped version of wrestling, a fun play on Star Wars, monster tractor racing, or a disturbing version of snowboarding. I felt that many of the mini-games in Rabbids 2 were ill-developed throwaway offerings. I think that the selection comprising TV Party is much better - closer to the original in regard to diversity, comedy and execution. There are, of course, the selectables that can be played with the Balance Board. The aforementioned snowboarding spoof in which a rabbid inexplicably rides a bull down an icy mountain path filled with slopes and barriers controls well and exudes surrealism at every carve and jump. In another, a play on Godzilla, you delicately lean on the balance board to send a stream of fire at nearby buildings and advancing infantry. It appears as though you are urinating this fire, not breathing it. I'm not sure that playing with the Balance Board is more immersive, but it's definitely novel. #Rayman raving rabbids tv party ebay full.
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